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LINCOLN – Secretary of State John Gale says he anticipates that a record number of voters will cast ballots in the general election. That said, Gale admits it has been harder this time to predict the percentage of voter turnout. Voter registration has reached 1,211,449, a new record and 46,000 more than for the 2016 primary. Gale said that predicting voter turnout has been a trickier process this year, not only due to the large increase in voter registration, but also due to the fact that early voting, while steady, has not been the surge e...
Ada Sharman will have her share of visitors in the coming days, as she celebrates her 100th year on this earth with friends and family. Ada's parents, Gus and Minnie Hennig, were immigrants from Germany. Ada said her dad was young when he snuck onto a ship bound for the United States. "My parents came to Gurley at different times, but they were both from Germany," Ada said. Born in 1916, Ada said she grew up in a farm house east of Gurley, but first lived with her uncle in what was a grain build...
Women Involved in Farm Economics (WIFE) will be coming to Sidney this week for the 40th Anniversary Convention “Out West – Where WIFE Began.” Meetings will be held at the Cabela’s Retail Store Meeting Room on November 3-5. A group of Sidney farm women were responsible for the formation of WIFE in December of 1976. WIFE is a grassroots organization for women promoting prosperity in agriculture through educational, cooperative and legislative methods. WIFE members will elect officers, conduct WIFE business, establish policy and determine priorit...
