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The City of Sidney has sent out bids for its weed control services. The action will save the city both money and resources, Ed Sadler, Sidney city manager, said. “I was curious as to whether we could find a better way to do it,” Sadler said. “We did some initial checking with some of the landscaping companies and at least the initial prices they gave us said they can buy the chemicals so much cheaper, for fertilizing and weed killing. They can do it with labor included for less than we spend...
Sidney's Meals on Wheels program serves 65 clients per day, on average. To provide 1,179 meals in February during its 23 days of service, it had a budget of $2,500. Sidney's Meals on Wheels receives its funding and resources from the Aging Office of Western Nebraska (AOWN) in Scottsbluff. While AOWN mostly receives state funding, federal funding is "a far amount" of its budget, Mary Smith, programs coordinator, said. A budget submitted by the White House to Congress this month, though, would...
A number of road projects are either under way or set to begin in the next week as the Nebraska Department of Roads repairs and replaces highways throughout the area. Weather permitting, the Union Pacific Railroad is scheduled to close the crossing on US-30 east of 5th Avenue in Sidney for reconstruction of the railway crossover. The department will close US-30 at the railway crossover for five days from 8:00 a.m. on March 27 until 5:00 p.m. on March 31. Simon Contractors, Inc., of Cheyenne,...
Cheyenne County Commissioners discussed and reviewed various fairground topics in Monday’s regular meeting, including opening sealed bids for an upcoming cement project. Sealed bids were opened for a project that would add cement pads at multiple locations on the fairgrounds. In previous Commissioners’ meetings, the Oktoberfest Committee had approached Commissioners about extending the cement pad by adding cement to either end of the existing pad. The pad is used primarily for the tent during Sidney’s Oktoberfest celebration. Two other proje...
Every City of Sidney department now has its own defibrillator. The city had three before, for Sidney’s police and fire departments and Sidney Aquatic Center, and has added 17 more, Ed Sadler, City Manager said. Sidney Public Library, Landfill, Electric Department, and City Hall now have the devices, as well. “I’ve never been in a place where we had them but we didn’t use them,” Sadler said. “One time it was an employee. One time it was a member of the public. But we deal with some dangerous jobs...
Sidney Police Department posted an application on its Facebook page March 14 inviting drug dealers to provide information on their competition, including name and address. After one week, the post has received 93,200 views and 651 shares. While the post was intended to be humorous, the sentiment behind it is sincere. SPD Chief Joe Aikens said the community can volunteer information on drug abuse activity at any time. “If they’re aware of any drug activity that’s going around, they can repor...
A Sidney man appeared in District Court March 14 on three counts of Visual Depiction of a Sexually Explicit Conduct Involving a Child, a Class 2A Felony. Daniel Konruff, 38, was arrested on Jan. 17 for allegedly possessing child pornography. According to the Arrest Warrant Affidavit, the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) received information that child pornography had allegedly been traced and downloaded to an IP address linked to Konruff. On Feb. 14, Konruff plead not guilty in an arraignment hearing. District Court Judge Derek Weimer scheduled a...
Former South Platte Natural Resource District (SPNRD) Board Chair Keith Rexroth has retired after more than two decades. In 1972 the Nebraska Legislature enacted laws to combine 154 special purpose entities into 23 NRDs. NRDs are local government entities with broad responsibilities to protect natural resources. The entities are unique to Nebraska. The SPNRD services an area from Kimball County to Deuel County in the southern Panhandle. Rexroth has been a SPNRD board member since 1993, the...
Stan Fox, far left, leads more than 80 runners at the start of Saturday's Run Lucky 5K, hosted by Cheyenne County Community Center. Formerly Leprechaun Leap, held at Hillside Golf Course, the run attracted 82 runners and eight children for its Kids 1K Run. "It was a great success," Kiersten Richards, activities director, said. "We were excited with all the turnout. We had perfect weather. We liked the route and we had a lot of good comments. We hope to do it again next year." The winners were:...
Nebraska State Senator Steve Erdman will be visiting Sidney this week as part of a series of town hall meetings in the Panhandle. Erdman, who represents Nebraska's 47th Legislative District, will be at Dude's Steak House, 2126 Illinois St. in Sidney, at 8 a.m. Friday, March 24. Sen. Erdman will be in Kimball Friday afternoon, visiting with constituents at the Kimball Public Library's Cultural Room at 1 p.m. The library is at 208 S. Walnut St. On Saturday, Sen. Erdman will travel to Arthur,...
Cabela’s will be consolidating its Sidney Call Center with the existing North Platte Call Center, effectively closing the local location. The Sidney Call Center, located in the Quad Graphics building on east Illinois St., was not the only Cabela’s department affected by the corporate restructure. According to Cabela’s Communication Specialist, Nathan Borowski, some of the teams on the Cabela’s corporate campus were also part of the restructure. Borowski did not specify the departments affected but did say that it was still unclear how many jo...
A State of Sidney meeting Wednesday, hosted by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce, gave residents context about some of the larger city and state efforts underway to improve the community. Ed Sadler, Sidney city manager, spoke on several new and upcoming efforts, including a program to remove old signs from long-closed businesses. "There are a lot of signs in town up in disrepair that are for businesses that haven't existed for years," Sadler said. "It makes the town look tired. It's not...
A new ordinance being considered by the Sidney City Council would prohibit certain trucks from parking in any residential area. Ordinance 1787 specifies “motor carriers, common carriers or contract carriers” would not be allowed to stop or park in any street or alley within a residence district “except for the purpose of expeditiously loading or unloading their commercial contents.” The ordinance does not specify length and width for vehicles. City Manager Ed Sadler described the ordinan...
Keep Sidney Beautiful is bringing back its Yard of the Month contest. The process begins in May with the first house to be named in June, Bev Arellano, KSB director, said. “We’ll drive around and look for the yard that looks really nice,” Arellano said. “People can call in and nominate people for their yard, and then our board goes by those houses. Then we’ll make a decision at our board meeting about what house we want to choose.” With the honor comes a sign for the yard that will stand for a...
Having a Grandfather who was a Seabee in WWII - who was a Prisoner of War - and a father who served in the US Marine Corps, Karleta A. Wheat (Karla) wanted to serve her Country. At this stage in her life, she was 28 years old, a married woman and mother of two young girls. Her husband had served in an Army Reserve unit and understood her drive to serve. Karla tested out just fine and learned that one of the critical personnel needs the Army had was in the field of postal service. There was an Army Reserve unit nearby in Oklahoma City. She...
Mark Nienhueser, Sidney city council member, is resigning from the council. In a letter to Mayor Joe Arterburn, Nienhueser explains he has “accepted a new job opportunity that will require I relocate.” Adding, “My new opportunity will require I start on April 3.” “Mark has been a very good member of the council,” Arterburn told the Sun Telegraph. “He served as mayor, and has been a good leader throughout his tenure. “One of his strengths has always been his knowledge in the construction in...
Sidney Public School (SPS) Board approved salaries for the 2017-18 school year in Monday’s meeting. The board approved Classified and Administrator salaries at a 2.89 percent package increase. Superintendent Jay Ehler said the package takes the whole of Classified or Administrator salaries with the budget in consideration and adds a 2.89 percent increase to divide evenly to those salaries. Classified positions in the school system are non-teaching degree positions, such as para professionals, kitchen staff, custodial and secretarial. The s...
Sidney Regional Medical Center has been named a top 100 critical access hospital by iVantage Health Analytics and the Chartis Center for Rural Health. “We’re very excited about it,” Jason Petik, SRMC CEO, said. “It’s something we’ve talked about internally, something we wanted to achieve, but at the same time we knew if we focused on the quality of the organization, the care of the people, eventually they’ll come around.” The ranking is based on several criteria: inpatient share ranking, outpat...
Friday, Sidney High School students will be helping with fire relief efforts in Haxtun, Colorado. A state of emergency was declared in Logan County after a brush fire destroyed more than 30,000 acres this week. SHS students will visit businesses from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to clean away trash in exchange for a donation to Haxtun's fire relief fund. "Students have specific areas already set up that they will be working to pick up the trash, and may be open to other business who may be interested in giv...
Sidney Police Department has received an $1,800 grant from the Nebraska Department of Roads Highway Safety Office. The funds will assist the SPD in obtaining two mobile radar units. “We qualify for this grant every year,” Police Chief Joe Aikens said. “They pay us up to 50 percent of the costs of the radar units for us and then we actually get a pretty substantial discount by purchasing it through the state.” The radar equipment is fitted into the department’s patrol units, Aikens said. “It...
Firefighters from Gurley, Sidney, Dalton and Potter, as well as the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, responded to a fire Wednesday in the northeast area of the former Sioux Army Depot ordinance igloos. Upon arrival, fire crews knocked down flames that had spread from a burning pile of wood chips into surrounding grass. Responders spent the rest of their time preventing another jump of the fire, dousing the pile and working to prevent it from spreading due to high winds. The call was one of two...
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday at 2:00 a.m. so now’s the time to be ready to turn the clocks ahead one hour. The American Red Cross reminds everyone it’s also a good time to test the batteries in their smoke alarms as they turn their clocks ahead an hour. “When you turn your clocks ahead this weekend, it’s a great time to also test your smoke alarms,” said Rachelle Lipker, American Red Cross executive director for central and western Nebraska. “Take a few minutes to replace your smoke alarm batteries and push the test button to make sure t...
Jim Trowbridge will be recognized for his service to the City of Sidney at an open house on Friday. Trowbridge will be retiring after 47 years with Sidney’s Water Department. A long time resident of Cheyenne County, Trowbridge said his family moved to Sidney from Missouri Valley, Iowa when he was a child. After spending four years in the United States Navy, Trowbridge worked odd jobs until hired on as a temporary employee for the City of Sidney on Sept. 9, 1970. “I was hired to work for two or three weeks and have been there ever since,” Trowb...
