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To better serve customers with faster and more efficient shipping options, Cabela's will be restructuring its distribution and return center network. The effort supports the company's new "fast-and-free" two-day shipping initiative, created to compete with major national ecommerce platforms offering two-day shipping. As part of "fast-and-free," roughly 97 percent of all eligible online orders at BassPro.com and Cabela's.com will ship the same day a customer places the order, providing faster...
The Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office arrested four people Wednesday in connection with thefts from vehicles in the Dalton and Gurley area. James Hannaford, 19, Cheyenne Nickel, 20, Jenton Paben, 18, and Blayze Stichka, 19, were arrested in connection with the thefts. The investigation also led to information that a church in Dalton had been burglarized by the four individuals. On March 6, 2019, officials from the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, Sidney Police Department, Nebraska State Patrol,...
A Lorenzo family escaped injury when a fire erupted in their home Monday evening. Sidney volunteer firefighters were called to the home of Dave and veronica Phelps at 6:45 p.m. after Veronica arrived home to find the house filled with smoke, according to Sidney Fire Chief Lavern Bown. Bown said the fire was a "little fire in the crawl space." The fire resulted in smoke damage to the home, and some structural issues, he said. An account has been set up on fundrazr.com to help the Phelps recover...
A Sidney woman is due to appear in Cheyenne County Court Monday on charges stemming from an alleged theft of Go-Fund-Me funds that were to benefit the family of a house fire. Samantha Robertson, 27, was cited by Sidney Police for Theft by Unlawful Taking after receiving a report that she had used the Go-Fund-Me account money for her own personal use rather than distributing it to its intended benefactor. At the time, Robertson was the administrator of the Go-Fund-Me account set up to assist...
Naples, Florida-based Keating Resources recently sold its 72-unit Lodgepole Creek Apartments. The Apartments were sold to Princeton Management, a Fairfield, Michigan-based property management company. The sale was made just 60 days after Keating's initial purchase. Keating Resources sold the apartments for $2,600,000 after buying them from Cabela's for $1,950,000. For the deal, Mark Seger of the Omaha-based CBRE represented buyer and seller. Keating Resources CEO, Gerard Keating, complimented...
The Cheyenne County Commissioners Monday approved renewing a contract with Premier Land Management Services, LLC. The agreement is for maintenance of courthouse grounds and of the Visitor Center. Premier Land Management Service, LLC, of Lodgepole, offers services including hydroseeding, lawn aeration, lawn fertilization, lawn herbicide application, lawn moss control. The commissioners approved the agreement with a 3-0 vote. Kevin Tooley, representing the Buildings and Maintenance department for...
The Cheyenne County Fairgrounds was packed with hunting supporters Friday night as the Pheasants Forever chapter held its annual banquet. Supporters were greeted with options to buy tickets for various raffles and chances to win outdoor artwork, hunting apparel and accessories, and firearms. Firearms transactions were done by Dave Phelps, DMK Consulting of Sidney. Dave Dickey was the auctioneer and Outlaw Catering provided the barbecue meal. Proceeds from the night are used to support local...
City water department crews spent 12 hours locating and repairing a water main break that occurred at one of the city's highest locations Saturday. The break, to a six-inch main line, was reported at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Manor Road on Sidney's north side. Sidney Water Superintendent Rob Kuhns said the break's location, which sent leaking water downhill, also resulted in problems finding the exact location. Kuhns said the extreme cold weather, with temperatures hovering near...
Living in a community means neighbors. Some people believe that “fences make good neighbors.” However, if the neighbor’s lack of maintenance of his home and yard affects his neighbors, its becomes a Code Enforcement issue. Lisa Hanley is Sidney’s Code Enforcement Officer. She has been on the job since July 2018. She sees her job as one of educating the public, encouraging residents to be good neighbors with how they maintain their property and their pets. As Code Enforcement Officer, she res...
Authorities continue investigating a series of vehicle break-ins that occurred Thursday Feb. 28 into Friday, March 1 in the Dalton area. On Friday afternoon, Cheyenne County Sheriff Adam Frerichs sent our a press release regarding vehicles in the Dalton community broken into. In the press release, Frerichs said that during the nighttime hours of (Thursday )Feb 28, through the morning hours of (Friday) March 1, a person or persons committed a series of thefts from parked, unlocked vehicles in the Dalton and Gurley communities. At this time it...
NEW YORK – A former Sidney resident was among the big winners Saturday during the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System College Media Awards in New York City. University of Nebraska/Kearney and former Sidney student Austin Jacobsen, along with Evan Jones of Cambridge, Cade Cox of North Platte and Lucas Bolubasz of Lincoln won the best sports pregame/postgame show category for "UNK Gameday," a football pregame show on the campus radio station, KLPR 91.1 FM. Jacobsen and Jones are co-sports d...
Brad Fraass, Cheyenne County Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency, reminds foreign investors who buy, sell, or hold a direct or indirect interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to report their holdings and transactions to the US Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated the responsibility for collecting this information to the Farm Service Agency. According to Fraass, foreign investors buying or selling land must...
LINCOLN – With frigid temperatures gripping much of the state and many lakes locked with thick ice, the spring stockings of rainbow trout and the season opener at the Two Rivers State Recreation Area Trout Lake are on hold. “Due to the extreme cold weather we have been having, the spring trout stockings and Two Rivers opener will be postponed until more seasonal weather permits the hatcheries to get the fish into the lakes and there is open water to be fished,” said Jim Gleim, fish production administrator for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commi...
LINCOLN – Nebraska State Treasurer John Murante and First National Bank of Omaha today announced the fifth annual NEST on the Farm Fun Photo $1,000 Drawing. The Drawing will be open to submissions from Nebraska residents through June 30, 2019. To enter the NEST on the Farm Fun Photo $1,000 Drawing, participants are encouraged to submit a farm-themed photo taken of or by a child 13 years old or younger as of June 30, 2019, along with a short caption. Six randomly selected winners will each receive a $1,000 contribution to a NEST 529 College S...
The dam is too big and the City of Sidney needs to decide if it is to be modified or brought into compliance. The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources determined one of Sidney’s dams to be in noncompliance due to the size of the wildlife dam. The size of the dam was increased during construction, resulting in different classification. Assistant City Manager Dawn Martin said Tuesday in the Sidney City Council meeting that the City received a letter recently stating the Wildlife Dam, l...
Sidney Regional Medical Center (SRMC) has announced a new agreement for emergency patient transfers. As part of the continuum of care, the hospital is responsible for managing the transportation of patients to the next level of care. Because it is sometimes necessary to expedite the process, SRMC has partnered with Medical Air Rescue Company (MARC) for its ground and air transfer services. Effective March 3, MARC will be contacted first when a transfer is needed for a patient at SRMC. Jason Petik, Chief Executive Officer, said “The c...
Another award-winning musical program is in store for Sidney residents tomorrow (Saturday), when the High Plains Arts Council brings the Nebraska Brass to the stage at the Sidney High School Performing Arts Center. Founded in 1987, the Nebraska Brass is one of the Midwest's most popular brass quintets. Audiences young and old enjoy the group's serious musicianship and light-hearted humor as they present a variety of music ranging from classical to popular, Dixieland, and jazz. The groups Sidney...
The Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday against a Sidney resident in a court case dating back to 2014. The Court of Appeals ruling upheld a decision by the Cheyenne County District Court's ruling granting the State's Motion to dismiss a motion for Post-conviction Relief. Jason Assad was arrested in 2014 regarding a reported domestic dispute. Police were called to a local hotel Assad owned regarding a report of a woman screaming in distress. Police obtained a search warrant for the living...
On Tuesday February 12 the South Platte Natural Resources District (SPNRD) Board of Directors (Board) held its monthly meeting at the South Platte NRD Conference Room. Galen Wittrock addressed the Community Forestry Program; Wittrock reported on last year’s participation and possible updates to the program for the future. The Community Forestry Program was developed to meet the needs of communities within the District. Over the years the program has changed with the needs of the villages and towns that use it. In 2018 there were six d...
A mis-step on a sidewalk, or unseen ice, can land a pedestrian on the sidewalk with injuries. Witnessing an accident on the highway quickly leads to the question of where is the nearest medical professional. What if more people were trained in basic response to an injury or illness. Several Cheyenne County employees completed a program in December that could answer that question. The majority of Cheyenne County employees along with various State of Nebraska employees, completed the nationally...
Jeremy Nesbitt, of Nexgen Outfitters, is pictured with children of the founders of Nexgen. The new company had an open house Thursday celebrating their official opening for business. Nexgen Outfitters offers camping and hunting supplies for sale online....
Walking a downtown sidewalk, or a hallway at a school, a person is greeted by laughter, business seriousness, and a host of emotions between. The question is if what you see is what is truly dominating that person, or is it the version that person wants the public to see. A program is returning to Sidney High School designed to help students see each other for who they truly are, and in the process develop a level of respect sometimes missing in schools. In 2018, Sidney High School hosted a...
LINCOLN - With the nation’s seventh-highest property tax rates, many Nebraskans are looking for any sort of relief. And according to Sen. Mike Groene of North Platte, farmers are feeling the burden more than others. On Feb. 21, Groene presented LB 530 in front of the unicameral’s Revenue Committee, explaining that the bill would drop the valuation at which agricultural property is taxed from 75 percent to 65 percent. The last time the tax valuation on Nebraska agricultural land decreased was in 2006, when LB 968 dropped it from 80 percent to...
Toni Rasmussen is a former farm kid who knows the pride of donning an FFA jacket. Thanks to support from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she's using her life experience and education to share that pride with high school students, too. As a high schooler in Albion, Rasmussen was inspired by her ag education class, which propelled her to organize a goat enterprise for her family farm. Naturally, a career in ag education was a perfect next step for her. Today, she's one of 200 instructors...
LINCOLN--A bill that would ban advertising of plant-based, insect-based or lab-based food as “meat” was discussed by the Agriculture Committee in a two-hour long hearing Feb. 19 that included a disagreement between two senators. LB 594, presented by committee member Sen. Carol Blood of Bellevue, had its origins in LB 14, which was presented by Blood earlier this session and withdrawn last month. The new bill would act as an amendment to the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act. “There are now additional consumers that will be protected and t...
