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Counties and municipalities in Nebraska are required by the State to submit one-year and six-year road work plans. This year’s plans could be in conflict with State highway department plans. The Sidney City Council had decided to save toward prioritized street projects. Those discussions addressed what streets to work on, how extensive the projects would be and setting a budget for the cost of the work. The council and Street Superintendent Hank Radtke agreed that 13th Street would be one of t...
Marriage is a commitment with blessings and challenges often sharing the same space in time. The depth of its challenges is evident by divorce rate statistics in the U.S. According to hopesandfears.com, the national average length of marriage in the U.S. is 8.2 years; 12.2 years for New Yorkers with most marriages lasting 10 to 14 years. Quora.com said the median length in the U.S. is 45 years. A couple who live southwest of Sidney have both beat, together, and then some. Robert and Eleanor...
CHADRON -- Bighorn sheep in the Panhandle are sporting some new hardware this week thanks to the work of a helicopter capture crew, wildlife professionals and volunteers. South Dakota State University joined the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in capturing and processing a total of 48 sheep Monday and Tuesday -- 22 in the Wildcat Hills near McGrew and 26 at three locations in the Pine Ridge near Chadron and Crawford. Wildlife professionals have ramped up monitoring efforts in recent years to...
William Jennings Bryan once said “Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.” In Peetz, “the city” and country are uniting. One of the values of a small community is its family-like atmosphere. When there is a need, neighbors step up. They pull on the work boots and jacket, fill the donation jar at the cafe and start up the trucks and combines when a...
Richard Funkhouser, 82, of Chappell, Nebraska passed away Monday morning February 18, 2019 at his home. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 22, 2019 at the Holechek-Bondegard Funeral Home in Chappell with Pastor David Abbott of the Chappell United Methodist Church. Services will conclude at the funeral home. Casual attire is suggested. Cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation at the funeral home. Memorials can be made to the donor's choice c/o Eva Funkh...
Bill D. Rush, age 89 of Sidney, NE passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019, at his home in Sidney. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, February 23rd in the Light Memorial Presbyterian Church with Pastor Mary Jo Dean officiating. Services will conclude at the church. Inurnment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery at a later date. Cremation has been held and friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Friday from 1-7:00 P.M., no family will be present. In lieu of flowers,...
GRAND ISLAND - Eleven vehicles were involved in multiple crashes that occurred this morning on Interstate 80 between Giltner and Aurora. At approximately 9:10 a.m., Hamilton County received a 911 call that two semi-tractor/trailers had crashed and jackknifed, blocking eastbound traffic on I-80 near mile marker 328. As troopers and officers were en route to the scene, additional vehicles became involved in a chain reaction crash. The first crash scene involved four semis and one passenger vehicle...
The Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District (UNWNRD) coordinated the 2019 Western Regional Envirothon Contest on February 13, 2019. The contest was held at the Gordon City Hall with five schools from around the panhandle participating: Crawford, Creek Valley, Garden County, Gordon-Rushville and Sidney. The Envirothon Contest is a series of timed, written tests pertaining to seven environmental topics. The seven topics include: Aquatics, Forestry, Policy, Range, Soils, Wildlife and a Special Topic, that changes each year; this year’s t...
Rivals Creek Valley and Potter-Dix faced off to start the D2-11 Subdistrict Basketball Tournament Tuesday night at Sidney High School, and the Storm breezed to an easy 64-to-12 victory over the Coyotes. The Storm entered the tournament as the number one seed, and drew a number four seeded Coyote team that had struggled with a winless record all season. Creek Valley started fast with their speedy backcourt setting the pace while the Storm's big men piled up the points. The Storm's speed and...
Leyton's Warrior boy's basketball team lost to the South Platte Blue Knights 49-to-38 in the semi-final round of the D2-11 Subdistrict Tournament Tuesday night at Sidney High School. The teams had split in their previous two meetings during the season, and were evenly matched with South Platte as the number two seed and Leyton the number three seed. The first two minutes of the game were filled with turnovers as both teams struggled for shot opportunities. South Platte finally opened the...
