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  • Abbot Assumes New Title, Additional Duties

    Forrest Hershberger, Publisher Sidney Sun-Telegraph|Aug 12, 2020

    If you want to get something done, find a busy person. That seems to be what earned Western Nebraska Community College Sidney Campus administrator Paula Abbot a new title. Abbot was appointed as WNCC's Executive Director of Partnerships and Inclusions. The title was made effective July 1. With the new title, Abbot will be visiting Panhandle communities, reaching out to community organizations. With the new duties, she will be spending less time in Sidney as campus director. WNCC President Dr....

  • WNCC Prepares for Fall Classes

    Aug 12, 2020

    SCOTTSBLUFF - As the start to the Fall 2020 semester rapidly approaches, Western Nebraska Community College has updated it's Safe Operating Protocols (SOP) guidelines that allow students, faculty, and staff a safe transition back to on-campus instruction. The SOP outlines WNCC's policies, guidelines, and protocols in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. WNCC has taken all precautions necessary to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and promote safe learning environments for WNCC students. "After...

  • How Can You Prepare for the 'New Retirement'?

    Aug 12, 2020

    A generation or so ago, people didn’t just retire from work – many of them also withdrew from a whole range of social and communal activities. But now, it’s different: The large Baby Boom cohort, and no doubt future ones, are insisting on an active lifestyle and continued involvement in their communities and world. So, what should you know about this “new retirement”? And how can you prepare for it? For starters, consider what it means to be a retiree today. The 2020 Edward Jones/Age Wave Four Pillars of the New Retirement study has identifie...

  • A Nation in Turmoil

    Aug 12, 2020

    Our nation is in the middle of a turmoil. We have a pandemic going on, we have an election coming up, we have rioting going on in a number of places, we have wrongs that need to be righted, So how do we get through all this? 2 Chronicles 7:14 states “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and heal their land.” Our land is in NEED of healing; physical from this pandemic (which is causing a lot of fear and confusion). We need hea...

  • Recalling a Century of Life

    Aug 12, 2020

    Continued from Aug. 5 So much was the same. It was mid-afternoon when we arrived at the entrance to the huge airbase near Jacksonville, Florida. We stopped at the entrance gate the guard on duty told Cecil to go through the gate for briefing and I to remain in the car outside. We parked Elizabeth, the Buick, to the side of the entrance. A Navy officer took the wheel and said he would take me to a civilian residence in the town of Jacksonville where we could find sleeping accommodations as no vac...

  • Sidney Firefighters Presented Awards

    Aug 12, 2020

  • Agri-Plastics Acquires Superior Mat and Comfort, Inc

    Aug 12, 2020

    Sidney — Agri-Plastics, A Group of Companies, announced the acquisition of the marketing rights and designated territory of Superior Mat and Comfort Inc. A family-owned company since 1999, Superior Mat and Comfort Inc., offers customized quality rubber solutions for dairy producers in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Superior Mat and Comfort Inc. will now be a part of Agri-Comfort, a division of Agri-Plastics. The founder of Superior Mat and Comfort Inc, Martin Folkema, is joining the A...

  • New Shop, New Focus

    Forrest Hershberger, Publisher Sidney Sun-Telegraph|Aug 12, 2020

    Build your reputation right and customers will find you. That is the experience of Nick Eddy and his new shop Outlaw Motorsports. Several years ago, Eddy had a business called “Nick’s Small Engine Repair.” After a time he got away from small engines, but never really left the mechanical way of viewing things. That just comes naturally, he and his wife Diadra say. He has had a wrench in his hand most of his life. “I’ve been wrenching on motor sports since I was 12,” he says. His newest vent...

  • 'Guns N Hoses' Annual Softball Game Draws Crowd

    Aug 5, 2020

    The annual contest between law enforcement and firefighters met at the softball park again this year. This time, the trophy went to the firefighters. Proceeds from the game, t-shirt sale and related raffle go to Night of Hope and other local charities....

  • Redefining 'Mobile' Homes

    Forrrest Hershberger, Publisher Sidney Sun-Telegraph|Aug 5, 2020

    Sometimes in life opportunity presents itself when following an unexpected path. That is part of the history with a new company in Cheyenne County. Ken Sawyer was a cabinet builder in the Denver area. He and his family then moved to South Dakota where he set homes and continued custom woodworking. In 2013, they decided it was time for a change and his wife accepted a position at Sidney Regional Medical Center. Ken, meanwhile, accepted a position at Cabela’s. Three years and an injury later, S...

  • How Can You Help Lower Your Longevity Risk?

    Aug 5, 2020

    The investment world contains different types of risk. Your stocks or stock-based mutual funds could lose value during periods of market volatility. The price of your bonds or bond funds could also decline, if new bonds are issued at higher interest rates. But have you ever thought about longevity risk? Insurance companies and pension funds view longevity risk as the risk they incur when their assumptions about life expectancies and mortality rates are incorrect, leading to higher payout levels. But for you, as an individual investor,...

  • Recalling More Than a Century of Living

    Ann Holloway Merrick, Daughter of Dorothy West Holloway|Aug 5, 2020

    To write of the life of another is a humbling experience and to live in the presence of that person is a life lesson. My brother Richard Kent Holloway and I share with you what we have heard recounted by Dorothy Elizabeth West Holloway our mother. Dorothy Elizabeth (her father’s choice of name) was the first-born child of Wm. C. West and Alma Minnie Walck West with Wm. H. Fickel, M.D. attending in their home located next to the livery stable owned by them in Medicine Bow, Wyo., on Tuesday, A...

  • Jordan Cook Added to Dean's List at Baylor University

    Aug 5, 2020

    WACO, Texas – Jordan Cook of Sidney is among the more than 5,300 Baylor University students who have been named to the Dean’s Academic Honor List for the spring 2020 semester. Cook is enrolled in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University. Students honored on the Dean’s List are Baylor undergraduates with a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.7 with no grade lower than a “C” while enrolled in a minimum of 12 graded semester hours. As a national Christian research university, Baylor’s mission is to educate stu...

  • Village of Dalton Cancels Fall Festival

    Jul 29, 2020

    The Dalton Fall Festival Committee is extremely saddened and heartbroken to make the decision that the 2020 Fall Festival has been CANCELLED! With the ever-changing COVID rules, regulations, and guidelines enacted by the government when it comes to events like this, there are just too many obstacles for the small number of volunteers, and the committee is not able to ensure that a safe event can take place. The health and safety of the attendees, volunteers, and vendors are the utmost top priority!...

  • SRMC Conducting Community Health Needs Assessment

    Jul 29, 2020

    Sidney Regional Medical Center (SRMC) is conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) for the community. The purpose of this assessment is to identify major community health challenges, possible gaps in services, and other factors that may contribute to less than optimal health and wellness status for the residents of Cheyenne County as well as surrounding counties. This program is performed every three years and includes both surveying the members of the community and surrounding area, as well as holding focus groups. The CHNA...

  • WNCC Partners with State to Train, Retrain COVID-19 Impacted Workers

    Jul 29, 2020

    SCOTTSBLUFF - Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC) is a recipient of the Nebraska Workforce Retraining Initiative (WRI) Grant by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. This grant provides funds to administer scholarships to those negatively impacted by COVID-19 who meet certain unemployment or underemployment criteria, allowing them to complete training programs for jobs in high-demand fields. The average scholarship will be approximately $1,100. "We're excited to be able to offer funded educational opportunities to our communiti...

  • Create Strategies to Help Achieve Your Financial Goals

    Jul 29, 2020

    Like most people, you probably have many financial goals: a comfortable retirement, long vacations, college for your children or grandchildren, the ability to leave something behind for the next generation, and so on. To achieve these various goals, you may have to follow different investment strategies – and you might have to make some tradeoffs along the way. To pursue this multi-goal/multi-strategy approach, try to follow a clear course of action, including these steps: Define your goals ...

  • Indicator Suggest Nebraska's Economic Rebound Continues

    Jul 29, 2020

    Lincoln, Nebraska — Nebraska’s leading economic indicator rose in June, according to the most recent report from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The leading indicator rose 1.72 percent during the month. Increases in both May and June followed a sharp decline in March and April. “The June increase confirms that the Nebraska economy is steadily recovering from the shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said economist Eric Thompson, director of the Bureau of Business Research at the university. The recovery of the Nebraska economy is broad-...

  • We All Have a Decision to Make

    Jul 29, 2020

    Some people think hell isn’t gonna be all that bad – especially since all their friends are gonna be there! But here’s the truth of it – hell is eternal darkness and solitude, in eternal flames and agony! Hell is a forever separation from God. Jesus describes Hell as a place where the worms that eat you never die, and the fires that burn you never go out. Now, it is true – all your friends MIGHT be there with you, but they’re gonna be all alone in everlasting torment just like you, so no, Hell is not just a worse version of this life – Hell...

  • Battling Hunger and COVID

    Deb Fischer, U.S. Senator|Jul 29, 2020

    Whether it is the significant demand at the Food Bank of Lincoln or long lines at food pantries elsewhere in our state, the images of people struggling to put food on the table are alarming reminders of the vulnerability faced by millions of people across the U.S. COVID-19 has upended the lives of millions of individuals and families already struggling to make ends meet and many more who find themselves asking for help for the first time. Given the overwhelming need, I embarked on a bipartisan...

  • Public Records

    Jul 29, 2020

    Sidney Police Department July 20 • 12 a.m. Suspicious Activity, 2500 block Craig Avenue. • 1:44 a.m. Traffic Stop, 2900 block Upland Parkway. • 3:53 a.m. Traffic Stop, Pole Creek Crossing and 17J. • 6:09 a.m. Non-Injury Accident, 600 block Chase Blvd. • 7:50 a.m. Funeral Escort, 2600 block 11th Avenue. • 8:11 a.m. Follow-Up, Sidney Police Department. • 8:18 a.m. Animal Call, 600 block East Illinois Street. • 9:16 a.m. Code Violation, 2200 block Linden Street. • 9:22 a.m. Property Found, 2...

  • Sidney High School Recognizes 2020 Graduates

    Forrest Hershberger, Publisher Sidney Sun-Telegraph|Jul 22, 2020

    The Sidney High School Class of 2020 met as students one last time Saturday at the high school football field. The breeze and high temperatures welcomed a new day as students waited to hear their names called for completing the requirements of Sidney High School. The service was opened with District Superintendent Jay Ehler addressing the crowd. "These graduates have lived through some major challenges in the last five years," Ehler said. He mentioned the community struggles as Cabela's was...

  • What Should You Do With An Inheritance?

    Jul 22, 2020

    If you were to inherit a large sum of money, what would you do with it? The question may not be hypothetical, especially if you are in the millennial, Gen X or Gen Z demographic groups. That’s because the baby boomers – often referred to as the richest generation in history – are poised to transfer some $30 trillion in assets over the next few decades, according to the consulting firm Accenture. Of course, this is a “macro” figure, and everyone’s situation is different. Furthermore, since baby...

  • Congratulations To the High School Class of 2020

    Doug Birky, Evangelical Free Church Pastor|Jul 22, 2020

    It finally happened in the heat of this Summer. Our Sidney High School Seniors were able to have their graduation ceremony this past Saturday morning. It was a very unusual ending to a most unusual school year. Hopefully our graduates were encouraged with this final event of their school careers after the disappointment of not being able to enjoy so many other year end activities. As a community we want to once more congratulate our Seniors, and wish them the very best in the days to come. As a community of faith in God, we are also praying...

  • SPNRD July Board of Directors Meeting

    Jul 22, 2020

    On Tuesday, July 14, the South Platte Natural Resources District (SPNRD) Board of Directors (Board) hosted their monthly meeting at 5 p.m. at the South Platte NRD Conference Room (551 Parkland Drive, Sidney NE). Thad Kuntz, P.G., Principal Hydrogeologist with Adaptive Resources, Inc., briefed the Board on the Western Water Use Management Modeling (WWUMM) for the SPNRD. Kuntz covered details on two parts of the Modeling, the Aquifer Life Analysis, and the Modflow 2000 to Modflow 6 Ground Water Model Conversion Review. The WWUMM is an...

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