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The Cheyenne County Commissioners Monday approved renewing a contract with Premier Land Management Services, LLC. The agreement is for maintenance of courthouse grounds and of the Visitor Center. Premier Land Management Service, LLC, of Lodgepole, offers services including hydroseeding, lawn aeration, lawn fertilization, lawn herbicide application, lawn moss control. The commissioners approved the agreement with a 3-0 vote. Kevin Tooley, representing the Buildings and Maintenance department for...
The Cheyenne County Fairgrounds was packed with hunting supporters Friday night as the Pheasants Forever chapter held its annual banquet. Supporters were greeted with options to buy tickets for various raffles and chances to win outdoor artwork, hunting apparel and accessories, and firearms. Firearms transactions were done by Dave Phelps, DMK Consulting of Sidney. Dave Dickey was the auctioneer and Outlaw Catering provided the barbecue meal. Proceeds from the night are used to support local...
City water department crews spent 12 hours locating and repairing a water main break that occurred at one of the city's highest locations Saturday. The break, to a six-inch main line, was reported at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Manor Road on Sidney's north side. Sidney Water Superintendent Rob Kuhns said the break's location, which sent leaking water downhill, also resulted in problems finding the exact location. Kuhns said the extreme cold weather, with temperatures hovering near...
Living in a community means neighbors. Some people believe that “fences make good neighbors.” However, if the neighbor’s lack of maintenance of his home and yard affects his neighbors, its becomes a Code Enforcement issue. Lisa Hanley is Sidney’s Code Enforcement Officer. She has been on the job since July 2018. She sees her job as one of educating the public, encouraging residents to be good neighbors with how they maintain their property and their pets. As Code Enforcement Officer, she res...
Brandon L. Miller, age 39 of Gurley, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 in Gurley. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Friday, March 8th at Weyert’s Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lodgepole with Pastor Leon “Bud” Gillespie officiating. Services will conclude at the church. Cremation has been held. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel to sign Brandon’s register book and leave condolences for the family. A complete obituary will be published when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Bran...
Frances A. Harvey, age 96 of Sterling, CO and former Sidney resident passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2019 in Sterling. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Frances’ care and funeral arrangements....
Larry Dickinson, age 74 of Chappell, NE passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019 in Julesburg, CO. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Larry’s care and funeral arrangements....
Authorities continue investigating a series of vehicle break-ins that occurred Thursday Feb. 28 into Friday, March 1 in the Dalton area. On Friday afternoon, Cheyenne County Sheriff Adam Frerichs sent our a press release regarding vehicles in the Dalton community broken into. In the press release, Frerichs said that during the nighttime hours of (Thursday )Feb 28, through the morning hours of (Friday) March 1, a person or persons committed a series of thefts from parked, unlocked vehicles in the Dalton and Gurley communities. At this time it...
NEW YORK – A former Sidney resident was among the big winners Saturday during the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System College Media Awards in New York City. University of Nebraska/Kearney and former Sidney student Austin Jacobsen, along with Evan Jones of Cambridge, Cade Cox of North Platte and Lucas Bolubasz of Lincoln won the best sports pregame/postgame show category for "UNK Gameday," a football pregame show on the campus radio station, KLPR 91.1 FM. Jacobsen and Jones are co-sports d...
Big snows meant big opportunities for sledding in Sidney over the weekend. This group of youngsters took advantage of piles left from clearing off parking lots for their sledding and snow climbing fun....
Jerry Lee James of Bellingham, Washington went to his home in Heaven on February 22, 2019 at age 55 after a courageous battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Jerry was born to Maurice and Virginia James on November 10, 1963 in Kimball, Nebraska. His family relocated to Pinole, California where Jerry spent his youth. He graduated Pinole Valley High School in 1981. Jerry worked for his father’s catalyst company, James International, then spent time working at the family farm in Potter, Nebraska. Jerry left farming and Nebraska to pursue a c...
Kenneth Mathew Perez, 53, of Sterling, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at Sterling Living Center in Sterling, Colorado. Kenneth was born on March 30, 1965 in Chappell, NE to Juan and Clara (Garcia) Perez. He resided at Al-Mar in Julesburg from 1972 until 2015. Kenneth then moved to the Sterling Living Center where he resided until his death. Kenneth enjoyed music, trips to the skating rink, swimming and dances while at the Al-Mar, and especially enjoyed all the girls/nurses at the...
Brad Fraass, Cheyenne County Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency, reminds foreign investors who buy, sell, or hold a direct or indirect interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to report their holdings and transactions to the US Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated the responsibility for collecting this information to the Farm Service Agency. According to Fraass, foreign investors buying or selling land must...
LINCOLN – With frigid temperatures gripping much of the state and many lakes locked with thick ice, the spring stockings of rainbow trout and the season opener at the Two Rivers State Recreation Area Trout Lake are on hold. “Due to the extreme cold weather we have been having, the spring trout stockings and Two Rivers opener will be postponed until more seasonal weather permits the hatcheries to get the fish into the lakes and there is open water to be fished,” said Jim Gleim, fish production administrator for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commi...
LINCOLN – Nebraska State Treasurer John Murante and First National Bank of Omaha today announced the fifth annual NEST on the Farm Fun Photo $1,000 Drawing. The Drawing will be open to submissions from Nebraska residents through June 30, 2019. To enter the NEST on the Farm Fun Photo $1,000 Drawing, participants are encouraged to submit a farm-themed photo taken of or by a child 13 years old or younger as of June 30, 2019, along with a short caption. Six randomly selected winners will each receive a $1,000 contribution to a NEST 529 College S...
Bass Pro/Cabela's held fishing clinics Saturday in Sidney. Pictured are children helping stock the fishing tank in Cabela's. Pictured from left to right are Faith McHenry, Ava McHenry, Kate Lienemann, Parker Lienemann and Brian Hahle of Pleasant Valley Fish Farm in McCook....
Sidney's Lady Raider basketball team was defeated 51-to-37 by the Elkhorn South Lady Storm on Thursday in the first round of the NSAA State Tournament at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. The Lady Raiders end their season with a 22-and-4 mark, a District Championship, and their third straight trip to the state tournament. Unfortunately, the Lady Raiders were eliminated in the first round for the third straight time by a battle-tested Lady Storm team that basically played a Class A schedule until...
Peetz's Bulldog boy's basketball season ended with a 62-to-50 loss to the Haxtun Bulldogs in the Class 1A Region 2 Tournament at NJC in Sterling on Saturday. The loss ends Peetz's season with a 17-and-6 mark. Peetz started the regional tournament on Friday as the number four seed, and drew number nine seed Denver-Waldorf. The Spartans entered the tournament with a 10-and-9 record, but were lead by 6'7" junior Aly Sakho who averaged over 22 points per game. Peetz started the game sharp, with...
