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Cheyenne County has taken the first step toward creating a public defender position. On Monday morning, County Commissioners named Tom Oliver and Philip Kelly as the two attorney representatives and Larry Nelson as the layperson representative for a just-created Public Defender Policy Board. Tim Smith was selected as an alternate for Nelson. The board will be tasked with evaluating whether the county should create a public defender position, and if so, reviewing applications for the job and making a hiring recommendation to the commissioners....
With a little less than a month to go, the Night of Hope Walk for Cancer Foundation committee is working on finishing up the last-minute details for this year’s event. The walk will be held Friday, Aug. 14 in Sidney’s Legion Park around the pond as in past years. The event will kick off at about 5:45 p.m. with the National Anthem followed by the inspirational “Survivor’s Lap.” The evening will be filled with the return of a silent auction, BBQ, chair-ity auction, cookbook sales, face painting, autographed football raffle and more. The readi...
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission set the 2015 early teal season dates at its meeting last week in Sidney. The teal hunting season will be Sept. 5-20 in the Low Plains and Sept. 12-20 in the High Plains. Teal hunting season dates are set to coincide with the teal migration through Nebraska, and the opening day is typically the Saturday following Labor Day. This year, because Labor Day is Sept. 7, an earlier opening day in the Low Plains was recommended to accommodate a 16-day season while avoiding conflicts with possible youth and regular...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 3.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.69 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.76 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 73.3 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 1.5 cents per gallon lower t...
JoAnn Kurth, 85 of Gurley, passed away July 17, 2015, with her family at her bedside, after a two year battle with breast cancer and its complications. Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Life service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Federated Church in Mitchell, with Rev. Dr. Charles Richardson officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Gurley Rescue Unit or Heritage Estates in Gering. Online condolences may be left at www.dugankramer.com JoAnn... Full story
LaVerne Armstrong, 94 of Omaha and formerly of Sidney, passed away July 15, 2015. LaVerne was born on April 27, 1921. He is survived by wife Laura; son and daughter-in-law Mike and Angie of Elkhorn; grandchildren Amanda and Cory; sister Ferne Johnston of Lincoln. Services will be held at a later date. Please forward cards to the funeral home for delivery to the family. Condolences to www.reichmuthfuneralhomes.com Reichmuth Funeral Home, 21901 W. Maple Rd., Elkhorn, NE 68022... Full story
Donna M. Johnson, 76 of Kimball, died Saturday afternoon, July 18, 2015 at Sidney Regional Medical Center, Extended Care. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. You can view the online obituary and share condolences with the family at www.holechekfuneralhomes.com Holechek Funeral Home and Cremations in Sidney is serving the Johnson family.... Full story
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County Court on Monday, July 13, 2015, before the Honorable Randin Roland: Michael J. Votruba, age 26, of Sidney, appeared for arraignment on a charge of DUI – High Test, a class W misdemeanor. He pleaded not guilty. Pretrial set for Aug. 24. Matthew T. Guthrie, age 29, of Sidney, failed to appear for entry of plea on charges of False Imprisonment – 2nd degree and Assault – 3rd degree, both class I misdemeanors. The state is to submit a Motion to Forfeit Bond. Denise A. Kray, age 56, of Sidney, appea... 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 Tuesday, July 21 Night Of Hope Walk for Cancer will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the basement of the First United Methodist Church in Sidney. Please use the north door. This meeting is to finish planning and organizing this year’s Night of Hope Walk for cancer event. Everyone is welcome to attend. For more inf... Full story
Dear Editor: The headline in The Sidney Sun-Telegraph read “Chief gets jail time.” The Chief of Police. Who would make such a complaint that would result in such a sentence? Was it the city of Sidney official who was out of control? I doubt it. Was it the city manager who wanted this energetic man to be gone in such a short time? I doubt this too. When all this took place, Chief Wilkinson had been on the “job” for a little over six months when one of his officers responded to a call about suspicious activity. The officer did the best he coul... Full story
During the Panhandle No-till Partnership’s field days, practices on irrigated acres were discussed. The farms we visited have been using the standard irrigated no-till crop rotation of winter wheat, corn, dry edible beans and back to winter wheat. Some of the producers are now including field peas as part of their crop rotation. On our farm, we have moved to a winter wheat (followed by a forage crop), dry edible bean, corn, field pea crop rotation. We feel this rotation will be a better agronomical rotation for the crops we grow. We think t...
RESULTS (DISTANCE IN FEET) 5,500 lbs. Gas 4x4 1. Ben Mitchell Bridgeport 265.16 2. Berry Landers Bridgeport 237.18 3. Renee Scheiding Carpenter, Wyo. 230.10 4. Kerry Karp Lisco 171.77 Antique Tractor 1. Doug Harimon Scottsbluff 228.77 2. Jim Pieper Scottsbluff 218.78 3. Jake McCoullough Wiggins, Colo. 206.17 4. Jazz Lussetto Bridgeport 187.48 5. Larry Steinbrecher Bridgeport DQ 6,500 lbs. Gas 4x4 1. Jesse Ferguson Bridgeport 290.58 2. Bruce Mitchell Bridgeport 277.62 3. Jessica Loomis...
Alex Jones of Sidney recently participated in the USSSA All-American Baseball Showcase tryouts in Des Moines, Iowa. Jones made the final roster for the 9-year-old division and will be on the Central Region Team that will play at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Aug. 3-7 in Orlando, Fla. The games will be televised on MLB.com. Her is the son of Barb and Jason Jones.... Full story
