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Sidney residents and visitors had an opportunity to step back in time last weekend as the 13th annual Gold Rush Days was held at the American Legion Park. Gold Rush Days is a three-day celebration of Sidney's history when gold was discovered in the Black Hills in the 1870s and the city's railroad was instrumental in its transportation to Deadwood, S.D. "This became the shortest, and best, route to Deadwood," local historian Gordy Wilkins said. "And it stayed that way until 1881." Wilkins provide...
Sidney’s City Council will convene for a regular meeting beginning at 7:15 p.m. this Tuesday inside the council chambers at Sidney City Hall located at 1115 13th Ave. Councilors will consider approving a policy that will allow the city manager to approve the use of city property and right-of-ways for public events, where previous closures were approved by council during their twice-monthly meetings. Tuesday’s meeting will also include third readings for two re-zonings for the reclassifying of the Cheyenne County fairgrounds from Agr...
Fishing the day away in legion park, families gathered to fish and enjoy the warm weather at Cabela's 13th Kids Fishing Day Saturday. "We typically have around 300 kids participate in the event," Eric Klepinger, general manager of the Cabela's retail store said. Various fish were tagged for the event. Seven fish were tagged with three different colors, each color redeemable for a Cabela's gift card. According Klepinger, there were four yellow tags worth $25, two green tags worth $50 and one red...
Sidney's 10-and-under team swept through both pool and bracket play over the weekend, finishing 4-0 to win the Wood Bat Tournament title in their division. In all, three divisions of play were held, with Alliance capturing the 12-and-under crown, and Yuma, Colo. winning the 14-and-under triangular competition. Wood bats were used by all players during the benefit tournament, with part of the proceeds going toward the Sidney Regional Medical Center cancer program. Fifteen teams from the Panhandle...
