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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...
LINCOLN – Secretary of State John Gale reminds Nebraskans that important dates are approaching that impact candidates and voters. The first of those dates, July 8th, signals the start of the early voting process. Voters who wish to cast a ballot by mail can submit their request to their local county election official beginning on that day. Early voting ballots will be mailed to registrants who have made a request starting on October 1st. July 16th is the last day for any current office holders to file for races not previously on the primary b...
The decision was made and approved. The proper officials met to determine how to make it happen. All that is left is to put the parts in motion. Dispatchers are ready to talk to new residents and first responders as their territory of influence has greatly expanded. The Cheyenne County Communications Board and the county commissioners were approached earlier this spring about dispatching services for Deuel County. At the time, Deuel County agencies were dispatched by Kimball County. In the April...
Most everyone in the work world sees things on the job that could be done "better." Sometimes it is only a point of view, and other times it motivates a person to seek an opportunity to do it their way. Yet others find themselves in the kind of job uncertainty that encourages entrepreneurship. Regardless the reason for exploring business ownership, the path is seldom smooth. Western Nebraska Community College's business development program held a meeting Friday for potential entrepreneurs. The...
Robert C. Davis, who has served the Office of Human Development as its director in Sidney, has been promoted to oversee all agency services in the Panhandle The Governing Board of Region I Office of Human Development (OHD) announces the promotion last week. Davis previously held the position of Area III Director in Sidney. He began his employment with OHD in 1987 as a residential staff member and was continuously promoted to Supervisor, Program Director and Area Director. As the regional head,...
President Donald J. Trump last week declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Nebraska and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm and straight-line winds from April 13 to April 18, 2018. Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storms and straight-line winds in the...
At a news conference in the Nebraska State Capitol Rotunda last week, members of Media of Nebraska unveiled a public awareness campaign about the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The core message: "Think F1rst." Elements of the campaign will be used by the Sun-Telegraph to help pass along this important message. "The purpose of Media of Nebraska centers around the First Amendment to the Constitution, arguably the only Amendment in the Bill of Rights that Americans use every...
