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Two high-ranking City of Sidney employees appeared in court Monday morning, with one agreeing to a plea deal that resolved his case. Sidney Public Services Director John Hehnke pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace and received a fine of $300 plus court costs from Judge Paul Wess. In exchange for the plea, a charge of misdemeanor unlawful intrusion was dropped by Assistant Attorney General Doug Warner, who was named a special prosecutor in the case by the Cheyenne County Court. Warner was appointed after an...
Participants in the Peetz Color Run get ready to take a dusting of red chalk at one of the checkpoints on Saturday morning. Runners wear white T-shirts and are hit with various colors throughout the course. More than 200 people took part in the event.... Full story
Cheyenne County’s Court-Appointed Special Advocates will host its annual “Night of Music” fundraiser on Tuesday at Sidney High School. This fundraiser offers the community an opportunity to help fight against child abuse and neglect. Marion Janzen, CASA’s executive director, said the “Night of Music” will feature 10 local performers with a variety of music from piano, singing and a musical group to help toward the organization’s mission. “All of the talent supporting CASA is from Cheyenne County,” Janzen said. “April is also Child Abuse Prevent...
Three Leyton Junior High School students represented the Panhandle at the recent Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences Annual State competition at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Representing Leyton were Danielle Higgins, Meg Huson and Josh Kruse, all of whom are students in Jane Ahlschwede's eighth-grade science class. They were among 30 students who represented Nebraska from six geographical regions. The annual NJAS Science Fair brings together the Top 5 student projects from each region of the...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have not moved in the past week, averaging $2.42 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has increased 8.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.54 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were $1.08 per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 4.6 cents per gallon higher than a month a...
Dana D. Hlavinka, 44 of Sidney, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2015. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 30, in the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tom Hyde officiating. Services will conclude at the church. Private family inurnment will take place at a later date. Cremation has been held. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday to sign Dana's register book and leave condolences for the family. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to... Full story
Clark was born Oct. 24, 1937 youngest son of three children to Elsie & William Schaffert in Sidney. Clark grew up in the sandhills of Nebraska ranching raising registered horned Hereford cattle. Born into the Nebraska dust bowl in the 30's 'Clarkie' was a tried and true cattlemen from an early age. Raising champion Hereford genetics when he was 17 his show steer Donald Duck won the Grand National AK-SAR-BEN cattle show in Omaha. On Feb. 14, 1957 Clark met his life long soul mate and married... Full story
Ongoing Cancer survivor support group meets every third Thursday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Dorwart Cancer Care Center. Great topics/food/fellowship. Call Leslie at (308) 250-1113 with questions. A Parkinson’s support group the for Western Nebraska area meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 312 W. 16th St., Alliance. Call Dee Brauninger at (308) 763-1254 with questions or email her at [email protected]. Tuesday, April 28 The Cheyenne County CASA will present “A Night of Music.” This fundrai... Full story
Andy Kerk, a physical therapist and owner of Body Mechanics/Kerk Physical Therapy in the Milwaukee-area, was named Wisconsin's Physical Therapist of the Year for 2015. He is pictured with his wife, Julie. Kerk, who is a former Sidney resident and has been in practice since 1983, received the award at the WPTA's annual convention.... Full story
I sat through two speaker presentations last winter where regional meteorologists gave their predictions for the weather outlook for our area for this growing season. One meteorologist was Brian Bledsoe, who resides in Colorado Springs, Col. Brian gave his presentation at the “No till On the Plains” winter conference in Salina, Kan. The other meteorologist was our own Don Day, who lives in Cheyenne, Wyo. Don spoke at our Panhandle No till Partnership winter conference in Gering. Don is on many local radio station broadcasts and gives weather re...
The South Platte Natural Resources District offered a free landscaping class at its office in Sidney on Saturday. The workshop is an annual event that is structured to benefit homeowners on landscaping and water management best practices. Participants were given information on home gardening techniques including gathering soil pH, utilizing compost, working the soil and watering. A session led by Lucinda Mays from Chadron State College gave local gardeners several suggestions in managing the...
The Jim Pohl Memorial Youth Trap Shoot event was held Saturday at the Sidney Shooting Park. A record number of participants entered this year's competition. TRAP SHOOTING RESULTS Results from Saturday's event, which saw a record 227 participants (112 senior high school and 115 junior high/grade school entrants): Sr. High School First Place North Platte Sr. Gold Tel Pyzer Sr 95 Dylan Siemers Sr 94 Darren Armstrong Sr 94 Michael Spelts Sr 91 Corbin Znaniecki Sr 97 471 Jr. High School First Place...
MORRILL – Led by a strong performance by its girls' 4x800 meter relay team, both Sidney High track teams finished in the middle of the pack at the George Calvert Invite at Morrill High School on Friday. With the Raiders splitting their squad between Morrill and the Scottsbluff Twilight Invitational, the Raiders entered both meets short-handed. In Morrill, the Raiders boys scored 24 points to finish fifth among the 13 teams competing. The winner was Mitchell with 161 points while runner-up B...
MORRILL – With Kaitlyn Berner leading the way with a win in the triple jump, the Leyton girls' track team finished in sixth place at the George Calvert Invite on Friday. The boys were one spot lower as they wound up in seventh. The Lady Warriors ended their day with 42 points, while the boys garnered 15. Mitchell won both events, with the boys scoring 161 points and the girls 127. While Berner took the triple jump by nearly a foot, she also added points to the Lady Warriors cause by her s...
SCOTTSBLUFF – For 23 years the record stood. If it doesn't fall again in the next 30 days by the same group who broke it on Friday, it just may last another two decades or more. With the help of a third record-setting day this season by the Sidney High boys' 4x800-relay team, the Red Raiders garnered 105 points to finish third at Twilight Invitational at Bearcat Stadium in Scottsbluff on Friday. Rapid City Stevens (S.D.) took top honors with 122 points while host Scottsbluff was second with 119....
PINE BLUFFS, Wyo. – The Potter-Dix High track teams put in a strong performance at the Pine Bluffs (Wyo.) Invite as the boys finished a close second and the girls took fourth. Host Pine Bluffs took the boys' crown with 258 points to 236 for the Coyotes. Lingle-Fort Laramie (Wyo.) finished with 174. In the girls competition, Burns won the title with 225 points to shade Pine Bluffs by a single point. Lingle-Fort Laramie earned 210 points and Potter-Dix had 188. The boys had nine event winners i...
WRAY, Colo. – The Peetz High track teams headed south to Wray (Colo.) for the Dick Evans Invitational on Saturday, with the boys finishing in a tie for sixth place and the one-person girls’ team taking 13th. Host Wray was the runaway winner in the girls’ competition with 212 points to finish 110 ahead of runner-up Yuma. Both the boys and girls teams were shorthanded with a large group attending the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Vail. In fact, Abby White carried the Lady Bulldogs banner all by herself. White made herself heard, howev...
ALLIANCE – The Sidney High School boys’ golf team finished in fourth place among 10 teams at the Alliance Invite on Saturday despite the absence of many of its regular varsity players. Gering took top honors by posting a score of 344. Alliance finished second with 356 strokes, Chadron was third with 367 and Sidney shot 389. Garrett Wamsley, the only player with significant varsity experience, led the team with a 92. The other varsity scores included Jake Burke (96), Cole Westfall (98), Montana Morrison (103) and Tyler Miller (111). Several pla...
TRACK & FIELD Tuesday, April 28 Sidney, Leyton, Creek Valley and Potter-Dix at Best of the West (in Scottsbluff), 4:30 p.m. Peetz at Y-W Area Meet (in Yuma), 3 p.m. Saturday, May 2 Sidney at Conference Meet (in Gering), 9 a.m. Leyton, Creek Valley and Potter-Dix at Conference Meet (in Bayard), 9 a.m. Peetz at 1A State Invitational (in Limon), 9 a.m. GOLF Monday, April 27 Sidney at Scottsbluff, 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 28 Creek Valley at Perkins County, 9 a.m. Thursday, April 30 Creek Valley at Conference Tourney (in Chappell), 9 a.m. Friday, May... Full story
