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On Friday, October 20, Ninth-graders from Banner County Schools visited the Fort Sidney Museum in Sidney, Nebraska as part of an all-day field trip. Accompanied by chaperone Rick Caudillo, the students were guided through the different rooms by museum curator Duane Nightingale....
Pheasants Forever High Plains Chapter #278 will be holding its Annual Youth Hunt on Saturday, October 21, 2023, meeting at the Sidney Shooting Park at 8am. The event is open for hunters ages 12-15 who have successfully completed the required hunter safety course as of October 20, 2023. All participants will have the opportunity to harvest a pheasant. The hunts will take place in various fields within a five-mile radius of the shooting range that have been generously donated by local land...
SIDNEY--Sidney residents have noticed construction work at both Git-N-Split locations in town. The two facilities have been repairing underground fuel tanks that are used to store the gasoline we all buy to operate our cars and other vehicles. Haupt Landscaping has been handling the projects, and the repairs should be finished over the next week to ten days. The Git-N-Split location on the corner of 12th and Illinois is also having its north entrance repaired, filling in the infamous pothole...
SIDNEY- On Sunday, October 15, 2023, Friends of the Public Library held a Jigsaw Puzzle Tournament at the Cheyenne County Community Center in Sidney. There were a total of 30 participants, divided into 15 teams of two who competed to solve identical 500-piece jigsaw puzzles. Winners' names and placements had not yet been provided by the time of this publication....
A hunter's breakfast will be held on Saturday, October 28, 2023 from 5:30 am to 10:00 am at the Potter Fire Hall in Potter, Nebraska. The cost for adults is $8 and kids ages 5-12 are $5 for an all-you-can-eat extravaganza. Kids under five eat for free. Raffle drawings will be held. Grand Prize will be a firearm donated by the PVFD, second place is a pheasant mount from Resurrection Taxidermy, and third place will win a $100 Gift Card....
SIDNEY--Three arrests on drug charges were made Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 on the 800 block of Linden Street in Sidney. In conjunction with WING (Western Nebraska Intelligence and Narcotics Group), Sheriff and Sidney Police officers acted upon the information with a warrant at 803 Linden Avenue in Sidney. They arrested three individuals, Ray Garrett Jr., Dallas Dickey and Jessey Lohman on charges of possession of controlled substances. Cheyenne County Sheriff Adam Frerichs said the drugs in question...
Saturday hours will be from 8am until noon. Landfill charges will apply unless you have your free dump card. Free dump cards are good for residential customers only.Construction and demolition waste, commercial waste, tires and Freon containing appliances cannot be dumped with a free dump card but will be accepted at their regular disposal rates. Any questions please call the Solid Waste Department at 254-6071....
A favorite event of Sidney's annual Oktoberfest is the "Running of the Wieners", but perhaps no one looks forward to it more than Junior. Junior is a eight-year-old Dachshund who has traveled to Sidney from Crook, Colorado to defy the odds and participate in the annual event for the past seven years, albeit using a customized apparatus on wheels instead of his hind legs. His journey began when he was diagnosed with IVDD (Intervertebral Disc Disease), a condition that affects the spinal discs...
"Together is Fun" welcomes youth K through 6th grade to participate in games and or seasonal crafts at the Sidney Public Library on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 4:00. The next session will be Tuesday, October 10. Everyone is welcome to come out for some time of fun and fellowship!...
“The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults,” Alexis de Tocqueville said of the United States 188 years ago. Most would agree that a major fault today would be the broken American tax system, and District 47 state Sen. Steve Erdman, who helped develop the EPIC Option, believes Nebraska residents may be able to repair it. There will be a town hall meeting to introduce the EPIC Option: Eliminate all Neb...
SIDNEY-- One of the two people alleged to have robbed Winners in Sidney on January 2, 2023 has a trial date set in Cheyenne County District Court. A Pre-Trial Hearing has been set for January 9, 2024 at 1 p.m., and if a plea agreement has not been reached, a Jury Trial will be held on January 22 and 23, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. Doetker has been charged with two counts of aiding and abetting, a class III felony, and additionally first degree criminal trespass, a class I misdemeanor and criminal...
NDOC - Road work on the I-80 Sidney eastbound rest area, near reference post 51, began September 25, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Kingery Construction of Lincoln is the contractor for this project. Work includes the construction of a new rest area building. No traffic will be permitted in the rest area. Anticipated completion is October of 2024. Motorists are reminded to drive cautiously in and near work zones, to buckle up, and to put phones down....
SIDNEY - Gospel and Christian music fans should circle 6:30 p.m., on September 29 on their calendars. On that date, Nashville, TN gospel act Ernie Couch & Revival, will be in concert at the Church of the Nazarene, 1445 Jackson St, in Sidney. Three generations will be bringing a mixture of 20th Century gospel classics and originals to town. Known across the United States and Canada for their live music, good humor and genuine spirit, the group has been described as refreshingly different, and a lot of fun. Jason Couch stated, "We want to reach...
The Grand Island Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (GIDCCW), in response to their 2023 Resolution to support the Eucharistic Revival in local diocese and parishes, has put together a tour across the diocese of the Eucharistic Miracle Boards from Spirit Catholic Radio. St. Patrick Catholic Church in Sidney will host the Spirit Catholic Radio's Eucharistic Miracles of the World exhibit from September 29th-October 4th, 2023. This exhibit features 39 beautiful panels that highlight some of the...
POTTER - Last week, PNCC Off-race, a hare scramble off-road race in Nebraska that spans over 200 acres in the panhandle, took place in Potter on September 2 and 3. Among the participants of the race, there's one who caught the attention of the audience for becoming an example of perseverance and fight: Aaron Hill. Hill was born and raised in Denver, Colorado and motorcycles were part of his life as he grew up racing them. He started riding at the early age of four and quickly became passionate...
Barbara Perez, Editor, Sidney Sun-Telegraph You thought after graduation you’d be through taking tests. Well here comes a doozy for which you didn’t even study. On Wednesday, October 4, a message from FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will go out en masse at the same moment across every time zone in the United States. That means at 2:20 in the afternoon on the East Coast, 1:20 p.m. in Central time, 12:20 p.m. Mountain time and 11:20 a.m. on the West Coast, p...
SIDNEY - The TeamMates Mentoring Program began in 1991 with the vision of University of Nebraska head football coach Tom Osborne and his wife Nancy. TeamMates Mentoring is now in 5 states, having more than 150 chapters. The TeamMates mission is to positively impact the world by inspiring students to reach their full potential through mentoring. The Sidney chapter is looking for positive adult role models to meet once a week in a school setting to build a long-lasting friendships with the youth of our community. Apply to mentor and learn more...
Thank you to Points West Community Bank, Randy and Tracy Miller, SRMS and SCC for supporting Josette at the 2023 Cheyenne County Livestock Auction....
The City of Sidney Landfill will be open one Saturday a month in 2023. The remaining dates are as follows: • Sept 16 • Oct 14 Saturday hours will be from 8am until noon. Landfill charges will apply unless you have your free dump card. Free dump cards are good for residential customers only.Construction and demolition waste, commercial waste, tires and Freon containing appliances cannot be dumped with a free dump card but will be accepted at their regular disposal rates. Any questions please call the Solid Waste Department at 254...
"God gives wisdom, and knowledge, favor and joy to a man who is good in His sight." Ecclesiastes 2:26. Isaac had been promised to Abraham and Sarah for 25 years. Now, the time was right. This couple received strength to conceive their Promised son. Acting on God's word, God took care of the details. Year 5784 begins in Israel, Friday evening and Saturday of September 14, 15. Rosh Hashanah (head of the year). Jehovah's civil year of 360 days. God said in 2023 (5783), "Every man's issue will be...
SIDNEY – At 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 16th, Joseph Hall will open the High Plains Arts Council’s 2023-2024 season with his popular Rock ‘N Remember ELVIS Tribute at the Sidney High School Performing Arts Center. And Elvis fans will swoon! Hall has the authentic look, the extraordinary voice, the hip-swiveling moves, and the personal charm to take audiences back to the day they first fell in love with the iconic Elvis Presley. Joseph Hall, a Lincoln native, has been playing tribute to the legacy of the King of Rock and Roll since 2006. He ha...
Aspen Gurr of Sidney, a recent graduate of Sidney High School, has been selected to join the latest cohort of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. This is the fifth cohort for the center, which opened in fall 2019. Students from all over the country have been included in this year's cohort, hailing from Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New York, South Dakota and Nebraska. "Each year, our cohort of students gets better and better as our...
POTTER- Last Thursday, August 31th, Amanda Waggoner was chosen Miss Potter 2023 by the Potter Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. The local community gathered at Railroad Street to witness a special ocassion for two young ladies. The two candidates were Amanda Waggoner (15), daughter of Melissa and Jerry Gorsuch, and Jaclyn Worth (16), daughter of Leah Pahl and Scott Worth. The girls were respectfully escorted by Caden McConnell and Jaxon Chase. Miss Waggoner is a junior at Potter-Dix. Her activities have...
SIDNEY- Allan Lundgren grew up in Bayard (NE), moving to Sidney in 1995 to open Budget Tapes and Music. That was 28 years ago, and he is still going strong. "I opened it for the love of music. I saved up my money to open up a music store while I was working at the dealership. We don't sell new music at all, I sell some old music but basically we do audio sales and installation. We install in in cars, boats, golf carts, trucks, semis, anything that takes a stereo. I even did a hot tub one time,"...
