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Cheyenne County Commissioners Monday approved the 2017-18 budget. The county is requesting $6.64 million in property taxes, a decrease from the $6.68 million requested for the 2016-17 year. Before taxes, the total budget amounts to $13,189,303, an increase from $11,991,544 the previous year. Commissioners acted to set a 2017-18 county tax levy that was different than the 2016-17 levy. “Your levy last year was at that .429714 after the amended budget was filed, and the property tax request t...
Sidney Police Department is renovating its building to feature a more limited waiting space, with a public window and secure doors to the rest of the office. "There's going to be a window with bullet-resistant glass, reducing the public to this area here only," SPD Chief Joe Aikens, standing in the lobby, said, "and not allowing them access to the records area or the rest of the police department." The renovations will increase security for the office staff and personnel, Aikens said. "It's not...
A subdivision for the Lukjan Metal LLC facility on Greenwood Drive was approved by the Sidney Planning Commission Monday. Dividing the property is among the steps necessary to bring another company to the Sidney facility. Robert Stefka, Commercial Investment Services of North Platte, which is representing Korda & Kelly, Lukjan’s ownership entity, explained the plan. “What we’re asking to do is be able to subdivide that so we can market that property to another company in hopes we can proba...
That high-pitched sound in the air Friday night was the squeak of the Red Raiders leaving Hastings with a one-point win. The Sidney Red Raiders won their contest with the Hastings Tigers in Hastings Friday, 14-13. The Red Raiders earned the only points in the first half with a touchdown and extra point in the first quarter. The first half ended with Sidney in the lead 7-0. The first quarter of the second half ended in a tie with Hastings and Sidney earning seven points each for a 14-7 game. In...
The Sidney High School cross country team placed second in the Alliance meet Saturday. Sidney followed Holdrege who finished the event 10 points ahead of Sidney. The Sidney High School cross country team took second in McCook Sept. 14 and fourth in the Alliance meet Saturday. In the Alliance meet, Mitchell High School won the event with a score of 17, Gering came in second with a team score of 22, Chadron 64, Sidney 72 and Scottsbluff with a team score of 83. Sidney followed the No. 1 team Holdr...
The Peetz Bulldogs dominated the Idalia Wolves Friday, winning the football contest 60-12. Peetz scored twice with one two-point point-after while keeping Idalia at six for a 15-6 first quarter. The second quarter decided the fate of the game when the Bulldogs earned 30 points while keeping Idalia off of the scoreboard.. Peetz continued the drive in the third quarter, with a touchdown and a two-point conversion while keeping Idalia off of the board. The fourth quarter was almost even as the Wolv...
