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The Sidney City Council approved numerous pay estimates as well as budget reports for all city departments for June 2015 at Tuesday night’s meeting. The council approved items including pay estimates for engineers and contractors for the Greenwood Road and Pole Creek Crossing project. According to Sidney Public Services Director John Hehnke, the first phase of construction is almost completed. During phase two of the Pole Creek Crossing and Fort Sidney Road Bridge Project, construction of Pole Creek Crossing from Greenwood Road to Fort S...
Harvest season has begun in Cheyenne County. Jennifer Jurgens said last weekend, two fields' worth of wheat was harvested on her family's farm, seven miles east of Hunstman. "It was beautiful cutting weather," she said. "A nice breeze and warm, not extremely hot. We couldn't have asked for better weather." When the grain was delivered to the Scoular Company in Sidney, the family was told it was the first load of the season. Jurgens said custom cutters from Scehmper Harvesting, out of Holdrege, w...
Ensuring resources and training continue to be in place for Sidney schools to maintain a high level of academic excellence underscores the school board's priorities for the upcoming academic year. At a Sidney Public School District board meeting on Tuesday night, board members passed a list of their goals for the new academic year that begins in one month. Most of the items were carried over from last year with slight revisions, and one was new. Continuing with commitments to provide access to...
Everett L. Kelley Private First Class U.S. Army World War II EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. Everett L. Kelley did his part in the effort to help bring down the Nazi regime in World War II. At the tender age of 18, he knew the Selective Service would be after him. He made his way to the U.S. Army...
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County District Court on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, before the Honorable Derek Weimer: Tony M. Christensen, 23 of Englewood, Colo., was sentenced to 12 to 36 months on each of two counts of criminal attempt of first-degree forgery, a class IV felony. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively. Ryan Glenn, 21 of Kimball, was sentenced to 24 months of probation for first-degree criminal trespass, a class I misdemeanor. He also must serve eight days in jail: two days starting Friday, two days starting... Full story
Dalton Prairie Sooner Museum open Saturday and Sundays from 1-4 p.m., for the rest of the summer. Farmer’s Market on Saturdays July 11 through Oct. 10 at Hickory Street Square from 8 to 11 a.m. in Sidney Thursday, July 16 Holy Trinity’s Table of Grace Mobile Food Pantry, 254-3124, FREE food! No proof of income required. Thursday, July 16 in Sidney at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2305 San Marino. 5 p.m. Registration with food distribution to follow. Sign-up for school supplies will be at each of the pantries. Cancer survivor support group mee... Full story
Contributing to an IRA can help you build some of the resources you will need to enjoy a comfortable retirement. But what happens to your IRA if you don’t use it up in your lifetime? You can still put the IRA’s assets to good use — as long as you’ve made the right moves and communicated your wishes clearly to your family. When you opened your IRA, you should have named a beneficiary — someone who will receive the IRA assets when you pass away. You could also name a contingent beneficiary if the first beneficiary dies before you. These ben...
RUSHVILLE, Neb. – In the final swim meet of the season – known as the “Medal Meet” – the Sidney Stingrays came home from Rushville with the most hardware by collecting 139 total medals with 50 of them being gold. Swimmers were awarded a medal for finishing in the top three places in each event. Sidney far outpaced runner-up Torrington, which collected 53 total medals. Alliance finished second in golds with 17 to edge out Torrington, which had 16. Kayla Westby and Jayden Shoemaker mined the most gold with six apiece for the Stingrays. In additi...
KIMBALL – Despite struggling over his second nine holes, Connor Dormann led a group of local players at the 47th Annual Nebraska Junior Amateur Championships at Four Winds Golf Course in Kimball on Tuesday with an 85. Meanwhile, Rachel Blauert of Sidney struggled through her first round with a 101 in the 15th Annual Nebraska Girls' Amateur Championship, which is also being played at Four Winds. Besides Dormann, three other Sidney High golfers are competing in the boys' championship. Nate D...
