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  • Local family sends aid to Louisiana flood victims

    Amanda Tafolla-Sutton|Aug 23, 2016

    A Sidney family recently reached out to the community to bring relief to flood victims in Louisiana. Retired army veteran Shawn Syverson and his wife and Sidney native, Lindsey Glassburn Syverson made the decision to collect items and send aid to Louisiana. Syverson said he made several phone calls to multiple states looking for help in aiding with donations and all of them came back with the same request, they wanted donations in the form of money. Knowing flood victims lost everything and...

  • To serve and protect

    Brittany Kuhns|Aug 23, 2016

    There have recently been many negative images in the United States involving law enforcement. Although Sidney has not been on the news, Sidney officers are still feeling the sting at times. The Sun-Telegraph recently spent an evening with Sidney police officers, learning more about their approach to citizen interaction. According to Officer Jennifer Woodis, she has not noticed a major change in the way local citizens view the local police department but she has had people from other states that...

  • Carol (Fastenau) Hanneman - Obituary

    Aug 23, 2016

    Carol (Fastenau) Hanneman, 79 of Sutherland, Nebraska and former Cheyenne County resident died late Wednesday evening, August 17, 2016 at the Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, August 26, 2016 in the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney, with Pastor Leon "Bud" Gillespie officiating. Burial will follow in the Dalton Cemetery. Memorials have been established to the Grace Lutheran Church in Sutherland, Ne. Visitation will be held at the Holechek...

  • Donna Rae Mayer - Obituary

    Aug 23, 2016

    Donna Rae Mayer, 80, of Clatonia passed away on August 19, 2016. She was born in Kimball, on September 26, 1935 to John & Naomi (Wilkinson) Fiegenschuh. Donna was raised in Potter with her 6 brothers and sisters. Donna met Chuck Mayer in her senior year of high school. The two were wed in the summer of 1953, after she graduated from Potter High. They moved to the Mayer homestead, west of Dalton Nebraska, and spent 19 years working on the farm. The couple had three boys during that time, Milton,...

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