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In a move to ensure a new company remains an anchor in the community's future, the Sidney City Council is proposing the purchase of a three-story building at the intersection of Thirteenth Avenue and Illinois Street. The building is the home of Xpanxion, a UST Global Group company. In September 2018, Xpanxion announced it will be leasing up to 65,000 square feet of space and employing up to 200 workers in the Sidney community. Xpanxion announced in 2018 the Sidney location would serve as a...
Sidney school children from kindergarten on up threw their “hats” into the ring, so to speak, joining together to raise more than $1,600 to help with flood victims in eastern Nebraska. The idea came about last week when school councelor Carla Brauer read an email from Nebraska children’s author Julia Cook of Fremont. Cook, taking an idea from Freemont school children, who held a “Kids Helping Kids- Wear a Hat for Fremont Day!” Cook spread the idea across her platforms to help raise funds to...
"Keep Life Simple" is the theme of the annual Women in Agriculture Conference, which will feature information and advice about simplicity and excellence, making meals with a multi-cooker, forage production, youth loans, farming with disabilities, and more. This year's conference is scheduled for Friday, April 12, at Sidney. It will run from 8:15 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. at Buffalo Point Restaurant, 638 Cabela Drive. The 2018 conference was canceled due to weather, but is being brought back in 2019....
When Bass Pro/Cabela's announced the Distribution Centers in Sidney, more than 100 workers were given the dilemma of "what next?" A series of meeting were held at Western Nebraska Community College to help workers facing layoff find their way to their next opportunity. The Nebraska Department of Labor Rapid Response meetings were held to help recently laid off or expected to soon be laid off as a result of closing the Distribution Center. Friday's afternoon meeting was opened by Paula Abbott,...
Potter-Dix came out on top of the competition last Friday, earning the championship in Class D-2 at the Nebraska School Activities Association Speech Championships. Potter-Dix scored in five of nine events on the way to winning the D-2 team sweepstake crown, with six Coyote individuals or groups earning medals. Duet Acting was Potter-Dix' best arena, where CC George and Ana Manning finished in second, while teammates Erica Bogert and Reagan Williams were third. Ginny Herboldsheimer was a double...
W. Dean Christensen, age 86 of Lodgepole, NE passed away at his home Saturday, March 23, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, March 30th in the Lodgepole United Methodist Church with Rev. David Abbott and Larry Christensen officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole with Military Honors. Memorial contributions may be made in Dean’s name to the Lodgepole Museum or the Lodgepole United Methodist Church. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Friday to sign Dean’s reg...
Tammy L. Sherman age 53 of Sidney, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2019 in Sidney. A family gathering will be held from 1-5:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 30, 2019 in the Gehrig-Stitt Event Center, 1212 10th Ave. in Sidney. Cremation has been held. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Tammy’s name to the Sidney Public Schools Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 627, Sidney, NE, 69162. A complete obituary will be published when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Tammy’s care and funeral arr...
Lois C. Lamm, age 97 of Sidney, NE passed away in Sidney, Monday morning, March 25, 2019. Funeral services are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Lois’ care and funeral arrangements....
The Cheyenne County Lawyers’ Association will be awarding one scholarship to a deserving Cheyenne County area student in the amount of $1,500.00. Applicants interested in applying for this scholarship should present resumes and a 100 word (maximum) summary of their post-high school plans to the Association and answer (250 word maximum) one of the following questions: “What is something that you have done in the past year that has made a difference?” or “Why should you be awarded this scholarship?” no later than April 10, 2019. All intereste...
Peetz's Bulldog baseball team traveled to Caliche on Tuesday to face the Buffaloes, and lost their third game of the season by a lopsided 21-to-1 final score. With the Bulldogs in a rebuilding mode, head coach Trevor Nienhauser has his work cut out for him as the team works to sharpen fundamentals and searches for effective pitching solutions. The Bulldogs were held scoreless by the Buffaloes in the first inning, then Peetz junior starter Mike Turpin took the mound for the bottom of the first....
Leyton’s Warrior track and field teams traveled to Morrill on Saturday to compete in the Morrill Early Bird Invitational, and at the end of the day boy’s team placed seventh while the girl’s team placed eleventh overall. “The day started out on the miserable side with rain and cloud cover, but after a few hours it cleared and turned into a pretty nice day,” said Lady Warrior head coach Jodi Craig. With weather problems all around the area for the last few weeks, the Leyton team has been limi...
Sidney’s Red Raider Golf team placed seventh at the North Platte Invitational on Friday. Sidney’s team of Cayden Jobman, Jackson Witt, Trey Douglas, Burke Splichal, and Quinn Siler scored a 413 for their round, earning seventh place in a field of 12 teams. Jobman led the Red Raiders with an outstanding front nine score of 38, but struggled on the back nine with a score of 49. His combined score was 87, good enough for a fifth place finish individually. Final Results - Team - 1. North Platte 344...
The South Platte Natural Resources District (SPNRD) Board of Directors (Board) held its monthly meeting March 12 at the South Platte NRD Conference Room in Sidney. Ritch Nelson, State Forester with Nebraska NRCS and State Wildlife Biologist, gave a presentation to the Board on current events with the Eastern Redcedar tree in Nebraska. Currently, there are concerns in different parts of the state where the Eastern Redcedar has started to become problematic. Nelson highlighted tree facts, benefits of the Eastern Redcedar and some of the less...
Cheyenne County’s recent heavy wet snow has all but dissolved the drought concerns in Nebraska’s Panhandle. The March 21 drought monitor shows two counties defined as “abnormally dry” from the Wyoming border to Iowa. The map also shows no drought concerns from North Dakota to the Oklahoma-Kansas state line. The definition might seem obvious with the eastern half of the state trying to manage flood conditions. However, prior to the recent storm, the account was much different. The drought...
Preliminary Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey Results released this month by the University of Nebraska revealed that Nebraska agricultural land declined in value for the reporting year ending Feb. 1. This marks the fifth consecutive year of downward pressure, as market values have dropped approximately 20 percent since reaching a high in 2014. The average farmland value in the Panhandle is estimated to be $685 per acre, 4 percent lower than the prior year. All types of farmland reported...
SCOTTSBLUFF -- There’s nothing wrong with getting your hands a little dirty. Western Nebraska Community College invites you to do just that at the Applied Technical Trades Open House on Wednesday, April 10 from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at the Applied Technologies Center on the Scottsbluff Campus. The free event is open to all prospective students and their families. The Applied Technical Trades Open House will feature a number of hands-on activities to give those attending a greater understanding of the inner workings of WNCC’s applied technol...
Several Cheyenne County students attending the University of Wyoming have earned sports on the school’s top honor roll. The University of Wyoming lists 46 students from Nebraska on the 2018 fall semester academic Dean’s and Dean’s Freshman Honor Rolls. The honor rolls consist of regularly enrolled undergraduates above freshman standing who earned a 3.4 or better grade-point average, and freshmen who have earned a 3.25 or better grade-point average. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for l...
On Sunday, March 17, Sidney Just For Kix Dance hosted its annual Kix for Kids Show. Show proceeds were donated to Sidney Schools and the Mike and Ashley Onken Family. Ashley and Mike's baby son, Wyatt, was born with a rare genetic disorder called Mosica Trisomy 9. Their daughters Reagan and Hadlee both dance in the Sidney Just For Kix program. To show our support for this, Just For Kix family a majority of show proceeds went to them. The Just For Kix Dancers who performed range in age from 2 -...
Seven Cheyenne County youth were recently awarded certificates by the Cheyenne County Family and Community Education (FCE) organization during their poster and essay contest. Lillian Dyson, a home-schooled second grader, received first place in the Environmental Poster Contest. Lillian is the daughter of Christopher & Amy Dyson of Sidney. The theme for this year's contest was "What Items Are Made From Recycled Plastic?" Two students of Vickie Brauer and one student of Karan Clark of North...
LINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is grateful for the outpouring of offers from volunteers to help with cleanup efforts at state parks, wildlife management areas and trails damaged by the recent catastrophic flooding. The Commission will accept volunteer help in the recovery of its affected parks and other areas. Individuals or groups who want to volunteer to help the Commission’s cleanup efforts can notify Game and Parks at outdoornebraska.gov/volunteer. Game and Parks staff will alert those who wish to volunteer of opp...
As we continue to hear updates on the devastation caused by the flooding across the state, Black Hills Energy would like to join the many other Nebraskans who are making helping others a priority. One way the company is giving a hand up is by collecting donations across the state and delivering them to the eastern part of the state on April 3. Donations will be collected at Black Hills Energy’s Sidney office, located at 925 Greenwood Rd., from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday until April 2. Donations that are being requested i...
