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Cheyenne County's Fair and Rodeo should be one not to miss as the Fair Board is pulling out all the stops this year with the best it could find for fun and entertainment. As always, 4-H activities anchor this year's fair, which begins Thursday morning with the 4-H Fashion Show and judging in Clothing Construction, Table Setting and Life Challenges. All are underway at 9 a.m. in the 4-H Exhibit Building. Technically, the fair has already started, with competition in Archery Shooting Sports...
Carissa Radtke is in her second year as Cheyenne County Fair Queen and Callie Brown is days from coronation as Lady in Waiting. "It is kind of representing Cheyenne County," Brown said. "Its been amazing for me. Its been my dream since I was five years old." As Cheyenne County Fair Queen and Lady in Waiting, Radtke and Brown are the public faces of the county fair. They attend fairs and rodeos representing Cheyenne County, hand out ribbons at 4-H events and promote the fair. "It taught me a...
Dr. Brandon Brown announced his resignation from the Sidney School District Board of Education. At the end of Monday’s board of education meeting, Dr. Brown announced his last board meeting will be in August. He said he and his wife will be leaving Sidney Aug. 26. “It has been a pleasure,” he said. “ I have thoroughly enjoyed what I’ve learned.” College is still considered a stepping stone of success. For some students, the problem is funds and timing. According to the National Center for...
Sidney Police arrested a South Dakota man last week after an receiving a report of a woman who said she was injected with an unknown substance. Clayton V. Hall, 56, of Rapid City, SD was arrested after a Sidney Police sergeant found suspected methamphetamine and cocaine in the cab of a semi-truck being driven by Hall. The call originated after police dispatch received the call from a woman at Wal Mart who made the claim of being injected. At the same time, it was reported two other females in...
Two people have been arrested for making counterfeit money following an operation of the Sidney Police Department and WING (Western Nebraska Intelligence and Narcotics Group) Drug Task Force in Sidney. Acting on a tip received by a Nebraska State Trooper, WING investigators executed a search warrant at a residence at 2405 11th Ave in Sidney on Thursday, July 5. During the operation, investigators found items being used to make counterfeit money. Christopher Humphries, 32, of Denver, Colorado, and Jaclyn Greer-Humphries, 31, of Ft. Collins,...
Cheyenne County's harvest slowly began with early cutting over the weekend, with the first loads of wheat being accepted at Frenchman Valley Coop elevator in Lodgepole Saturday. With the last few days of hot, dry weather, combines are rolling in nearly all areas of the county. Wheat quality has been mixed, with weights ranging from the low 50s to 64 pounds and protein content from 9 to 12....
On Friday, June 15, chaperones from the Nebraska Rural Electric Association (NREA), along with 19 high school students from across Nebraska returned from its annual Youth Tour of our Nation's Capital. Theodore Smith of Sidney was sponsored by Wheat Belt Public Power District to attend the seven-day tour with other youth from across Rural Nebraska. Each year the NREA hosts the Tour providing rural high school students, representing their public power districts and electric cooperatives, the...
The City of Sidney Parks Department will conduct initial mosquito spraying on Sunday evening July 15th . Weather permitting, spraying will continue each Sunday evening from approximately 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm, into September. In the U.S., West Nile Virus has become a common mosquito borne disease affecting humans. Outbreaks frequently follow a surge in the mosquito population brought on by warm, wet weather. Mosquitoes also transmit canine heartworm, fatal to dogs once contracted. Pet owners can...
Three people were injured and air-lifted from Sidney Regional Medical Center Sunday when the vehicle they were in collided with another vehicle on Highway 19 north of Lorenzo. Edward Bonertz, 42, of Colorado Springs, Co., was driving a 2016 Jeep Wrangler north on Highway 19 as Randy Fehringer, 68, of Peetz, was driving a 2007 Ford F150 pickup truck south with two passengers. The two vehicles collided near milemarker 6 north of Lorenzo. Bonertz was transported to Sidney Regional Medical Center. Randy Fehringer was transported to Regional West...
Jeffery L. "Spot" Turner of Sidney, NE passed away Monday, July 2, 2018 in Las Vegas, NV at the age of 48. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Thursday, July 12th in the First Christian in Church in Sidney, NE with Reverend Dr. Curtiss P. Davis officiating. There will be a private family inurnment at a later date. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday from 1-7:00 P.M. to sign Jeff's register book and leave condolences for the family. Memorial contributions may be to...
Inez Flamig, 89, of Oshkosh, formerly of Minatare and Sidney, passed away late Sunday, July 1, 2018 at the Regional West Garden County Nursing Home in Oshkosh. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday July 14, 2018 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Oshkosh with Sister Anne Hall officiating. Burial will follow in the Ash Hollow Cemetery near Lewellen. Memorials in Inez's name can be made to the American Cancer Society or the Regional West Garden County Foundation-Activities Fund....
Gordon was the host site for this year's Cal Ripken State Baseball Tournament over the weekend, and the Sidney team took top honors in the 12 and Under division. The action started Friday when the Sidney team faced the Sandhills team, and exploded for nine runs in the first inning when the Sandhills pitcher walked the bases loaded to start the game. Sidney's Justin Ernest pitched two innings of shutout baseball, striking out five and walking two in two innings. Braxton Heater finished up with on...
