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About three years ago, the purchase of Cabela's by Bass Pro began. A few days ago, a Fox News team and Tucker Carlson met with Sidney city officials for a story on the impact of hedge fund trading. In the course of the story, hedge fund manager Paul Singer was credited with the demise of Sidney. However, officials quickly note that the community is not dying. It is changing, but it is not dying. Fox News, the producer of the Tucker Carlson show, contacted Sidney Mayor Roger Gallaway and...
Local utility companies show their Christmas spirit during the Parade of Lights with their impressive patriotic lighting....
The Cheyenne School District No. 1 Board of Education approved four resignations and retirements. High School math teacher Carissa Reimers submitted her resignation, effective May 22, 2020. “After careful consideration, I have decide to pursue other avenues of life,” she said in her resignation letter. She added that she enjoyed her time as part of the Sidney Public Schools family, and is glad to have had the chance to know her students. Rebecca Haddix is retiring at the end of the school yea...
Receiving the proverbial 'pink slip" is never fun. It frequently results in floods of fear centered around "what next." A luncheon was held Thursday at Western Nebraska Community College designed to help displaced workers considering starting their own business. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center hosted the lunch. The event was attended by representatives of state and local agencies designed to help prospective business owners, and a few people researching the options, including business...
The Cheyenne County Tourism Board received positive news in their December meeting: the number of hotel stays is going up. Tourism Director Kevin Howard said he reported in the December 4 meeting that lodging taxes are up 5 percent from a year ago. Howard said while 5 percent is not a big increase, the lodging tax revenue had been decreasing. Howard said the December 4 meeting included an update on a promotional grant to Cruise N Class Car Show. The car show held the same weekend as Oktoberfest...
(Lincoln) — This holiday season, the Nebraska Department of Transportation–Highway Safety Office (NDOT–HSO) is teaming up with state and local law enforcement to remind all drivers of the dangers of drinking and driving. The organizations will be working together to stress the importance of planning a sober ride home before heading out to enjoy the holiday festivities. They are encouraging drivers to start the conversation, “Who’s driving home?” “The holidays are a special time for every community, and it’s more important than ever for us to...
Jonathon L. Graham, age 45, of Sidney, Ne passed away in Sidney, December 5, 2019. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Jonathon’s care and funeral arrangements....
Ronald L. Lenstrom, age 67, of Sidney, Ne passed away in Sidney, December 8, 2019. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Ron’s care and funeral arrangements....
Vern L. Beyer, age 74, of Sidney, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019 in Sidney. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M., December 9th with a wake service on Sunday, December 8th at 7:00 P.M. Both services will be in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Mike McDermott officiating. Cremation has been held. Inurnment will follow Mass in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel to sign Vern’s register book and leave condolences for the family. Memorials may be made in Ver...
Saidi Ringenberg of Lexington, in the Junior Division, and Arlene Soria of Kearney, in the Senior Division will be Nebraska's delegates to the National Finals of the Make It With Wool contest. They were chosen November 23 by judges at the state contest conducted by Make It With Wool Director Andrea Nisley of Lexington. Contestants attended the state contest in Hastings at the Adams County Extension Office. The national contest is scheduled for January 23-25, 2020, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Second...
The Sidney Lady Raider basketball team opened their season over the weekend at the Western Conference Tournament in Gering, and the team won one and lost two while they search for a winning formula early in the 2019-20 campaign. Head coach Tyler Shaw said prior to the tournament that he wanted to focus on defense, and let the shooting come along as the season progressed On Thursday, the Lady Raiders started the action with a blowout victory against a Mitchell Lady Tigers squad that had lost...
It didn’t help matters when an injury plagued Sidney Red Raider squad drew powerhouse Scottsbluff in the opening round of the Western Conference Tournament on Thursday, and the depleted Sidney squad was quickly overwhelmed by the fast and talented Bearcats on their way to a 69-to-28 opening round loss against the Bearcats. However, the young squad started to settle in a find their rhythm in their next game, and outscored the Gering Bulldogs 17-to-14 in the first quarter of Friday’s matchup. The...
Sidney's Red Raider Wrestling team opened the 2019-20 season over the weekend with a dual meet win against Gothenburg, then placing five out of six varsity wrestlers at the Cozad Invitational on Saturday. Sidney head coach Beau McConnell was pleased with the Red Raider's start. At Gothenburg, he said, "Some of our underclassmen stepped up into the varsity lineup and made an instant impact while our returning state qualifiers finished the job with four straight pins to seal the win for us at...
The last time Creek Valley beat Hyannis to open the season was back in the 2013-14 season. The Lady Storm finally stopped the Hyannis winning streak with a hard fought 41-to-37 victory against the visiting Lady Longhorns. Senior Catie Koenen opened the scoring for Creek Valley with three straight three pointers before the Hyannis squad battled back to narrow the Lady Storm's lead to 20-to-17 going into the halftime intermission. Both squads scored eight points in the third quarter to keep the...
Santa greets young and not-so-young alike during the Parade of Lights Saturday....
Staff and patrons of Sidney Regional Medical Center recently completed a coat drive. The new and nearly-new coats collected were donated to the Ark Ministry in Sidney. Coats were also donated to the MOPS (Mothers Of Pre-School children) program....
