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Hurricane Harvey struck southeast Texas Friday and historic flooding has displaced thousands. In response, Sidney VFW Post 610, Adams Trucking and Sidney Public Schools, along with Sidney’s businesses, are working together to send needed supplies to the storm victims. “We are doing a cooperation of gathering supplies,” VFW Cmdr. Stephanie Dadgostar said. “(Adams is) going to do the transportation for us. The school is going to do a food drive and then Tuesday we will start collecting it.” Adams...
Sidney Landfill is pursuing two grants for $1 million to replace outmoded equipment. The city is applying for a Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality solid waste reduction grant and a Nebraska Environment Trust waste management grant to purchase of a shredder, compactor and tarp system. Waste delivered to the landfill is pushed onto a conveyor belt that runs the waste through a bailer, which compresses the waste into bails. The bails are moved into the landfill cell and stacked three...
Sidney’s mill levy will increase from 0.43 to 0.53, Ed Sadler, Sidney city manager, reported to the city council Tuesday at their regular meeting. “If you look at where your mill levy is going to be for operations budgets, the general fund and for the debt service, you’re talking slightly over 0.5 for the mill levy,” he said. “It’s currently about 0.4.” The increase is only for one year, and due to payments being made on two bonds. “It’s going up,” Sadler said. “The following year it’s g...
An Akron, Co., man and woman are under arrest on drug charges following the search of a hotel room Aug. 18. On Aug. 17, Sidney Police Officer Aaron Rucker was dispatched to the Comfort Inn regarding a hotel room that contained suspected drug paraphernalia found by the housekeeping staff. Upon arrivalofficers met with housekeeping employees Housekeeping staff escorted officers to the guest room, announcing thenselves before entering the room. Officers reported seeing normal clothing and bathroom...
Cheyenne County Commissioners will receive a 20 percent pay increase for the 2017-18 budget year. The combined salary for all three officials in 2016 was $63,798.12, and will increase to an estimated $80,000 for the new budget year. “The board has to set official salary by January of the election year so that people know what they’re going to pay their 1 percent filing fee on,” Beth Fiegenschuh, county clerk, said. Resolution 2015-36, signed December 2015, established salaries for the commission...
Sen. Deb Fischer visited Sidney Thursday to hear constituent concerns and provide an update on committee efforts. Speaking to roughly 20 citizens at Best Western Plus Inn & Suites, Fischer wanted people to better understand that senators from both sides of the aisle do work together. "You don't always hear that," she said. "Most of the time you hear that we are stuck in gridlock, we don't get anything done, we hate each other, and some of that is true, but I like to get the message out that...
Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) will meet constituents of the Third District during a mobile office on Monday, August 28, in Kimball. A mobile office allows constituents to meet directly with Congressman Smith about federal issues and take advantage of the services available through his office. Smith, who has offices in Grand Island and Scottsbluff, will hold the mobile office in Kimball at the Kimball Public Library, 208 South Walnut Street from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. For additional information, please contact Smith’s Scottsbluff office a...
Traffic lights are being replaced at the intersection of Illinois Avenue and 13th Street. “There was an accident where a truck ran over the traffic light pole, and destroyed it and put a dent in it,” Hank Radtke, Sidney streets superintendent, said. “The state came in and checked it, and if we had a four mile an hour wind the pole would come down.” The pole has been removed, Radtke said, and another has been ordered, to be installed by Sidney Electrical Department. It should arrive in two to...
Agri-Plastics, an Ontario-based plastics manufacturer, has "reached an agreement" with Lukjan Metal Products LLC to acquire roughly half of its Greenwood Drive facility, Herb Gibson, Lukjan midwest regional director, said. A contract has not been signed. Sidney Planning Commission must first agree to dividing the facility into two spaces. A recommendation must be approved by the Sidney City Council. If approved, Agri-Plastics would occupy the back half of the Greenwood Drive facility, a space...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) she will hold a Listening Session in Sidney on Thursday. This session offers local Nebraskans a forum to share their views and speak directly with Senator Fischer about their questions or concerns. Sen. Fischer’s session will be at the Best Western Inn, 645 Cabela Dr. in the conference room from 1-2 p.m....
Nebraska Highway Patrol is considering Sidney Airport as a possible new base of operations. Ron Meyer, Airport Authority member, reported to Sidney City Council Tuesday the Highway Patrol is looking to relocate from Ogallala. “They’re looking for hangar space,” Meyer said. “They want an area to operate out of. They have a plane here.” He added, “There is some shake-up with the Highway Patrol right now at the state level.” Nebraska State Patrol Headquarters confirmed Sidney had been consider...
A $2,000 reward is now being offered for information about the person responsible for producing graffiti on city property in Legion Park. The reward was increased by city officials after more graffiti was found Tuesday at the Fort Sidney Road walking trail tunnel and flood drop wall. SPD Chief Joe Aikens said such vandalism will not be tolerated. "It's disrespectful and we need to find out who's doing it," Aikens said. To provide information, contact Sidney Police Department at 254-5515 or...
Rural Nebraska needs more lawyers. Visiting Sidney Wednesday, Judge Joseph Bataillon, Nebraska Bar Association, Richard E. Moberly, University of Nebraska Lincoln College of Law dean, and Ronald Volkmer, Creighton University law professor, promoted legal education and efforts to inspire lawyers to serve in rural areas. “What we’re trying to do, as three organizations, is talk about access to justice,” Bataillon said. Of Nebraska’s 93 counties, 11 have zero attorneys and 19 of them have between...
Sidney officials are offering a $500 reward for information about the person responsible for producing graffiti on city property at Legion Park in late June. The graffiti, located in the Fort Sidney Road walking trail tunnel and on the park's flood wall drop structure, has since been painted over. "We're still wanting the people that are responsible for causing the vandalism to the property," SPD Chief Joe Aikens said. "The city is offering a $500 reward for information leading to their arrest....
An arrest warrant was issued for David Croissant, 38, of Sterling, CO., in connection with an assault that occurred July 21 near Lorenzo. The Logan County (Colorado) Sheriff’s Office recently released a report of a female reporting an assault that occurred on Friday, July 21 north of Sterling and possibly near the Colorado-Nebraska state line. At the time, authorities were unsure if the assault occurred in Cheyenne County, Neb., possibly near Lorenzo, or in Colorado. According to the press r...
Four fire departments responded to a fire that originated on Interstate 80 over the weekend and spread into nearby grassland, placing a feedlot and cattle nearby pastures in danger. Sidney Volunteer Fire Department was called to the report of a semi trailer on fire just before 2 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival at the scene, near mile marker 53 west of Sidney, firemen witnessed one of the vehicle's burning tires burst, throwing burning rubber into dry grass on the south side of the interstate,...
An ordinance for a land trade between City of Sidney and Cabela’s had a first reading Tuesday at the City Council’s regular meeting. The trade will allow the city and South Platte Natural Resources District to move forward on the Joint East Sidney Watershed Authority project, which aims to relieve flooding along Fort Sidney Road. Roughly 1.4 acres of land are being traded. “This has been in the works for a while,” Ed Sadler, city manager, said. The water retention area, at the soccer fields...
Forrest Hershberger has joined the staff of the Sidney Sun-Telegraph as news editor. He will be writing sports, local government and features in addition to other duties as assigned. Hershberger comes to Sidney with more than 20 years of community newspaper experience. He started his career in Sterling, Co., in 1990 as a reporter. He moved to the Alamosa, Co., area in the mid-1990s to work at the Valley Courier, then transferred to the weekly newspaper office. He returned to northeast Colorado...
USDA rural development grants remain at risk of being slashed from the federal budget, with the agency facing more than $1.1 billion in cuts proposed by the White House. University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension in Sidney uses such grants to help support community businesses and infrastructure and even provide needed public services. “Many of our communities don’t have the funding to be able to provide those kinds of services, particularly in rural Nebraska,” Connie Hancock, UNL extension educa...
Sidney is adopting a five-year budget. A five-year budget anticipates revenue and expenses over a five-year period and allows the city to plan and adopt accordingly, David Scott, financial director, said. “Clearly, you don’t know exactly what you’re going to have for revenue, what property and sales taxes are going to be four years from now,” Scott said. “The city needs to take a look at the bigger picture, look at the future and see what they’re going to have and how that’s going to work.” The advantages for Sidney are many, Ed Sadler, city...
City officials have received word from the Nebraska Department of Transportation that Hwy. 30 between 5th Avenue and Fort Sidney Road will be closed beginning today and will reopen at the end of the day on Friday. During construction work and milling operations, the contractor found some areas that need extra attention, according to Dawn Martin, Assistant City Manager. The contractor felt the best method to safely and most effectively complete the needed repairs is to close the road. Buck Simms...
Cabela’s shareholders Tuesday voted overwhelmingly for the sale to BassPro. According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, approximately 78 percent of the outstanding shares of common stock voted in favor of the proposal. Roughly 54 million voted in favor of the merger, with only 154,853 against and 233,896 abstaining. A vote was also held on merger-related compensation for executive officers. The non-binding advisory vote approved compensation “that may be paid or become pay...
City Council members Tuesday congratulated BassPro for the purchase of Cabela’s that morning. Council member Roger Gallaway said he looks forward to working with BassPro in the future. “I look forward to the energy and innovation they continue to bring to the outdoor recreation industry, and being part of our community, as well,” he said. Mayor Joe Arteburn offered similar sentiments. “The city has no insight into what’s going on with the sale of Cabela’s, or with BassPro,” Arterburn sai...
