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Sidney Red Raider Cross Country team had a busy week, with competitions at Bridgeport and McCook. At the Run at the Rocks/Bridgeport Invite on Tuesday, both teams finished third, with the boys scoring 70 points and the girls at 75. Freshman Daniel Hardin led the Sidney boys with a 24th place finish at 22:33.51 and sophomores Dillon Cagle and Kolton Wells finished 33rd and 34th respectively. Leyton senior Gabriel Tretter finished seventh with a time of 19:31.38. For the girls, junior Brooklyn Bra...
Sidney's Lady Raider Golf team traveled last week to compete at the North Platte Invitational, and had a tough time but a good showing against some of the area's best teams. The Sidney squad finished with a total score of 436, putting them in eight place. The team was led by Aubree Larson's round of 100 on the challenging course, good enough for a top-twenty finish. Kaydie Whatley finished with a 110, Carlie Jordan and Audrey Splichal each finished with a 113 and Jordan DeNovellis ended her day...
Over the years, Nebraskans have built thousands of miles of trails, rails, power lines, and highways to connect our state. This connectivity has helped our urban and rural communities thrive. Yet as more of our lives have gone online, we’ve seen a digital divide develop. It’s easier and less expensive to deliver high-speed internet to houses close together in cities than it is to reach ranch homes spaced miles apart. For this reason, broadband infrastructure in rural Nebraska has lagged beh...
I often talk about the importance of investing in our core infrastructure. That’s things like our roads, bridges, railways, airports, drinking water systems, and ports. But in today’s digital age, internet connectivity is just as integral to modern life as any other more “traditional” form of physical infrastructure. Many small businesses need reliable access to broadband services to function. Family farmers and ranchers, who are increasingly integrating digital sensors, “smart” devices, and oth...
Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Department September 18 11:58 a.m., Transient Aid, transported a male from the Kimball County Line to the Deuel County Line. 1:22 p.m., Suspicious Activity, Sunol Motor Cross; report of a man in a vehicle with binoculars watching from a hill. Man reported he is taking pictures of the motocross riders. 2:08 p.m., Traffic Complaint, Highway 19; complaint of a white tractor/trailer northbound on Highway 19 from the Colorado State Line. 3:38 p.m., Public Education, Sidney High School. 3:52 p.m., House Watch, 100 block Coun...
