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Highway 30 renovation efforts along Illinois Street are expected to begin in downtown Sidney after Fourth of July. Justin Schmidt, Simon Contractors project manager, took time Wednesday to meet at Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce with business owners and hear their concerns. Downtown is the most high-profile segment of the project, Schmidt said. "We're contracted to remove and replace all of the concrete panels under the asphalt," he said. "If you drive through there, you'll see a lot of bad...
CHAPPELL - No bids were received for the now defunct Creek Valley Middle School’s football field in Lodgepole. “They’re going to reopen bids for the football field because nobody in the original bid process, which was due the 6th of June, nobody put any bids in,” Ron Howard, CVS superintendent, said. Possibly there were no bids because the price for the property was too high, Howard said. The property was listed for roughly $11,000 for 10 acres. “The county assessor told us what to put on th...
Even the non-golfer can appreciate one facet of the U.S. Open golf championship this weekend, armed with the knowledge that the lush greenery of the Erin Hills Golf Course has a Sidney connection. Located at Erin, Wisconsin, 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee, Erin Hills Golf Course was built using the natural dips and hills left from glacial activity. Then-owner Milwaukee businessman Bob Lang envisioned the rolling hills as a perfect place for the U.S. Open and convinced bankers to help him build...
Daniel D. Konruff, 37, of Sidney, pleaded "no contest" Tuesday to two charges of attempting to possess child pornography, a class 3A felony. According to a Nebraska State Patrol affidavit, in October Investigator Dean Christensen was assigned to investigate a cybertip, where a "single image of a topless three-year-old girl with her underwear pulled down around her thighs" was transferred to a Google Photo account. The cybertip identified the IP address as belonging to Konruff. Christensen visite...
A Sidney teen is on her way to compete in the National Junior High Finals Rodeo this weekend. Reece Stanley, an eighth grader at Sidney Middle School, earned a spot on the Nebraska Junior High Rodeo Team as a barrel racer. The team will travel to Lebanon, Tennessee to compete in the national finals June 18-24. The meet marks a milestone in a busy year for Stanley. She said she has competed in large number of meets to qualify for the Nebraska team and the national finals. The National Junior...
Darlene M. Josten, age 88 of Sidney, NE passed away at Sidney Regional Medical Center, Friday, June, 9th, 2017. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, June 15th. Wake services were at 6:00 P.M., Wednesday evening, June 14th. Both services were in the St. Patrick's Catholic Church with Father Jim Heithoff officiating. Burial was in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Darlene's name to St. Patrick's Catholic Church. You may view Darlene's Book of Mem...
