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Volunteers gathered at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church Parish Center on Sunday to help package 20,000 meals destined for Burkina Faso, Africa. The event was sponsored by Stop Hunger Now and Catholic Relief Services. It took volunteers less than two hour to package the meals and load them into a trailer. Catholic Relief Services will transport the food to Africa and work with the recipients to help them support themselves.... Full story
A cohort of national and state organizations is calling attention to the dangers of problem gambling. Last month, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and mayors throughout the state signed proclamations declaring March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month. The annual month-long awareness campaign was started more that a decade ago by the Washington, D.C.-based National Council on Problem Gambling. David Geier, executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Problem Gambling, said the campaign is intended to bring greater awareness in the general...
A single-vehicle crash on Friday afternoon left a semi truck totaled after it rolled and became disconnected from its trailer, which was filled with a load of yogurt. The crash was reported at 12:21 p.m. and occurred near mile marker 44 on Interstate 80, six miles east of Potter. The truck, which was headed west, came to a rest upright in the grassy area to the side of the westbound lanes while the trailer laid on its side nearby on the shoulder. The driver sustained minor injuries and refused...
Sidney High School’s cafeteria will be transformed into a bingo hall on Thursday, March 26 to raise money for North, South and Central elementary schools. The fundraiser will begin at 5:30 p.m. and run until about 7:30 p.m. The Sidney Red Raiders’ kindergarten through fourth-grade fundraiser is hosting the bingo night that will include a silent auction, raffles, pizza, beverages and desserts. The money raised will go toward purchasing new technology, play equipment and other updates for each of the elementary schools. “Anytime we hold an event...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.39 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has not moved in the last week to $2.42 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were $1.07 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 15.6 cents per gallon higher than a m...
Sydney Nicholas Hubbard, 26 of Kimball, passed away Friday, March 20, 2015 at his home. His Celebration of Life service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the Sidney Park in Sidney. The family requests that this be a celebration with good food, friends and fellowship. Please bring whatever you would like for the luncheon. Memorials may be made in care of the family. Online condolences may be left at www.jolliffefuneralhome.com. Jolliffe Funeral Home and Crematory in Scottsbluff is in charge of arrangements... Full story
Shirley M. Dunphy, 85 of Sidney, passed away at her home Friday evening, March 20, 2015. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 27 with Wake Services at 6 p.m., Thursday evening, March 26. Both services will be in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Father Jim Heithoff officiating. Inurnment will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Denver at a later date. Cremation has been held. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday until 4 p.m. to sign Shirley’s register book and leave condolences for the fam... Full story
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County District Court on Thursday, March 19, 2015, before the Honorable Derek Weimer: Michael Anderson, age 28 of Sidney, appeared for sentencing on a charge of theft, a class IV felony. He received five years of Intensive Supervised Probation and was ordered to immediately serve 120 days in jail. Jimmy Elliott, no age available of Lodgepole, appeared for sentencing on charges of attempted possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver and possession of hashish, both class IV felonies. He received... Full story
Ongoing Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Date of Lenten soup supper & Lenten worship service will be held on March 25. Lenten Soup Supper is at 5:30 p.m. Lenten worship service is at 6:30 p.m. Lifetree Café Meetings at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will be on break until after Easter. Upcoming meetings will be posted as soon as that information is available. 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... Full story
The winners were recently announced for the Wheat Belt Public Power District’s Touchstone Awards Program – designed to recognize and award two students from each of the area high schools. One student is chosen on athletic achievements and one on scholastic achievements. The students are awarded the Touchstone Award for their outstanding performance and commitment that exemplify the “Touchstone Energy Partner” principles, values of integrity, accountability, teamwork and commitment to excellence. The winners are: Sidney – Hayden Lienemann...
Back in October when we were starting to combine our dry land corn crop, I visited with a neighbor about the value of wheat residues and residue height in dry land corn production. My neighbor thought he should purchase a stripper head for combining his winter wheat crop to leave more standing residue. The year before he had combined his dry land wheat with a conventional head and had baled the straw for his cattle. He then planted his dry land corn into the wheat residue left in the field. Right beside his dry land corn field was a field of...
Several organizations on local and state levels are pooling efforts and money, along with additional funding from the Nebraska Environmental Trust, in a project designed to improve understanding of groundwater hydrogeology in the Nebraska Panhandle by collecting and digitizing decades' worth of data from thousands of oil and gas well logs. The well log information will be combined with other, existing data to give scientists and resources agencies a more detailed understanding of the High...
The South Platte Natural Resources District board of directors approved a number of changes to its rules and regulations at its March board meeting, including changes to fee schedules. The proposed amendments to the Districtwide Groundwater Management Area Rules and Regulations were reviewed following an information session outlining the changes, followed by a public hearing. Primarily, the changes were related to chemigation, those made to follow LB272 established by the Nebraska Legislature last year. The District’s Chemigation Program r...
CHADRON – If you want to find a quick way to go a short distance, you may want to hitch your wagon to Sidney's' Von Seggern sisters, Sara and Kelly. If a longer distance is your goal, maybe a ride with the Red Raiders' 4x800-relay team of Jachob Wiedeburg, Hayden Lienemann, Brody McKnight and Logan Uhlir will get you there on time. While there were no team points tabulated, no medals awarded and no sun to bask in, the annual Chadron Indoor High School Track Meet gave 450 student athletes from 1...
CHADRON – With a field rich in Class B and C teams, Creek Valley High had a solid opening to its 2015 track season at the Chadron Indoor High School Track Meet at Chadron State College on Saturday. While the annual event does not record team scores or issue medals, the Storm managed to hold their own in a field rich with larger schools. Creek Valley had three top-six finishes in the girls and one top-six performance among the boys. "This was a good start for us against some very good competition...