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Gov. Pete Ricketts visited Sidney Thursday to tour Lukjan Metal Products LLC as part of his week-long Nebraska Manufacturing Month tour. Ricketts had welcoming words for owner Elena Lukjanczuk-Kelly, and Gary Ring, vice president of sales and marketing. "We're very excited to have you here, and really appreciate your investment in our state," Ricketts said. "You're not going to find better people anywhere else in the country than right here in Nebraska. Nebraskans are just awesome."...
John Jensen, Cheyenne County Sheriff, Mark Overman, Scottsbluff County Sheriff, and Kevin Spencer, Scottsbluff Police Chief, are being sued for harassment by Nebraska Crime Commission members Lisa Stamm and Vaness Humaran. According to a complaint filed in Lancaster County District Court on Oct. 2, Jensen, Overman and Spencer were acting both in individual and official capacities when they violated Stamm and Humaran’s right to privacy, right against unlawful search and seizure, right to equal p...
Agri-Plastics if officially coming to Sidney. The Ontario, Canada, based plastics manufacturer will join Lukjan Metal Products LLC at One Greenwood Road, a $4.5 million investment. Sidney City Council approved the facility sub-division at its Sept. 26 meeting. Agri-Plastics will close on its deal with Lukjan at the end of this month, Melissa Norgard, economic development director, said. "They are going to initially hire around 20 people and hope to start operations late January or February,"...
Rebecca "Becky" (Bryant) Wyatt of Sidney, NE passed away Thursday September 28th, 2017. Born on March 22, 1954 to Boyd and Ginger (Swain) Bryant. Survivors include her father Boyd Bryant and his wife Joy, her son and daughter in law Anthony and Jennifer Smith, her sister and brother in law Susan and Richard Arellano, her brother and sister in law Charlie and Yvette Bryant, and her niece and great niece Alissa Arellano and Paisley Hazlip. After keeping her parents on their toes, she became a...
Donna Schmidt, 87, a lifetime Sidney resident, passed away October 4, 2017. Born January 10, 1930 to Goldwin (Blip) H. and Francis (Burgess) Doran. Donna lived in Sidney through high school and then attended the University of Nebraska Lincoln, where she majored in music. After college she returned to Sidney and married Carl John Schmidt on December 28th, 1950. Donna and Carl raised their three children in Sidney and were the owner/ operators of the Cheyenne County Abstract Company for over 40...
Raymond Allen Tilghman, 92, a longtime resident of Crook, Colorado passed away Monday, August 14, 2017 in Athens, Georgia. A Celebration of Life service for Raymond will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC in Sidney, Nebraska with Father Robert Karnish officiating. Burial will follow in the Czech Cemetery south and east of Sunol, Nebraska. Immediately following, family and friends are invited to the family farm for refreshments and s...
Rodney Kent Born of Lewellen, NE passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017. A celebration of Rod's life will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, October 12th in the Grace Lutheran Church in Lewellen led by Pastor Jeniffer Brand and Vonnie Brown officiating. There will be a luncheon at the church immediately following. Memorial contributions may be made in care of the family. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel to sign Rodney's register book and drop off condolences for the family. Friends may vi...
Sidney's Lady Raiders rose to the top of the always-tough Western Conference Saturday, walking away from the Cabela's Athletic Facility with the conference championship in hand. Sidney captured the conference title with a three-set, 25-21, 19-25, 25-15 win over Gering, using a strong late rally to overcome the pesky Bulldogs. Along the way, the Lady Raiders also got back for a loss to Alliance just two days earlier. On Thursday, Alliance took a four-set, 25-12, 25-20, 22-25, 25-21 regular...
