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A Love’s Travel Stop is officially coming to Sidney. Steve Walters the project manager for Love’s Travel Stops spoke with the planning commission Monday, prior to their rezoning of land south of the Holiday Inn near Interstate 80 from agriculture to heavy commercial in order to build the facility. “It’s a very exciting project for the community,” said city manager Gary Person. “It’s something that we’ve aspired to have for some time is an additional truck stop here. With all the traffic going up and down the interstate we run into situations wi...
At Monday's meeting the county commissioners agreed to move forward in an attempt to sell properties the county obtained through foreclosure. "We have acquired several properties through foreclosure," said county attorney Paul Schaub. "There is a process we can follow to sell those properties." After the county holds a public meeting to decide whether or not to sell the properties, then it can set fair market value and begin to receive bids for each property. "I would recommend moving forward just to see if anyone's interested in purchasing...
Dan Szasmach offers up a green beer toast before digging into his corned beef and cabbage during the St. Patrick's Day festival at Hillside Bar & Grill on Monday.... Full story
Judy Morrison, manager of Hillside Bar & Grill, and KSID radio host Dave Collins share a laugh before going on the air from the St. Patrick's Day party on Monday.... Full story
Eileen Beutler, 78 of Sidney, passed away Monday afternoon, March 17, 2014 at the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. Funeral services are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Eileen’s care and funeral arrangements.... Full story
What to make of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, missing for more than a week? Theories take hold for a few days—the flight crew landed it on some uncharted island for no known reason, it scorched Kazakhstani earth with blazing exhaust from just 5,000 feet, it plunged into the Indian Ocean—before being contradicted by the very Malaysian officials who offered up the hypotheses in the first place. It’s difficult to gauge their competence. With nothing to go on, they turn to such reliable regional governments as China, Pakistan and Myanmar for assis...
Creek Valley senior Lane Godfrey has comitted to play basketball and golf at Hastings College this fall. Godfrey was the Storm basketball team's leader in several statistical categories this past season and a qualifier for the NSAA Boys State Golf Tournament last spring. On the court Godfrey was tops for Creek Valley in scoring (15.6 ppg), rebounds (8.0 rpg), assists (3.9 apg) and steals (3.2 spg). On the links Godfrey filled the number one slot for Creek Valley in 2013 and was a threat to...
For the second straight year Spencer Ellwanger of Sidney has been named to the 2014 Nebraska Trapshooting Association State Team. Ellwanger, 15, earned his place on the state team in the sub-junior category after qualifying in three different disciplines. To qualify for the team in the sub-junior age group one must have a minimum of 1,000 targets from the 16-yard line, 1,000 targets from the shooter's handicap yardage (18-27 yards) and 500 doubles targets (two targets at one time). "It's a good... Full story
6-2014 Girls All-Conference First Team Summer Mueller Creek Valley Jerry Straber Creek Valley Taylor Juelfs Potter-Dix Baily Davis Garden County Grace Kotschwar South Platte Second Team Kaitlyn Berner Leyton Kelsey Waite Leyton Anna McClaughlin Garden County Angelica Longoria Minatare Amanda Harrison Banner County Honorable Mention Katy Ernest Leyton Morgan Wolff Potter-Dix Jill Behrends Creek Valley Hannah Schievelbein Creek Valley Alicia Erlich Garden County 2013-2014 Boys All-Conference First Team Brennen Cruise Leyton Bryant Knigge... Full story
Although snow washed out the scheduled Peetz opener on Thursday, the Bulldogs got in a good day of practice at the start of the week. Catcher Logan Vach takes a throw at the plate.... Full story
Although snow washed out the scheduled Peetz opener on Thursday, the Bulldogs got in a good day of practice at the start of the week. Angelica Clowdis makes the pivot at second base.... Full story
Tue. Mar. 18 BASEBALL Peetz @ Merino Postponed Wed. Mar. 19 No Games Scheduled Thu. Mar. 20 BASEBALL Peetz @ Merino 11 a.m. Fri. Mar. 21 SOCCER Platte Valley Co-Ed Soccer Sterling @ Sidney U-19 4:15 p.m. Sterling @ Sidney U-14 5:30 p.m. Sat. Mar. 22 TRACK & FIELD Sidney @ Chadron Indoor 9 a.m. Peetz @ Yuma 9 a.m.... Full story
