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Friday, Sidney High School students will be helping with fire relief efforts in Haxtun, Colorado. A state of emergency was declared in Logan County after a brush fire destroyed more than 30,000 acres this week. SHS students will visit businesses from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to clean away trash in exchange for a donation to Haxtun's fire relief fund. "Students have specific areas already set up that they will be working to pick up the trash, and may be open to other business who may be interested in giv...
Sidney Police Department has received an $1,800 grant from the Nebraska Department of Roads Highway Safety Office. The funds will assist the SPD in obtaining two mobile radar units. “We qualify for this grant every year,” Police Chief Joe Aikens said. “They pay us up to 50 percent of the costs of the radar units for us and then we actually get a pretty substantial discount by purchasing it through the state.” The radar equipment is fitted into the department’s patrol units, Aikens said. “It...
Firefighters from Gurley, Sidney, Dalton and Potter, as well as the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, responded to a fire Wednesday in the northeast area of the former Sioux Army Depot ordinance igloos. Upon arrival, fire crews knocked down flames that had spread from a burning pile of wood chips into surrounding grass. Responders spent the rest of their time preventing another jump of the fire, dousing the pile and working to prevent it from spreading due to high winds. The call was one of two...
Ethel B. Frerichs, age 100 departed this world to join her Lord and loved ones in heaven, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in Bridgeport, NE. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, March 10th in the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel with Pastor Leon “Bud” Gillespie officiating. Services will conclude at the funeral home with cremation to follow. Inurnment will be at a later date in the Dalton Cemetery. Friends may stop at the funeral home on Thursday from 1-7:00 P.M. Memorial contributions may be made in Ethel’s name to Skyview of Bridgeport. You may vie...
Inez C. Williams, 80, longtime resident of Colorado Springs and former Potter resident, passed away on March 1, 2017. She was born April 26, 1936, to Raymond H. and Violet F. Wiekhorst (Edelman) in Potter, Nebraska. She had very fond memories of being raised on her family wheat farm and helping with farm animals. After graduating from Potter High School in 1954, she completed RN training at West Nebraska General Hospital in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, where she met her husband, Harvey E. Williams. They married August 9, 1958. Harvey’s military s...
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2:00 a.m. so now’s the time to be ready to turn the clocks ahead one hour. The American Red Cross reminds everyone it’s also a good time to test the batteries in their smoke alarms as they turn their clocks ahead an hour. “When you turn your clocks ahead this weekend, it’s a great time to also test your smoke alarms,” said Rachelle Lipker, American Red Cross executive director for central and western Nebraska. “Take a few minutes to replace your smoke alarm batteries and push the test button to make sure t...
In some ways Sidney is like a homecoming for Patrick Kilbride, the new golf operations director for the city of Sidney. Kilbride, a 25-year golf industry veteran, formerly managed two other Nebraska golf courses, Prairie Club at Valentine and Dismal River at Mullen. While in that area, he said, he "always liked" the Sandhills. While not technically a Sandhills course, Sidney holds a draw as a small-town facility. Subscribe to the Sidney Sun-Telegraph to read the rest of the story. (308)...