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The Sidney City Council held its second public hearing on the proposed purchase of a three-story building at 13th Avenue and Illinois Street. The council previously addressed the proposal with four members of the council present. Mayor Roger Gallaway was absent on a previous engagement. The proposal died with a 2-2 vote. On Friday, April 12, a special meeting of the council was held to consider a second public hearing on the proposal. In the meeting, with all five members of the council...
Plains West CASA is hosting its first “Superhero Run and Villain Chase (fun run). The event will be held Saturday, starting from the Shelter House at Legion Park. Registration starts at 8 a.m. and the run/walk starts at 9 a.m. Cost of the 5k race is $40 and $25 for the kids Fun Run. Preregistration can be completed at at plainswestcasa.org or getmeregistered.com at Sidney CASA Superhero. Participants are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite superhero. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes. Proceeds from the event help in t...
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce is hosting the annual Girls Day Out tomorrow, Saturday, April 27. Registration is at the Fox Theatre beginning at 10 a.m. A small fee is charged to participants to cover costs. Registration includes a gift bag from participating businesses, a map of participating businesses and a punch card. There will also be a drawing for gifts. Girls Day Out is an opportunity for woman of Sidney, Cheyenne County and the surrounding area to connect with local business services and products. “It offers '...
Not all successful careers require an extensive college education. Companies, including several in Cheyenne County are looking for people who have a strong work ethic and are willing to learn. That is the message brought to students at Sidney High School Wednesday. Representatives of four companies in the Sidney area met with students Wednesday, explaining opportunities available with or without a college education. The program started with the presentation of statistics on the impact of manufac...
Work has resumed the Phase 2 project on US-385 through Dalton, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Simon Contractors Inc., of Cheyenne, Wyoming, has the $2.6 million contract. Work will include concrete construction, earthwork grading, pavement markings, and sodding. Traffic will be maintained with flaggers and lane closures during daytime hours as needed. Anticipated completion is end of May 2019. NDOT says weather permitting, work will begin May 1, on I-80 Potter to...
Sidney Police Department is one of many drop-off points for the 17th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. To 2 p.m. Saturday. According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, America loses more than 70,000 people every year to drug overdose deaths. In 2017, an estimated 3.2 million Americans age 12 and older reported misusing prescription pain relievers within the last 12 months, making prescription opioids the second most abused drug in the U.S. after marijuana. “In Nebraska, 532 people died of opioid ov...
A Sidney nurse has started a memorial fund after her friend and co-worker lost a family member in a tragic accident this week. Joni Peters, a nurse at Sidney Regional Medical Center started the fund after the death of 25 year old Tyson Herrera on a Wyoming highway. In addition, Tyson’s sister, Jasmine, was also injured in the accident. Peters knew Herrera herself for many years, as Tyson and her son played baseball together. To help fill potential needs and start the memorial, Peters took her b...
LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts gave compelling reasons on Wednesday to reject LB 289, the Revenue Committee's plan to enact the largest tax increase in state history. Several concerned Nebraskans joined him to voice their opposition to the tax proposal. "The idea that you can tax and spend to get more property tax relief is false. It has been tried in the past and failed," said Governor Ricketts. "We need to focus on budget control, making sure we live within our means just like every N...
The village of Potter will have a unique look Thursday May 2 as they welcome visitors to “A Night Out in Potter.” “This is kind of a spin-off of Business After Hours,” Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Director Hope Feeney said. The event is scheduled for 5 p.m. To 8 p.m. “We wanted to do that (Business After Hours) but on a larger scale for downtown,” she said. The Chamber's Community Leaders Committee (CLC) came up with the idea of promoting the county's villages. Potter is the first villa...
Sidney senior Collin Brauer led the Red Raider boy's track team to a second place finish with wins in three events at the Best in the West Classic at Bearcat Stadium in Scottsbluff on Tuesday. The Sidney girls finished third overall, finishing out a solid performance against the toughest competition in the Panhandle Area. Sidney scored well in the running events, with Brauer taking first in the 1600 Meters and the 3200 Meters. He also anchored the first place 4x800 meter Relay Team. Senior Cade...
Nebraska football will be a bit more thin at outside linebacker in 2019, after sophomore outside linebacker Breon Dixon announced on Wednesday night that he will enter his name into the transfer portal and transfer from Nebraska. Dixon announced his decision to transfer on Twitter on Wednesday night. "I would first like to start off by saying thank you to the University of Nebraska and the coaching staff, especially Coach Frost for believing in me through this process." Dixon wrote on Twitter. "...
LINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission approved recommendations for 2019 deer, antelope and elk hunting seasons at its meeting April 24 at Ponca State Park. The most significant approved changes to Commission orders for big game include: • Addition of a second antlerless whitetail bonus tag in the Loup East and Loup East Season Choice Area units to increase antlerless whitetail harvest due to high densities. • Split of the Niobrara River elk unit in to East and West, and absorb the Boyd Unit into the Niobrara East Unit. • Split o...
Three people from the Panhandle are among a dozen new members of the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement. Rick Larson of Potter was joined by Nancy Peterson of Gordon and Douglas Olsen of Harrisburg in being elected during a banquet at the Nebraska East Union on UNL's East Campus. Formed in 1916, the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement is dedicated to preserving and improving Nebraska agriculture. Each year, the group recognizes at least one honoree and elects new members. New...
LINCOLN – The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has earned an $11.85 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a research center focused on understanding and addressing drug addiction in the rural Midwest. The five-year grant from NIH’s Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE, will support Nebraska’s multidisciplinary Rural Drug Addiction Research Center. The COBRE program funds health-related research and fosters faculty development and research infrastructure. RDAR will conduct cutting-edge research into un...
Doyle “Red” Van Cleave passed away on Wednesday April 17, 2019 at the age of 74 after a courageous battle with cancer. Red was born in Laramie WY on June 17, 1944 and grew up in Sidney NE, graduating from Sidney High School in 1963. Red had a successful career for over 40 years as a locomotive engineer for BNSF and Union Pacific railroad. Red’s most treasured hobby was fishing. In his free time, you could find him at a nearby lake with a tackle box, fishing pole and a red beer. Red also had an ear for Country Music and wasn’t shy about getting...
