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For the third year in a row, Nebraska legislators will consider a bill to expand Medicaid coverage for low-income state residents. Legislative Bill 472 was introduced by Lincoln Sen. Kathy Campbell last month. The bill was assigned to the Health and Human Services Committee, which will conduct a hearing on the legislation this week. Following the hearing, the committee can vote to send to the bill to the full Legislature – with or without amendments – indefinitely postpone the bill or take no action. Mandatory Medicaid expansion was ini...
The Sidney Mindblenders took sixth place among 45 teams at the First Lego League Robotics competition over the weekend at the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, Neb.. The Sidney team consisted of students Grace Payton, Spencer Robinson, William Gay and Jonathan Spachek. They worked together to program their robots and compete in a robotics obstacle course, participated in a Core Values teamwork challenge and presented their research project on recycling and pollution. According to one...
Wheat Belt recent;y awarded one $1,000 Basin Electric Scholarship, one $100 Arbor Wealth Scholarship, two $500 Tri-State Scholarships and two Technical Wheat Belt Scholarships to six outstanding area youths. Jared Westman was selected to receive the $1,000 Basin Scholarship. Jared is the son of Robert and Merry Westman of Gurley. He plans to attend the University of Nebraska at Kearney in the fall. His major course of study will be clinical lab science. Tanner Nienhueser was selected to receive the $100 Arbor Wealth Scholarship. Tanner is the...
The Sidney Red Raiders Danz Team took a third-place finish in the "High Kick" category at the 2015 Nebraska State Cheer and Dance Championships over the weekend. Coached by Krissy Fry and Sidney Danz Team alumni Alisha Miller, the squad of 16 dancers competed in two events at the state competition that took place at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island on Saturday. For many of the dancers, it was their first time competing at the state competition. Sidney took center stage in the Hip-Hop...
DALTON – The Leyton Public Schools Foundation received a $2,500 donation from Cheyenne County farmer John Cruise and America's Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. The donation will help the organization purchase new audio-visual equipment such as a video camera and TV. The foundation also plans to provide a secure location for the new equipment to be stored in the Leyton High School's gymnasium. "This new equipment will enable students to hear and see activities at other l...
Donna Hartman, 86 of North Platte and a former resident of Sidney for over sixty years, went to be with the Lord on Thursday morning, Feb. 19, 2015 at the North Platte Care Center in North Platte. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Tues., March 3, 2015 in the First Christian Church in Sidney with Dr. Curtis Davis officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials have been established to the First Christian Church. You can view the online obituary and share... Full story
Dena L. Wernsman, 52 of Arapahoe, Neb. and formerly of Sidney, passed away Sun., Feb. 1, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital, in Kearney. A memorial service will be held for Dena on Sat., Feb. 28 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Jim Heithoff officiating. A gathering time will follow in the church basement.... Full story
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County Court on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, before the Honorable Randin Roland: Thomas Schmidt, age 24 of Chappell, appeared for a pre-trial conference on a charge of DUI 1st, a class W misdemeanor. He pleaded guilty to DUI 1st, a class W misdemeanor and received a $500 fine and 6 months in jail. Linette Kinnersley, age 50 of Council Bluffs, Iowa, appeared for sentencing on a charge of DUI 1st Offense and Refusal of a Chemical Test, both class W misdemeanors. She pleaded guilty to the Refusal of a Chemical T... Full story
Ongoing Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Dates of Lenten soup suppers & Lenten worship services are Feb. 24, Mar. 4, 11, 18 & 25 Lenten Soup suppers are every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Lenten worship services are every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Cancer survivor support group meets every third Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dorwart Cancer Care Center. Great Topics and food. Call Leslie at (308) 250-1113 with questions. A Parkinson’s support group the for Western Nebraska area meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Epi... Full story
OGALLALA – The Creek Valley Storm boys' basketball team just may be peaking at the perfect time. After a convincing win over a solid Wallace team last Friday night, the fifth-seeded Storm (6-12) carried their momentum into its opening subdistrict game and eliminated the Morrill Lions (8-14) 45-37 Monday evening at the Auditorium in Ogallala. The Storm have little time to celebrate, however, as it earned a date with top-seeded Dundy County-Stratton (14-9) in the semifinals at 5:30 p.m. T...
The Sidney Middle School 8th-grade basketball team won three games on Saturday – defeating North Platte, Kimball and Broken Bow – to win the Western Nebraska Shootout in Ogallala. Members of the team were: front row, from left , manager Bryan Gonzalez, Alex Jallen, Garrett Langrell, Alec Maddox, Arik Doty and Cade Lewis. Back row, coach Carlos Flores, Zachary Pettit, Drake DeMasters, Caedon Snider, Matthia Beyer, Cal Bossard and coach Colton Ehler.... Full story
As a starter on the top-seeded girls' basketball team at the upcoming B-6 district tournament, Savanna Rosenbaum still has a few more high bar's to clear before she can start thinking about track. Still, Rosenbaum managed to take time out of her busy schedule last week to sign with the Hastings College Broncos, where she will study biology with an eye toward becoming a physician assistant and participate in track. Rosenbaum, an honor student and three-sport standout at Sidney High School, will...
BOYS’ B-6 BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS BOYS’ Basketball B-6 District Tournament At McCook Community College Saturday, Feb. 28 No. 4 Alliance (8-13) vs. No. 5 McCook (6-18), 3 p.m. CST Monday, March 2 *At McCook Community College No. 1 Sidney (20-3) vs. Alliance-McCook winner, 5 p.m. CST No. 3 Gering (12-10) vs. No. 2 Scottsbluff (19-4), 6:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, March 3 *At McCook Community College Semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m. CST (*Will be played at McCook C.C. if McCook reaches the semifinals. If McCook is eliminated, the higher seed will host). GIR... Full story
