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The Cheyenne County Communications Center needs to expand its territory, electronically. To do so, the Communications Center is planning to have a second radio tower constructed adjacent to the current tower. “It has been at capacity for a while,” Communicators Director Heidi Gillespie said Monday afternoon. She said the need was made known when companies she worked with while assessing how to include Deuel County dispatching services into Cheyenne County’s system noted there was “almo...
While last week’s blizzard was fast and ferocious, it didn’t result in a lot of calls for service by local emergency personnel. “In 16 years this was the most uneventful blizzard we’ve ever had,” said Cheyenne County Sheriff Adam Frerichs. Frerichs, and Region 21 Emergency Management Director Ron Leal, both agree that the state’s action to close the interstate early, before the storm was actually on top of the area, was the biggest reason it was so quiet. Last April was just the opposite, when l...
While Sidney and Cheyenne County fared pretty well during last week's blizzard, its affects on the state have been devastating. With many of the state's rivers already being watched for flooding due to the buildup of ice, the storm's added moisture and wind resulted in severe flooding across nearly two-thirds of the state. As of Monday, 65 of the state's counties had declared emergencies due to flooding, with more than 70 towns or cities affected. Some, like Niobrara, no longer exist. Others,...
LINCOLN, NEB. – The Nebraska Farm Bureau has launched relief efforts to aid Nebraska farmers, ranchers, and rural communities suffering from the natural disasters that have impacted the state. The relief efforts include the establishment of a disaster relief fund and launch of an online agriculture disaster exchange portal to connect those in need with those who can help. “Nebraska is a special place with special people. Many of our friends and neighbors across the state are suffering. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have lost or...
Sidney offers service opportunities drawing residents from other counties, and transportation bringing those residents to Sidney is seeking help financing the program, from Cheyenne County. Kimball County Transit Service Administrator Christy Warner met with the Cheyenne County commissioners Monday to discuss her program and its impact on Cheyenne County. She said the bus service numerous people to and from Cheyenne County. “We are in Sidney every day of the week,” she said. She said her com...
LINCOLN – Nebraska USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Nancy Johner is highlighting FSA resources that may be important to farmers and ranchers as they assess flood and blizzard impacts on farms and ranches across the state. Programs such as the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), Emergency Conservation Program (ECP), Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP), Disaster Set-Aside Program and Emergency Loan Program are disaster safety net tools available through FSA. “As producers con...
During Match Day last week, 128 students of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine, learned where they will do their physician residency training – typically a period of three to six years of training depending on their chosen medical specialty. Potter's Kaleb James Thomas, internal medicine-primary care will be performing his residency at University of Nebraska Affiliated Hospitals, Omaha NE Forty percent of UNMC students are staying in Nebraska for their training, and 6...
Rodney E. “Rod” McConnell, age 87 of Broadwater, NE passed away in Bridgeport, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, March 22nd in the First Presbyterian Church in Bridgeport with Rev. Jonathan Mark Berosek officiating. Inurnment with Military Honors will follow in the Dalton Cemetery. Cremation has been held. You may view Rod’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. A complete obituary will be published when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Crema...
Harold C. Tremain, age 101 of Sidney, NE passed away in Sidney, Monday, March 18, 2018. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Harold’s care and funeral arrangements....
March 13: An Idaho man escaped injury when the truck-trailer he was driving went off the road near Sidney. Merrill Green, 61, of Ammon, Idaho, was driving a 2018 Freightliner truck and trailer east on Cheyenne County Road 16 at about 30 miles per hour, according to the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office accident report. Green was driving on CR 16 because Interstate 80 and Highway 30 were closed in both directions due to adverse weather. Green reported that about a half-mile east of County Road 129, wind pushed his truck and trailer into a d...