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Four suspects wanted in connection with several rural burglaries in Cheyenne County were arrested Thursday in Edgewater, Colo. Law enforcement obtained a search warrant for a home in Dalton where it was known that two of the suspects, Sean Gdowski and Martika Biggart, were residing. Authorities sought the warrant after allegedly finding some items linked to at least one recent rural burglary in trash from their residence. Law enforcement executed a search warrant on their residence on Jan. 29, according arrest warrant affidavits. Officials repo...
Vorachit Luexayachak, 40 of Iowa, was sentenced in Deuel County District Court last week for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver or distribute, a class three felony and operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest, a class four felony. Judge Derek Weimer sentenced Luexayachak to 48-72 months incarceration. Luexayachak took Nebraska State patrol on a 40 mile chase through Cheyenne and Deuel counties in November of last year. This chase ended in his arrest and the discovery of almost 60 pounds of marijuana in his possession. When a...
SIDNEY (BUSINESS WIRE) – Cabela’s Incorporated (NYSE:CAB) announced that Richard N. Cabela, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, passed away today at his home in Sidney. He was 77. Dick, along with his wife, Mary, and brother, Jim, founded Cabela’s somewhat inadvertently in 1961 when he purchased $45 worth of hand-tied fishing flies while in Chicago on a furniture and housewares buying trip with his father for the family’s Chappell, Neb., furniture store. With the flies not moving off the store shelf, Dick came upon the idea of selling them th... Full story
Helen M. Woten 1922 to 2014 Helen M. Woten, 91 of Potter, died Thursday, February 13, 2014, at Sidney Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Mon., Feb. 17, 2014 in the Prairie West Church in Potter with Pastor Betsy Galloway-Carew officiating. Interment will follow in the Potter Cemetery. Memorials have been established to Prairie West Church and the Potter Fire Department. Visitation was held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with the... Full story
Stephen John Kahl 1958 to 2014 Stephen John Kahl, 55 and a Sidney native died suddenly of natural causes at his apartment in Omaha on Saturday, January 4, 2014. A Memorial Mass of Resurrection will be held at 10:30 a.m., Sat., Feb. 22, 2014 in the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Art Faesser officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials are designated to St. Patrick's Catholic Church or the Health Center Foundation of Sidney for Diabetes Education.... Full story
Fred W. Johnston Jr. 1931 to 2014 Fred W. Johnston Jr., 82 of Sidney, passed away at Sidney Regional Medical Center Extended Care, Friday morning, February 14, 2014. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, February 19th with a Wake Service Tues., Feb. 18th at 6 p.m., both services will be in the St. Patrick's Catholic Church with Father Art Faesser officiating. Military graveside services will be held in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on... Full story
The following person appeared in Cheyenne County Court on Friday, Feb. 14, before the Honorable Randin Roland: Yamel Rivera, age 27 of Clearwater, Fla., appeared for a preliminary hearing on a charge of Theft, a class III felony. A preliminary hearing has been continued to Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. The following person appeared in Cheyenne County Court on Thursday, Feb. 13, before the Honorable Randin Roland: Gabriel Zajec of Chappell, appeared for arraignment on a charge of 3rd degree Assault and Child Abuse. Both are class I misdemeanors. Entry... Full story
Last week I started off my 10 tips to successful no-till crop production with a discussion on crop rotations. I feel this is the most important consideration on your farm. Designing a crop rotation for your farm will affect your bottom line, weed and disease cycles and your farm’s performance well into the future. Take plenty of time each year and assess your rotation and improvements you can make in designing your rotation. As I mentioned last week designing, a good rotation for our farm has been an ongoing challenge. We’ve been utilizing a n...
A 5k run/walk for Cheyenne County CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children - was held at Legion Park on Saturday morning. While no winning times were recorded, participants did receive gifts.... Full story
Bridgeport – A team from Sidney High School will represent the Panhandle for the Nebraska Envirothon Contest near Alda, Nebraska on May 3. The first place team comprised of Karson Langley, Jessica Campbell and Logan Uhlir earned the state berth on Tuesday, February 4 at the contest held in the Prairie Winds Community Center. Fifty nine students competed in the split regional contest. Schools represented included Sidney, Gering, Bayard, Gordon-Rushville, Creek Valley, Garden County and Chadron a...
Several Raiders came excruciatingly close, but senior Michael Muggli was the only Sidney wrestler to advance to state out of the District B4 Championships in Cozad over the weekend. As for the team competition, Sidney struggled to gain points and finished in 12th place. Scottsbluff was the runaway winner with 196 points while Lexington was runner up with 157. Host Cozad (135), Chadron (124.5) and Ogallala (85) rounded out the top five. Muggli punched his ticket to Omaha in the competitive 145...
Representing Creek Valley at the Class D District 4 District Championships in North Platte on Saturday, Mason Low and Gage Koenen fell short in their attempts to qualify for state. Low finished his districts with a record of 1-2 in contested matches while Koenen wasn’t able to get past two state qualifiers. In the quarterfinal round at 195 lbs. Low was stopped by eventual state qualifier Emmett Hoover of Hyannis by a pin at 1:29. In the consolation round Low rebounded by pinning Brandon Holtz in 1:24. Low’s state hopes, however, were das...
Tyler Wintholz and Logan Lewis put an exclamation mark to Sidney’s 54-36 win over Mitchell on Saturday evening. Deep in the fourth quarter, Wintholz took possession on the left wing and waited for developments. Suddenly he lofted the ball across the face of the rim, where Lewis nabbed it mid-air and dropped it for a smoothly executed ally-oop. “We don’t get style points at the post,” Lewis said with a laugh. “I was just hoping he made a good pass and it was on the money.” Despite the margin—and the added flair—the contest at Cabela’s Athlet...
Only one game and seven days removed from a final-shot loss to Gering, the Sidney Red Raiders suffered another sudden disappointment at Chadron on Friday. By sinking a short jumper from left of the hoop with just two seconds remaining, Cardinals junior Keenan Johnson all but erased a clutch three pointer by Paxton Ehler only seconds earlier for a dramatic 48-46 non-district win. Despite the eruption of euphoric cheering that greeted the Johnson basket, a decibel level nearly as intense was created by the Ehler trey, as a large throng of the...
Storm boys on a hot streak, cruise past South Platte Creek Valley won their third game in their last four tries on Friday with a 62-45 win over the South Platte Blue Knights. “It was a good win. We played good solid man-to-man until we got in foul trouble,” said Storm Head Coach Roger Behrends. “We gave up some easy shots against our zone.” The Storm’s lone senior, Lane Godfrey, led the team at Big Springs with 22 points. Brett Godfrey contributed 15 points and Colin Brott 11. Dane McConnell (8) and Maverick Widdowson (6) rounded out the score...
