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The Cheyenne County Fair continues tonight and Saturday. Highlights of the weekend include tonight's concert with the McKenzie JaLynn Band opening for Rodney Atkins. The McKenzie JaLynn Band takes the stage at 6 p.m. with Rodney Atkins scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person. A fireworks show will follow the concert. The McKenzie JaLynn Band received three Nashville Universe nominations including Rising Star, Female Vocalist of the Year, and Vocal Group of the Year. They also...
He might look like a homeless man, and you'd be right, but he's not without riches of a certain definition, or a reason to get up in the morning. Monday morning, a bicyclist approached Sidney with several water bottles, and a supply cart in tow with nearly anything a cyclist might need on a multi-state ride. Harold Palmquist and his dog Daisy on on a cross-country quest, an effort to promote a nonprofit program called Veterans and Their Pets, and to bring awareness of veterans' needs. The trip...
Sheriff’s deputies in Logan County, Colo. found the subjects of an Amber Alert Wednesday evening, safely recovering a six-week old infant taken from Sidney. Sidney Police Department issued the alert Wednesday afternoon when officers and members of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services were conducting an ongoing child neglect investigation. In the process of checking on the welfare of the child, who is a ward of the state, officers discovered her parents had left Sidney in the e...
Saturday night into Sunday morning should have been a quiet period in Lodgepole. It was interrupted by a fire at the home of Teri and Dusty Payton, a fire that consumed an RV, their home and nearly all of their belongings. Teri and Dusty Payton and their children were awakened at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning to a fire. Lodgepole Volunteer Firefighters were dispatched at about 3:17 a.m., according to Wade Dickinson of the Lodgepole Fire Department. "Everybody got out," he said. He added the...
Job's Daughters International, Bethel #25 of Sidney competed in their annual state competition "Dream Big, Sparkle More, Shine Bright" Grand Session in Lincoln in June. Young ladies from the Sidney area who competed were: Amanda Beier, Janessa Carley, Josie Dowse, Grace Draper, Autumn Hartwig, Raina Hartwig, and Ginny Herboldsheimer. Bethel #25 took first place in Team Signing, signing "Nearer My God to Thee." Bethel #25 Sidney combined with Bethel #12 Kimball to compete in the Traditional Team...
Monday’s meeting of the Cheyenne County Commissioners was dominated by the board meeting as the Board of Equalization.As the Board of Equalization, the commissioners held Property Valuation Protest Hearings Monday and Tuesday. Not all protests were represented by the landowner. Several were reviewed by the Board of Equalization and a decision made. Of the landowners who appeared in defense of their protest, most of the issues regarded procedures and the range of discretion given to county a...
Each year a number of people walk, bike or stop going through Sidney on a trek near to their hearts. But just after the Fourth of July, one man came through on a walk across the U.S. he's taking the "hard way." East to west, it's roughly 2,500 miles across the country from east to west depending on the route, just shy of 1,600 from north to south. But taking a meandering route from the south tip of Florida to northern Washington, and you traverse 4,400 miles. It's that meandering route that...
A little more than 17 years ago, a police officer was directed with enforcing the Sidney City codes. In addition to the duties associated with being a police officer, there was citing residents for overgrown weeds, inoperable vehicles and other issues written within the city code. That changed when the city was awarded a grant to fund a position specifically for code enforcement. The position was later funded as a specific title within the Sidney Police Department. Joanie Matthes has had the...
The Red Cross movement is truly something special; millions of people have benefited from the labors of our volunteers. Throughout the Red Cross; volunteers contribute in countless ways, including serving on boards, providing counseling to military and civilian families, organizing special events, administering community programs and responding to emergencies. In the Midwest Region Blood Services, volunteers serve by donating blood, organizing blood drives, and greeting and serving donors. The American Red Cross could not operate without the...
In October 2017, Ontario, Canada-based Agri-Plastics announced it was investing $4.5 million in a new operation in Sidney. The new facility would be housed in 159,000 square feet of the building shared by LukJan Metal Products. Now a few months into their enterprise, Agri-Plastics is expanding beyond what was first anticipated. The Sidney location of Agri-Plastics specializes in calf shelters, plastic enclosures, made from molds with raw and recycled plastic. The primary plastic product is...
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce is aggressively seeking funding sources to continue downtown Sidney improvement projects. That is according to a presentation Chamber President and CEO Hope Feeney gave to the Sidney City Council Tuesday. Feeney said she is working on grant funding to support the Hickory Street Square project. The Chamber and the Library applied for a grant but did not qualify. She said she is applying for a reimbursement grant from Nebraska Game and Parks, a grant she...
The Sidney Area Solid Waste Agency board met for one of its rare meetings Tuesday, approving issuance of revenue bonds to finance new equipment at the landfill. Tuesday night was the fourth meeting since 1997 for the Sidney Area Solid Waste Agency board. Tuesday’s meeting was scheduled to review a proposed resolution authorizing issuance of revenue bonds to finance new baler and shredder at the landfill. The resolution calls for a maximum of 4 percent interest and up to $1,575,000 to be paid b...
Sidney Police Department is continuing its investigation following the discovery of counterfeit bills in a Sidney aprtment last week. Sidney Police Chief Joe Aikens said the investigation uncovered information that bills matching those found were passed in Kimball. SPD is working with the Nebraska State Patrol to learn more about the incidents in Kimball. Two people were arrested when the police department’s WING Task Force officer executed a search warrant of a vehicle. According to arrest affidavits, during that search officers found a n...
Results from the Nebraska Farm Real Estate Survey show a statewide average value drop of 4 percent to $2,720 per acre. This marks the fourth consecutive year of declining Nebraska agricultural land values. Results of the survey are divided by land class and summarized by eight Agricultural Statistic Districts of Nebraska. Respondents of the annual survey included consisted Nebraska land professionals including appraisers, farm and ranch managers, and agricultural bankers. In the seven land classes, tillable grazing land values dropped by seven...
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce welcomed The Cleaner Bros., LLC., to the area Wednesday with a ribbon cutting. The Cleaner Bros. offers commercial and residential carpet cleaning and restoration. The company offers three levels of service, tile and grout cleaning and sealing, furniture moving, stain removal and odor elimination. The Cleaner Bros. LLC can be reached at 308-250-0870....
Oshkosh Eastern Star Chapter 264 members Mert and Janet Zoucha, Joanna Kepler and Kristy Nerud traveled to Sidney recently to present Marian Hiett with her 70-year membership certificate. Hiett, 96 years young, joined Eastern Star on April 28, 1948 in Sidney. She affiliated with Oshkosh Chapter 264 in April 2011 after the Sidney chapter closed. She is one of the few members that have held the office of all Five Star Points. The chapter reports it was a memorable moment for Hiett. Her family and...
LINCOLN – A national team led by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is studying potential links among irrigation, cloud formation and rainfall. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Great Plains Irrigation Experiment - or GRAINEX - is gathering weather observations in June and July from a 3,600-square-mile region in southeastern Nebraska. The timing allows the team to better understand how irrigation may affect climate conditions at the start of irrigation season in June through lat...
Dr. Brandon Brown announced his resignation from the Sidney School District Board of Education. At the end of Monday’s board of education meeting, Dr. Brown announced his last board meeting will be in August. He said he and his wife will be leaving Sidney Aug. 26. “It has been a pleasure,” he said. “ I have thoroughly enjoyed what I’ve learned.” College is still considered a stepping stone of success. For some students, the problem is funds and timing. According to the National Center for...
Sidney Police arrested a South Dakota man last week after an receiving a report of a woman who said she was injected with an unknown substance. Clayton V. Hall, 56, of Rapid City, SD was arrested after a Sidney Police sergeant found suspected methamphetamine and cocaine in the cab of a semi-truck being driven by Hall. The call originated after police dispatch received the call from a woman at Wal Mart who made the claim of being injected. At the same time, it was reported two other females in...
Two people have been arrested for making counterfeit money following an operation of the Sidney Police Department and WING (Western Nebraska Intelligence and Narcotics Group) Drug Task Force in Sidney. Acting on a tip received by a Nebraska State Trooper, WING investigators executed a search warrant at a residence at 2405 11th Ave in Sidney on Thursday, July 5. During the operation, investigators found items being used to make counterfeit money. Christopher Humphries, 32, of Denver, Colorado, and Jaclyn Greer-Humphries, 31, of Ft. Collins,...
On Friday, June 15, chaperones from the Nebraska Rural Electric Association (NREA), along with 19 high school students from across Nebraska returned from its annual Youth Tour of our Nation's Capital. Theodore Smith of Sidney was sponsored by Wheat Belt Public Power District to attend the seven-day tour with other youth from across Rural Nebraska. Each year the NREA hosts the Tour providing rural high school students, representing their public power districts and electric cooperatives, the...
The City of Sidney Parks Department will conduct initial mosquito spraying on Sunday evening July 15th . Weather permitting, spraying will continue each Sunday evening from approximately 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm, into September. In the U.S., West Nile Virus has become a common mosquito borne disease affecting humans. Outbreaks frequently follow a surge in the mosquito population brought on by warm, wet weather. Mosquitoes also transmit canine heartworm, fatal to dogs once contracted. Pet owners can...
Three people were injured and air-lifted from Sidney Regional Medical Center Sunday when the vehicle they were in collided with another vehicle on Highway 19 north of Lorenzo. Edward Bonertz, 42, of Colorado Springs, Co., was driving a 2016 Jeep Wrangler north on Highway 19 as Randy Fehringer, 68, of Peetz, was driving a 2007 Ford F150 pickup truck south with two passengers. The two vehicles collided near milemarker 6 north of Lorenzo. Bonertz was transported to Sidney Regional Medical Center. Randy Fehringer was transported to Regional West...
Lukjan Metal Products celebrates its first year in production at its Sidney facility this month and the company's regional manger says they are pleased with the move and its results. "We're close where we wanted to be," said Herb Gibson. Gibson said the company was able to "leapfrog" ahead of its original plan in some ways, thanks to an opportunity it had to purchase the equipment of a former competitor. Getting that equipment, he said, "gives us lots of potential to grow." As it is, the Sidney...
With the Cheyenne County Fair just days away, the board of commissioners received an update Monday on work being done at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds. Troy Kurz reported scheduled improvements on the pavilion is nearing completion. “I think we’re pretty much wrapped up,” he said. He said the invoices would be submitted that day for animal panels and that the final fire alarm inspection would be done the next day (Tuesday, July 3). Fair Board president Gerald Frerichs met with the board regar...
