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Construction work at the intersections of Illinois St. and 13th and 14th avenues is nearly completed. The entire intersection is now open to through traffic. Construction cones delineate the lanes at this point because lane-stripe painting has not started. Depending upon weather, the city hopes to get the stripes done at the beginning of this week, according to public services director John Hehnke. The new stop light signal controllers are already installed, but the sensors won't be working at full function until the stripe painting is... Full story
Peggy Makey owned a business is Greeley, Colorado, and a customer who had previously met Makey’s father asked if he had been in the war. Makey told the customer what she knew of her father’s time serving during WWII, and the customer mentioned that they should look into the Honor Flight program. Donald Larson, Makey’s father, had mentioned that he wanted to see the memorial about a year ago. Makey underwent two hip replacements and sold her store, so the plan did not start to take shape until tw... Full story
Camp Lookout, one of Sidney's oldest buildings, was once owned by the army and also served as a brothel during the seedier days of Sidney's history, but in the future it will serve as a pictorial museum chronicling the city's past. "It'll be kind of the history of Sidney," said Kathy Wilson, chairperson of the Boot Hill Restoration Committee. The Boot Hill Restoration Committee purchased Camp Lookout in 2010. This building is located on the corner of 10th and Elm on the north side of town....
The city of Sidney is still working to cleanup after the Sept. 9 storm. Many power lines throughout town were damaged during the storm. Some of these lines were already slated for underground conversion, so officials decided to go ahead with the project on the lines at Pine and Dorwart, as well as others, instead of repairing the existing above-ground network. Some city employees worked for close to 36 consecutive hours to ensure that the city was back on track in the hours and days after the storm, according to emergency manager John Hehnke.... Full story
Sidney's planning commission denied Werner Construction's conditional use permit for a mobile asphalt plant at the Kielian gravel pit one half mile south of the intersection of Roads 20 and 117, east of Sidney. The city attorney, J. Leef, who was not present at the Sept. 16 meeting, informed commission chairperson Jerry Spiker that the city should not issue a conditional use permit to anyone besides the land owner, which is the Kielian Family Trust, according to Spiker. The Kielian family trust was given nine months, at the same meeting, to...