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Cheyenne County Commissioners gave the OK on Monday for a team of consultants to redefine a feasibility study examining what a new county jail could look like. The initial study, released earlier this year, was based on a proposed combined law enforcement complex that included space for the sheriff's office, police department and a new jail. A rough estimate of such a facility was pegged around $16 million. Last month, commissioners discussed limiting the project to the highest priority – a n...
It's officially mosquito season. The first positive test for West Nile Virus was reported in Webster County in June. With the summer thunderstorms and warm weather, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is taking steps to help Nebraskans protect themselves from the 50 different species of mosquitoes in Nebraska. "We spend more time outdoors over the Fourth of July and throughout the summer that increases our chances of mosquito and other bug bites," said Dr. Tom Safranek, a state...
What is West Nile virus? West Nile virus is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) most commonly spread by infected mosquitoes. West Nile virus can cause febrile illness, encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord). West Nile virus transmission has been documented in Europe and the Middle East, Africa, India, parts of Asia, and Australia. It was first detected in North America in 1999, and has since spread across the continental United States and Canada. How do people get...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 1.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.67 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 fallen 0.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.77 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 83.8 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 2.9 cents per gallon h...
The final scheduled boating safety courses in the Panhandle will be held July 13, 14 and 18, according to Scott Eveland, boating safety officer for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The Nebraska boating safety course is required of all power boat operators born after Dec. 31, 1985, which includes operators of personal watercraft and all other motorboats. The minimum age to operate a motorboat in Nebraska is 14. The course covers equipment requirements, safe boat operation and accident prevention. Boat owners who complete the class may...
Kenneth Kurz, 65 of rural Sidney, died Saturday evening, July 4, 2015 at his home south of Sidney. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2015 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney. Services will conclude at the funeral home. Memorials have been established to the Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation or to Prostate Cancer research. Cremation has taken place and there is no visitation at the funeral home. Friends who wish can sign Ken's register book on Wednesday at the...
Stanley Wayne Weaver, 85 of Sidney, passed away Saturday morning, July 4, 2015 in the Golden Living Center. Funeral services for Stanley are pending and will be announced when available. You may view Stanley’s book of memories, share photos and stories at www.gehrigstittchapel.com. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & cremation service, LLC is in charge of Stanley’s care and funeral arrangements....
The traveling memorial photo exhibit, “Remembering Our Fallen,” will be placed in the main atrium of the Cabela’s corporate building at 1 Cabela Drive in Sidney through Friday, July 10. “Remembering Our Fallen” was created by Patriotic Productions of Omaha to honor Nebraskans who have lost their lives while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces in the War on Terror since 2001. The exhibit is free to view from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. each day....
The Fort Sidney Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in partnership with the United States Of America Vietnam War Commemoration, recently mailed 76 commemoration packets to Cheyenne County Vietnam War veterans. The packets included a DAR certificate recognizing the valor, service and sacrifice of that individual veteran, a copy of the Presidential Proclamation commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War and three government-issue commemorative pins. The mailing list was provided by the Cheyenne Count Veteran’s S...
I would like to thank everyone involved in making last week’s Panhandle No-till Partnership’s field days a success. I would like to especially thank Mark Betson, Mark and Pat Ernest, Bob Gifford and Jack Revelle for hosting these field days on their farms. I also want to thank the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center, and specifically Dr. Cody Creech and Dr. Karla Jenkins, for hosting our tour group at the UNL High Plains Ag Lab. I’m always amazed when I drive around the Panhandle of Nebraska at the diverse landscape w...
3st Century Equipment has announced its support for 4-H County Fair Livestock Programs across the 43 counties in our operating area. Individual donations will be presented to county extension offices in this month – including Cheyenne – to be used at the discretion of the council and advisors in livestock facilities, livestock programs, or wherever they see a need. "21st Century Equipment has a business presence in Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado," said CEO Owen Palm. "As such, we have a tre...
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Tuesday, July 7 SENIOR NIGHT Torrington (Wyo.) at Sidney juniors, 5 p.m. Torrington (Wyo.) at Sidney seniors, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 8 Sidney juniors at Chadron, 5 p.m. Sidney seniors at Chadron, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 10-Tuesday July 14 Junior Districts at Gering, TBA Wednesday, July 15 Sidney seniors at Buckley (Chappell) (DH), 5 & 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16 Sidney seniors at Laramie (Wyo.) (DH), 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18-Wednesday, July 22 Junior State Tournament at Blair, TBA Friday, July 24-Tuesday,...
