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The State of Nebraska is proposing more work on highways near Sidney. The question is how to fund the City’s share of the cost of nearly $2 million. “This is a pretty good offer,” City Manager Ed Sadler said Tuesday. The work will effectively take off from where the last project ended east of Sidney toward Highway 385/Highway 17J. There are several options that have been discussed already, including using existing funds from the road budget and funding the project with bonds. In his lette...
The Sidney City Council Tuesday approved having a public hearing June 11 to formally address a request to change zoning of land owned by the hospital from Central Business to Agriculture. The request was first reviewed by the Planning Commission on May 20. The parcel — Trace 2 of Section 33, Township 14, Range 49 owned by Cheyenne County Hospital Association Inc., doing business as Sidney Regional Medical Center — is located directly south of the hospital. The Planning Commission reported no...
In farm country there's a saying - "It's pretty hard to complain about getting moisture." That holds true for the area, which gets only about 15-17 inches of rainfall each year. But this year has been different. Late spring snowfalls, followed by seemingly endless rainstorms, have left the county soaked. With the forecast of warmer temperatures over the coming days, Sidney and Cheyenne County will have a window of drying in its abnormally wet spring. In the last week alone, Sidney officially...
LINCOLN – NET, Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations, is hitting the road this summer to bring a variety of free events to towns across western Nebraska. Beginning May 29 and ending June 3, the tour includes stops in Chadron, Alliance, Scottsbluff, Mitchell, Sidney, Gering, Lewellen, Ogallala and Brule. Free screenings of NET's new documentary "Small Town Cops" will provide an informative look at the changing role of police work in Nebraska's small towns and rural areas. NET producer Bill Kelly and lo...
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture and Nebraska Extension are encouraging produce vendors, nurseries, beekeepers, organic growers and other businesses that could be affected by chemical drift to avoid inadvertent drift by registering their specialty crops and beehives on-line with DriftWatch/Beecheck website. The website is at https://fieldwatch.com/. FieldWatch Inc. is a non-profit company that operates the website, which include both the DriftWatch Specialty Crop Site and BeeCheck Apiary Registry. FieldWatch’s mission is to develop and p...
Mary Barnett explains the features of one of the machines at More Than Quilts during their recent Business After Hours. The business is owned by Mary and Victor Barnett....
According to the USDA Crop Progress Report for the week ending May 26, 2019, topsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 0 short, 60 adequate, and 40 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 0 short, 72 adequate, and 28 surplus. Winter wheat conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 26 fair, 59 good, and 11 excellent. Winter wheat headed was 19 percent, behind last year’s 32 percent, and well behind the 50 percent average. Producers in the northern Panhandle said wheat that had been flattened or covered w...
Sidney police are continuing their investigation into a series of vandalisms on Sidney’s north side. Police Lt. Keith Andrew said the department does have a suspect in the vandalisms, where mirrors were broken off of vehicles and a number of mailboxes were damaged, although charges have yet to be filed. The department is also investigating thefts from around homes in town, again mostly on the north side. Lt. Andrew said items have been taken from yards and areas outside of homes, calling the thefts “crimes of opportunity.” Andrew said resid...
Wayne Arthur Buhrdorf age 86, of Potter, NE was called to his Heavenly Home by his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, May 24, 2019 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney. A celebration of Wayne's life will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, June 1st in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church North of Potter with Pastor Ted Bourret officiating. Burial with Military Honors will follow in the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Friday from 1-7:00 P.M....
James E. "Jim" Joyce age 79, of Sidney, NE passed away Thursday, May 23, 2019 in Sidney. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Monday, June 3rd in the First United Methodist Church in Sidney with Pastor Corey Jenkins officiating. Cremation has taken place and Inurnment will be at a later date in Iowa. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel to sign Jim's register book and drop off condolences for the family. Memorial contributions may be made in Jim's name to the Aviation Department...
Donald M. Kettler (Don) died suddenly and peacefully in his sleep on May 26, 2019. Don was born in Sidney, Nebraska on November 10, 1950. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in business, Don began his career with Quality Farm and Fleet and moved to Muskegon in 1976 eventually retiring as Vice President of Real Estate. He then launched his second career in real estate, starting his own companies, Kettler Real Estate and DNK Development. Don married his...
The first thing I want to do in this month’s column is thank those who helped make our recent N|150 Celebration a success. The events of the day were fun, productive, educational and celebratory – just as we had hoped. The contribution of the Gering High School Jazz Band and the Scottsbluff High School Accapella Choir was fun and highlighted the local talent as we celebrated the University of Nebraska. The announcement by Bob Kelley of the Panhandle Research and Extension Center Scholarship Fund that resulted from Gering High’s success in th...
The West Nebraska Archery Association and Box Butte Archery club have announced they will be holding the annual Wildcat Hills 3D Shoot Fundraiser on June 15. The event will be held in the Wildcat Hills approximately two miles up Old Stage Hill Road off of Highway 71, south of Gering. Watch for the sign on Highway 71 and markers along Old Stage Hill Road. The start location is just past the parking area at the top of the hill. This year, the organizers have arranged the course to be easier to navigate, with less steep hills to climb while still...
Sidney's American Legion Post 17 Junior baseball team hosted B&C Steel Gering's junior team Wednesday afternoon at Legion Field, and held off a late Gering rally to win 7-to-5. Sidney jumped on Gering early, after starting pitcher Micah Schneider kept the vistors off the board in the top of the first. An infield single and a triple by Nolan Hofrock plated the first Sidney run, and a sacrifice fly by Dietrich Lecher gave Sidney a 2-to-0 advantage after one inning. Schneider then retired the side...
Sidney's American Legion Post 17 Senior baseball team hosted the Gering Platte Valley Companies Post 36 squad at Legion Field on Wednesday, and again the defense was plagued by multi-error innings that lead to a 10-to-0 defeat in a run-rule shortend five inning game. The Seniors drop to 4-and-6 on the season, and all four victories have come against the Bridgeport Bombers. Sidney faced a Gering team that had just defeated them 9-to-1 in the consolation game of the PVCC Tournament on Sunday, Sidn...
