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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...
Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office responded to a rollover accident Thursday morning, when a driver lost control of his vehicle. According to an accident report from the Sheriff's Office, a 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Nathaniel Cuello of Sidney was headed south bound on Rd. 111 when Cuello lost control on the gravel. The vehicle left the roadway on the west side of road and rolled coming to a final rest on the wheels of the vehicle. According to the report the vehicle was totaled in the...
Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners awarded a bid for the weed superintendent contract in their regular meeting Monday. In last month’s meeting, Commissioners tabled bids from C-Weed Management LLC and Renkoski Vegetation to further discuss proposed bids for the Cheyenne County Weed Superintendent contract. In Monday’s meeting the bid from C-Weed Management for $50,900 was accepted by the board. With a lower bid than Renkoski Vegetation, Commissioner Darrell Johnson said their decision was for the lower bid. “I have to speak for the amoun...
Leyton Elementary School Students across the county celebrated Nebraska's 150th Birthday by participating in events Wednesday afternoon. At Leyton Elementary School, kindergarten through sixth grade students rotated through seven hands-on stations that represented something about Nebraska.. The seven stations included topics and hands on exercises that encompassed, old fashion games, Nebraska snacks, branding and roping, map activities, crop production, history and fossil education, hunting and...
After delaying a decision through two meetings, the Sidney City Council approved a resolution establishing truck routes throughout the city. In its final discussion prior to setting the initial routes, council altered the proposes routes, adding a section of Hickory Street and South 11th Avenue from the Toledo Street area to its intersection with Fort Sidney Road. The routes, proposed as one part of Sidney’s overall road improvement plan, were set to limit heavy truck traffic on city streets, n...
CHAPPELL - Creek Valley Middle School students will be attending classes in Chappell starting in August. Following a decision of the Creek Valley School District school board Monday, Creek Valley Middle School’s fifth and sixth grade students will be attending Creek Valley Elementary School and its seventh and eighth grade students will be attending Creek Valley High School, both in Chappell. The decision was approved 5-1, with Board Member Marty Savely dissenting, and will take effect with t...
Brandon L. Summers has joined the Sidney Sun-Telegraph as a reporter. "I'm thrilled to be here," he said. "Already, I'm charmed by this community. It's beautiful, busy and everyone I've met has been wonderfully pleasant." Summers comes to Sidney from Iowa, where he served for five years as a reporter at the Fort Dodge Messenger. There, he focused on education, as well as everything from courts and county fairs to the 2016 presidential primaries. "I covered nearly every candidate, and came back...
