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A mis-step on a sidewalk, or unseen ice, can land a pedestrian on the sidewalk with injuries. Witnessing an accident on the highway quickly leads to the question of where is the nearest medical professional. What if more people were trained in basic response to an injury or illness. Several Cheyenne County employees completed a program in December that could answer that question. The majority of Cheyenne County employees along with various State of Nebraska employees, completed the nationally...
Jeremy Nesbitt, of Nexgen Outfitters, is pictured with children of the founders of Nexgen. The new company had an open house Thursday celebrating their official opening for business. Nexgen Outfitters offers camping and hunting supplies for sale online....
Walking a downtown sidewalk, or a hallway at a school, a person is greeted by laughter, business seriousness, and a host of emotions between. The question is if what you see is what is truly dominating that person, or is it the version that person wants the public to see. A program is returning to Sidney High School designed to help students see each other for who they truly are, and in the process develop a level of respect sometimes missing in schools. In 2018, Sidney High School hosted a...
Members of the Sidney Police Department Explorer Post held its awards banquet recently, recognizing members who have excelled. Also recognized was businessman Sean Doyle for his commitment to the community. Doyle, owner of Cedar Lanes, has hosted two major police department events this past year - the 2018 Shop With a Cop gathering, and the Explorer Awards Banquet. For that support, the Explorer Post #607 presented him the Community Action Award. The Community Action Award is given out every...
LINCOLN - With the nation’s seventh-highest property tax rates, many Nebraskans are looking for any sort of relief. And according to Sen. Mike Groene of North Platte, farmers are feeling the burden more than others. On Feb. 21, Groene presented LB 530 in front of the unicameral’s Revenue Committee, explaining that the bill would drop the valuation at which agricultural property is taxed from 75 percent to 65 percent. The last time the tax valuation on Nebraska agricultural land decreased was in 2006, when LB 968 dropped it from 80 percent to...
Teresa S. Peetz, age 88 of Sidney, NE passed away Thursday, February 21, 2019 in Sidney. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 A.M., Monday, March 4th with Rosary Services at 10:00 A.M. prior to Mass. Both services will be in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Father Mike McDermott officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel at any time prior to services to sign Teresa’s register book and drop off condolences for the family. Memorial contributions may be mad...
Jean Sunbeam Bowen, 89, formerly of North Platte, died Wednesday, February 20, 2019, at Kimball County Manor. Jean was born in Gothenburg on August 20, 1929, to John and Avis Carrey Earll. She grew up and attended school in Gothenburg then started cooking at restaurants in the area and in North Platte. On July 24, 1959, Jean married Eugene LeRoy Bowen in North Platte and they lived in various Nebraska towns before settling in North Platte. By 2000 they moved to Sidney to be closer to family...
Marjorie M. Nelson, age 90, of Lodgepole, NE went to dance with the angels on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 in Kimball. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, February 27th in the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Lodgepole with PMA Brenda Tophoj and Wayne Fraass officiating. Services will conclude at the church and private family inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Tuesday from 1-7:00 P.M. to sign Marj's register book and leave...
William R. “Bill” Saali, age 64 of Sidney, NE passed away in Loveland, CO on Thursday, February 14, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 P.M., Thursday, February 28th in the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in care of the family. You may view William’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of William’s care an...
Robert "Bob" Schaaf, age 82 of Sidney, Nebraska, passed away in Bridgeport, Nebraska on Friday, February 22, 2019, surrounded by his three children. Rosary Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 28. Both services will be held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Robert Karnish officiating. Burial with Military Honors will follow Mass in the Greenwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in...
Toni Rasmussen is a former farm kid who knows the pride of donning an FFA jacket. Thanks to support from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she's using her life experience and education to share that pride with high school students, too. As a high schooler in Albion, Rasmussen was inspired by her ag education class, which propelled her to organize a goat enterprise for her family farm. Naturally, a career in ag education was a perfect next step for her. Today, she's one of 200 instructors...
Sidney's Lady Raiders are in their final days of practice before they head out for the NSAA Girl's Basketball State Championships in Lincoln. Sidney is the number one seed in the Class B bracket, and faces the number eight Elkhorn South Lady Storm in the first round on Thursday with a 9 am game time. The Elkhorn South squad enters the tournament with a 12-and-13 record, facing a Lady Raider team that has gone 22-and-3 on the year and is ranked 21 overall in the state. The Lady Raiders have a vet...
LINCOLN – Viewers across Nebraska can join the action of the 2019 NSAA State High School Basketball Championships when NET, Nebraska’s PBS and NPR Stations, broadcasts the finals live from the Pinnacle Bank Arena on two consecutive Saturdays, March 2 and 9. Girls basketball finals air March 2. Larry Punteney will call the play-by-play action alongside color analyst Trudi Nolin and sideline reporter Andy Kendeigh. Coverage of the boys championships is March 9, with Punteney once again calling the play-by-play action. Former Husker Andy Mar...
Peetz’s Bulldog basketball team ended the Class 1A District 4 tournament at NJC in Sterling with a 78-to-54 win over Caliche in the Consolation Game, earning them a third place finish in the tournament. Peetz moves on as the number four seed in the Class 1A Regional tournament starting Friday March 1, when they face the number nine seeded Denver Waldorf Spartans at NJC in Sterling. Peetz started the 1A District 4 tournament on a high note on Tuesday, as their number one seed placement matched t...
Creek Valley's Storm boy's basketball team won the D2-11 Subdistrict title Thursday night with an impressive 53-to-36 victory over the South Platte Blue Knights at Sidney High School. The victory advanced them to the D2-2 District Finals in Broken Bow on Monday night against the Osmond Tigers. Thursday's Subdistrict final started with the Storm and the Blue Knights playing tight, aggressive defense with neither team able to score until Creek Valley junior Patrick Hansen hit a jumper then a three...
LINCOLN--A bill that would ban advertising of plant-based, insect-based or lab-based food as “meat” was discussed by the Agriculture Committee in a two-hour long hearing Feb. 19 that included a disagreement between two senators. LB 594, presented by committee member Sen. Carol Blood of Bellevue, had its origins in LB 14, which was presented by Blood earlier this session and withdrawn last month. The new bill would act as an amendment to the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act. “There are now additional consumers that will be protected and t...
