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Nearly a dozen 4-H'ers took on a small project with big potential Wednesday morning as they learned how to build and grow their own fairy garden. The workshop was held at Sidney Feed and Supply, located at 418 Illinois St., under the direction of its manager Wanda Talich. "It's a brand-new project for the 4-H kids," Talich said. "It's the first year that they'll have fairy gardens entered into the state fair." Talich, going my the name "Tinkerbell Talich" and wearing a set of antennea on her...
A string of recent burglaries in Sidney are currently under investigation by the Sidney Police Department. According to Police Chief Joe Aikens, the first burglary happened on April 21, at Triple O's Building Supply, located at 633 10th Avenue. The window glass had been broken to access entry, and some Dewalt power tools were reported missing. A portion of the property has since been recovered. Power tools were also stolen from a garage at the 1300 block of summit drive, on April 26, 2016, along with a golf cart that was later recovered....
Sunrise came pretty early for the Sidney High School (SHS) choir, who was bound for a choir competition in Los Angeles, California, Thursday morning. Both the SHS concert choir and the Sidney Singers will be performing in the competition, spending five days in the City of Angels. The choir will be performing the same set of songs they performed at the District Music Contest, as will the Sidney Singers, who be performing their original choral set. The concert choir will be performing...
After requesting feedback from the community at their last meeting, the Sidney City Council approved this week the preliminary findings of their goal setting retreat from last month to provide city administration direction as they prepare for the coming fiscal year's budget. On April 21, council convened for a special meeting in the meeting room at the Hampton Inn located at 635 Cabela's Dr. to discuss and prioritize their long-term and short-term goals for City Manager Ed Sadler as well as city staff. The retreat was facilitated by Nebraska...
Each year the Chad Nienhueser Memorial Scholarship is given to area high school students who are going to pursue a college education and have demonstrated leadership skills. Chad was a Sidney native majoring in civil engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City. This year, scholarships go to Jacob Schaub, Genessa Schilz, and Emily Mahr all seniors at Sidney High School. Jacob is planning to attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and will be majoring in...
Sidney's Legion junior baseball team played its home opener Wednesday night with indications of what it is capable of accomplishing. Sidney jumped on Morrill with three runs in the bottom of the first inning, adding five more in the second on the way to a 12-4 win. The outing was the second for the Juniors, who started the season Tuesday with a rain-shortened game against Gordon. The teams got in three and one-half innings before storms halted play with Sidney up 12-4. So far, quick starts are...
New Bethel College Head Coach Scott Weston has announced Shaela Jenkins has signed a National Letter of Intent to play volleyball next fall for the Threshers. Jenkins, a five-feet, 10-inches OH from Dalton, was a three sport standout at Leyton High School, participating in volleyball, basketball and track. She previously attended McCook Community College in McCook Nebraska where she was selectedto the Region Nine All-Tournament Team in 2015 while leading the Indians in kills last season....
