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The smell of formaldehyde permeated the halls of Sidney Middle School this week as seventh grade students learned about vertebrate anatomy in their life science class by dissecting frogs. "It's kind of nasty, but fun," Lainey Hausmann, 13, said as she and her lab partner, 13-year-old Karly Sylvester, exposed the brain of their dissected frog. Seventh grade science teacher Joydene McCarville said the experiment is done annually in the seventh grade life science class. This year, she had five...
The public is invited to attend the Cheyenne County Republican Convention. During this meeting, delegates will be elected to the Nebraska Republican Convention which, in turn, will elect delegates to the Republican National Convention. Elections for a two-year term will also be held to select the Cheyenne County Chair, Co-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. The Convention will be held Monday, April 4, 2016 at Points West Bank on Glover Road at 5:30 p.m. Guest speakers will include U.S. Congressman Adrian Smith and Nebraska State Republican Party...
Oral arguments in the appeal of the misdemeanor conviction and 30-day jail sentence for former Sidney Police Chief B.J. Wilkinson were made to the Nebraska Supreme Court early Thursday morning at the Creighton University School of Law in Omaha. Wilkinson pleaded no contest to a charge of obstructing government operations in July last year. The charge related to pulling a citation that had been issued to Sidney's then-public services director John Henke. After being ordered to serve 30 days in...
Siona Kshirsagar, 9 of Sidney, won the Sidney Sun-Telegraph's 2016 Easter coloring contest. Kshirsagar was presented with a cash prize of $20....
Karen Jo Zerr, 61, died Monday, March 28, 2016, at her home in Garden City. She was born July 8, 1954, in Sidney, the daughter of Richard & Bette (Bauer) Wistrom. Karen grew up on a farm near Dix. She attended school there and graduated from high school in 1972. Karen lived in Lincoln, Kimball, and Gove, Kan., before moving to Garden City in 1992. She has lived in Garden City since. A farm wife, Karen also worked for the phone company while living in Kimball and she also worked in Garden City... Full story
The Sidney Rotary Club is once again pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for its 2016 Scholarship. The annual award will again be for $1,000 and may be awarded to anyone who is accepted at a post secondary institution, whether it is a university, college, trade or vocational school. Each candidate is required to complete an application and provide information about the qualities that they possess and which they feel will further qualify them for consideration. The Sidney Rotary Scholarship Committee will interview...
The Nebraska Department of Roads today announced a data-sharing partnership with Waze (waze.com), the free, real-time crowdsourced navigation app powered by the world’s largest community of drivers. Designed as a free, two-way data share of publicly available traffic information, the Connected Citizens Program promotes greater efficiency, deeper insights and safer roads for citizens of Nebraska along with more than 55 other partners around the world. The Waze Connected Citizens Program gives NDOR an unprecedented look at real-time road a...
Upcoming Parenting program designed to give you practical skills that can be used immediately! These will be held on Mondays beginning on April 11 through May 16, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Community Center in Sidney. Free intro class & registration will be held on April 4, at 6:30 p.m., at the Community Center. Call (308) 249-5332 for more information. … Friday, April 1 Join us for the Cheyenne County Chamber Annual Ag Social at the Hillside Bar & Grill, located at 2632 Hillside Dr, in Sidney, on Friday, April 1, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. C...
Eight Kimball bowlers joined one from Sidney and one from Burns, Wyo. to share $1,000 in prize money at the Kimball Hospital Foundation’s 9-pin no-tap bowling tournament. Greg McDaniel, new owner of the Kim Bowl bowling alley, displayed not only his bowling talents but also his generosity by rolling seven 300 games and taking first place in the men’s singles and adult doubles divisions, then donating all of his winnings back to the Foundation. Several bowlers rolled multiple 300 games in the 9-pin no-tap tournament, a fun format in which the bo...
