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A 2001 Lincoln Navigator caught fire Tuesday morning at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney. As of press time the cause of the fire was unknown....
Cheyenne County’s Board of Commissioners held a public hearing during Monday’s regular board meeting to adopt the 2016-17 Cheyenne County budget. In the hearing, the Commissioners increased the 2016-17 restricted funds revenues, set this year’s tax levy, and approved a resolution of adoption and appropriations of this year’s Cheyenne County budget. All three items discussed in the hearing were approved, but not unanimously. An email was read in the hearing, submitted by Terry Jessen, who said he has been attending budget hearings to provide...
Authorities responded to an accident in a construction zone on I-80 Monday evening. According to the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) Lieutenant Krzyzanowski, the accident occurred around 9 p.m. near mile marker 58 near Sidney. Krzyzanowski said Jesse Conn, 66, a construction worker currently working on I-80, was driving his 2012 Ford F-150 west bound on the closed lane when he struck a parked concrete paver. Both Conn’s air bags were deployed and the truck was totaled. Restraints were not in use and the paver received an estimated $1000 in d...
The 2016 For Peetz Sake Parade Marshals are Marlin and Cynthia Michaels. Marlin and Cynthia Michaels have lived in the Peetz area all of their lives. Marlin was born in Sidney, and was raised in Peetz. He graduated from Peetz High School. After Marlin graduated from high school, his father passed away the following fall. He found himself farming by himself and supporting his mother and sister. Cynthia was also born in Sidney, Nebraska and graduated from Sidney High. Marlin and Cynthia were...
City workers continue work on the demolition of the old swimming pool in Sidney this week....
Shirley Mae Fisbeck, 69 of Sidney, passed away at Pathways Hospice in Loveland CO on September 17, 2016. Shirley Mae Armbruster was born on January 22, 1947. Shirley was a natural caregiver and chose that path as her career. Her true passion in life was time spent with family, especially her grandchildren. Another joy in her life was time spent talking with friends. Shirley is survived by her husband of 50 years, Larry, their children, Derek (Dawn) Fisbeck, Davin (Tina) Fisbeck, Danette (Evert)...
Helen M. (Drees) Nelson, September 7, 1938 – September 17, 2016 Arvada resident, Helen Nelson, 78, died on September 17, 2016 with her family by her side. She was born on September 7, 1938, in Hays, Kansas, to Oura and Clarence Drees. She is survived by her husband, Don, of 54 years, and her children, Steve Nelson (Janet), Jodi Villa (Keith) and Julie Powell. Helen so dearly loved her grandchildren, Justin, Rachel, Catherine, Marie, Kevin, and her great-granddaughter, Charlotte. She is also s...
Roger T. Webb, 62 of Sidney, passed away at his home, Saturday morning, September 17, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, September 22 in the Sidney Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Leonard Suhr officiating. Burial with Military Honors will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday from 1 to 7p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in care of the church or the family. You may view Roger's Book of Memories, leave...
Sidney High School senior Seth McMillen took top honors in the individual Senior Division Area Range Judging contest held north of Dix last week. McMillen's individual score of 420 topped second place finisher Ethan Aschenbrenner from Scottsbluff High School by 10 points. McMillen's and Aschenbrenner's scores helped their teams come in first and second in the overall senior division team competition, but it was Aschenbrenner's Scottsbluff team that took first place 1191 to Sidney's 1172. Creek...
Leyton's Morley Haley runs to get around the Morrill defense Friday during the Leyton homecoming game. The Warriors tamed the Lions 46-16 and Haley rushed for 136 yards to lead his team....