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Nearly 70 employees in Cabela's corporate operations were laid off Wednesday. "The majority of the people were in Sidney, but there were people affected in Denver and Lincoln," said Doug Means, executive vice president and chief supply chain and IT director. Means was in Prairie du Chien, Wisc., on Thursday at one of the company's distribution centers with CEO Tommy Millner when reached on his cell phone. In a media release, Millner said, "This was a sad day for us at Cabela's. "These are not... Full story
Cabela’s has reached a settlement with a federal agency after the Sidney-based retailer was alleged to have failed to adequately recruit and hire minorities. The company has entered into a nationwide agreement to strengthen and improve its hiring and recruiting practices of minorities, a media release issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday states. “Those actions are based on a settlement agreement with the federal agency that resolves an EEOC Commissioner’s Charge of Discrimination alleging that Cabel... Full story
Local residents can continue their passion for music or pick up an instrument for the first time at the new store located at 932 10th Ave. in downtown Sidney. The old Salvation Army building has been transformed into a music store with guitars, a practice area and a soon-to-come recording studio. Chris and Amy Dyson relocated the music store from Chappell after being there for four years. "We purchased the building in Chappell four years ago, but we outgrew it due to business in about a year and...
Robert Thurow Jr. reached a last-minute deal with prosecutors just before his trial was set to begin on Wednesday. The 50-year-old Sidney man pleaded guilty to child abuse, a class I misdemeanor, in Cheyenne County District Court. Thurow was initially charged with third-degree child sexual assault. According to court documents, Thurow entered an Alford plea – meaning he maintains his innocence but admits there is enough evidence to find him guilty. Thurow was sentenced to 147 days in jail, w...
The Sidney Police Department, in cooperation with he Panhandle Prevention Coalition, the U.S. Department of Justice–Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Office of Diversion Control, will hold another National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday. This marks the 10th opportunity in five years for the public to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. Residents can bring pills for disposal to the police department from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The DEA cannot a...
Local farmers weren't the only ones to benefit from a recent customer appreciation event hosted by employees of the Scoular Company's grain elevator in Sidney. While the 120 local guests who attended the recent event had the opportunity to win all sorts of door prizes – from coolers to caps and even a $.05 per bushel premium on a truck load of grain – the real winner turned out to be Holy Trinity Lutheran Church's Table of Grace Food Pantry. Besides enjoying a barbecue dinner and a market pre...
Ongoing The Cheyenne County 4-H Clover Kid’s will begin meeting monthly starting in October from 3:45-5 p.m. Meetings will be held in three locations this year – Potter, Sidney and Gurley. The program is for children ages 5 to 7. Participants will experience, prepare and consume foods from the different groups, learn about money and deciding what is a want or need, make projects that can be entered in the County Fair and many other activities. Call (308) 254-4455 by Sept. 28 to register or go online to: ckb.unl.edu/ckbcounties4h to see the bro...
Yogi Berra played catcher for the New York Yankees for 19 years, from 1946 until 1965. Noted for his funny expressions, such as, “It ain’t over ‘till it’s over,” and “I didn’t say everything I said,” his most quoted malapropism is the gem, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Yogi said that when he was giving directions to his house during a conversation he had with Joe Garagiola. Yogi meant that from that fork in the road, either way led to his house, but his words came out funn...
The Sidney High School football team will look to bounce back from its first loss of the season when it heads east Friday to play Lexington. The Red Raiders lost at home last week to McCook after three consecutive wins to open the 2015 campaign, but expect to right the ship against Lexington (1-3). "Right now, we just try to get better each week as a team," said Sidney's first-year head coach Chris Koozer. "We still have some defensive breakdowns at times, but we're trying to clean that up."...
For the second consecutive week, the Sidney Middle School 7th- and 8th-grade volleyball teams won tournaments – this time at the Alliance Invitational held last Saturday. Both teams defeated Torrington, Chadron and Alliance en route to the titles in their respective divisions. Members of the 7th-grade team are: Logan Holly, Ireland Smelley, Olivia Schneider, Karly Sylvester, Morgan Jaggers, Lydia Mitlener, Ashlee Ringleman, Aleigha Wachtel, Kaylee Eddy and Emma Wintholz. The coaches are Jack T...
