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Pete Ricketts joined the race for governor just six weeks ago. He had initially supported Mike Flood. But when the speaker of the Nebraska legislature backed out after learning that his wife had been diagnosed with breast cancer, Ricketts began to reconsider his options. “The reason I’m running for governor, frankly, is because I love Nebraska. We live the American dream here,” Ricketts said. “I want to help continue that. Through the great leadership we’ve had, they’ve laid a tremendous... Full story
The Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts collected bags of nonperishable food last week as part of the "Scouting for Food" program. Scouts had distributed bags to homes in town earlier in the week. On Saturday they collected 50 filled bags and donated them to the Sidney Salvation Army Food Pantry. The amount donated was considerably less than last year. The Scouts and the Salvation Army encourage anyone that did not receive a bag to donate nonperishable food items to the pantry before the... Full story
Some damaged city streets will soon received a little face lift. The city received bids for the 2013-2014 crack sealing contract last week. The city budgeted $75,000 for the process this year. Sidney received bid from four companies for the project this year, which is more than the city generally received in the past. Bid prices ranged from 34 cents per foot to 96 cents per foot. The low bid came from Bader's Highway and Street. Bader completed crack sealing for the city in the past and did high quality work. "They have done the contract for...
After the loss of an expensive piece of equipment at the landfill this summer, the city has made an agreement with a local businessman, which it believes will be beneficial to both entities. The idea for this arrangement came out of the city’s budget workshops. City workers discussed the cost of purchasing a new grinder to turn scrap wood into mulch, because the old one had burnt out. This grinder would cost the city around $300,000. “During those discussions is when Mr. (B.J.) Raffelson approached the city about entering into a contract wit...