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On Wednesday Sidney Regional Medical Center broke ground on the largest hospital of its kind in rural Nebraska. A crowd of community members, local officials and hospital staff gathered at the future site of the new hospital at 1000 Pole Creek crossing to take part in the ground breaking festivities. "It's an as heartwarming day as the weather is beautiful today," said city manager Gary Person. "It's really the crown jewel of what will be a very exciting development in east Sidney." The $53...
Members of the hospital's board of directors dig in at Wednesday's groundbreaking.... Full story
During the past week, the internet blew up with posts followed by #notallmen and #yesallwomen. These were both inspired by the shooting that took place at the University of California at Santa Barbara ended in the death of six students as well as the shooter. The shooter was reportedly angry enough that women weren’t attracted to him and rejected him that he went on a shooting rampage. In an answer to the shooter’s misogynistic views of women, the #notallmen campaign began arguing that not all men see women as objects and not all men exp...
For The Sun-Telegraph Sixth grade students at West School in Sidney are eligible to be considered for a President’s Education Award. Students who earn these awards are students with high academic standing and exemplary citizenship and leadership skills as endorsed by their teachers and principal. Students who receive a gold award for Outstanding Academic Excellence have maintained a GPA of 3.5 or above for the duration of their 5th and 6th grade years. In addition they received a teacher recommendation and/or performed with high achievement o...
Dave Collins arrived at KSID in October of 2004 and covered his first American Legion baseball season for the station the following summer. In addition to baseball, he calls football, basketball and volleyball games for schools across the region--some 900 games in his career. But Collins' voice is familiar to more than just panhandle sports fans. Each weekday on the radio station he serves as news reporter and disc jockey, as well. 1. This was an amazing school sports year, wasn't it? This was... Full story
Unlike the cloudy, cold and windy conditions that greeted competitors at last year's event, the 2014 Class D NSAA Boys Golf Championships were held under a bright sun that baked the near motionless air around Kearney Country Club to more than 90 degrees. For the 97 high school golfers, including four from Creek Valley, who teed it up on Wednesday the scorching conditions seemed to be a welcome change. As the only Creek Valley player to take part in last year's event, Lane Godfrey lowered his...
With state golf underway in four different Nebraska cities, the official end to the 2013-2014 NSAA sports season is fast coming to a close. It would be difficult to recount each dramatic moment of every team over the past school year - there were just too many. But there were certain moments and games that won’t be forgotten for a long time by many. Employed to document the local sports scene I was privileged to go along for the ride on several trips to state tournaments. I don’t think I would ever bother trying to distinguish one great mom...
Joe Van Winkle chips.... Full story
