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As summer draws to a close, back-to-school season is in full effect. Students begin returning to school today, and residents are asked to remember to safely share the roads with school buses, pedestrians and bicyclists, and provide children with the necessary knowledge to stay safe at school. Whether children walk, ride their bicycle, take the bus or are dropped off to school, it is extremely important that they - and the motorists around them - take proper safety precautions and follow the...
On-the-ground work for an Economic Development Study and Market Strategy for Sidney and Cheyenne County will begin August 22. The project is funded through the City of Sidney’s Economic Development Program through the State of Nebraska’s Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act, the LB840 program. An approved LB840 program gives a municipality many economic development options to recruit new businesses and retain and expand business presently in the community. Sidney Economic Development Director Tina Hochwender said the study and str...
CHAPPELL — Deputy Mike Hutchinson has made a career out of helping others. Even after a personal tragedy on the job, he’s turning his focus to his community. On Dec. 3, 2015, Hutchinson was shot four times while serving an arrest warrant in Big Springs. He received several pints of lifesaving blood while at Ogallala Community Hospital. Now, he’d like to make sure blood is available for other patients when they need it by encouraging Chappell-area residents to donate. Donations of blood in honor of Mike Hutchinson will be drawn Tuesday, Aug....
Ann M. O’Connell, 95 of Sidney, passed away at the Golden Living Center in Sidney, Wednesday, August 17, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Ann’s care and funeral arrangements....
Robert Hart, 51 years young of Aurora, Colorado passed on Friday morning, August 12, 2016 at his parent's home in Aurora. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, August 19, 2016 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with Pastor Jim Gerhold of the Christian Life Center officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole. There will be a visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney. You can view the online obituary and share...