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Gov. Dave Heineman recently along with members of the Governor’s Youth Advisory Council announced seven vacancies on the council with members from Districts 2 and 3 especially needed. The council is facilitated by Nebraska Children and Families Foundations. “I want to applaud the interest these young people have taken in civic issues,” Gov. Heineman said. “These students are the future leaders of our state. I want to encourage more young people to be involved in public service.” Members meet quarterly to review pending legislation, discuss issu...
Dana Reese, right, was recently honored for his outstanding service to the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp by receiving the Ivan Award from youth camp president, Gary Hawkins, left....
Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub indicated this morning that he is amending information regarding murder charges against Larry Martinez, and will not pursue the death penalty in the case. During today’s suppression hearing requested by defense attorney Kelly Breen, Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer accepted Schaub’s motion for leave to amend information. Originally, Schaub had intent to move forward with Class I first-degree murder and Class IC use of a firearm to commit a fel... Full story
Depositions are piling up in a pair of cases before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer, who presided over both status hearings Wednesday. The cases of Nancy Gipfert, 55, Sidney, (Class II felony charge of intentional child abuse) and Corey Lundgren, 22, Sidney (three Class IIIA felony counts of driving under the influence of alcoholic liquor – causing serious bodily injury) are moving toward trials. However, getting there is going to take more time, according to attorney Donald Miller, who is representing both defendants. G...
A Sidney man faces three drug-related felony charges following his arrest Tuesday during a police “knock and talk” incident. According to an arrest affidavit, authorities took Valente A. Acosta Simental, 51, into custody and charged him with Class III possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver/distribute, Class IV possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and Class IV possession of drug-related money. Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Nebraska State Patrol, WING Drug Task Force and Sidney City Police Depar...
Sidney native, Mark Zalesky returned to Cheyenne County in 2011 after years of serving in the U.S. military. Pastor Mark has not only made a homecoming but was also voted in by members of the First Christian Church in Sidney to be their pastor after the retirement of their previous pastor Jan. 6. “I was born and raised in Sidney and I just moved back and am the new pastor, in all sense of the word, new. I had lived in Florida for 25 years in the military and then I moved back here in June of 2...
Third in a series . . . By the late 1880s and early 1890s Sidney’s boom was over and before long Cheyenne County would become mainly agricultural, an industry that had already established itself even before the major events of the boom. After the need for protection against Native Americans along the railroad was no longer needed, the last major fight being the Battle of Wounded Knee and the rush to the Black Hills was all but over, therefore cargo coming to and from miners was no longer in grea...
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — As FBI and police negotiators sought for days to coax an Alabama man into freeing a kindergartner held hostage in an underground bunker, the captor was planning for violence, authorities say. He rigged the bunker with explosives, tried to reinforce it against any raid, and when SWAT agents stormed the shelter Monday to rescue the boy, Jimmy Lee Dykes engaged in a firefight that left the captor dead, the FBI and officials said. After the nearly weeklong hostage ordeal, relati...
Second in a series . . . Cheyenne County was carved out of a larger previously established county by the name of Shorter County in 1870 with Fort Sidney as the county seat and took up about half the Nebraskan panhandle. Established originally by soldiers and railroad workers Sidney saw its first real boom in the late 1870s and early 1880s. During this time, Sidney’s first recorded “hay day,” it truly was a Wild West town with lynching, outlaws, brothels, saloons, gambling and a murder rate that would amaze people these days. Fort Sidney’s rapid...
Everyone these days has a beauty regimen; young and old, men and women have found taking care of their skin is a must. The booming market of cosmetics, skin care products and treatments used to rejuvenate the skin or make people look younger is proof of the awareness of how important skin truly is. With so many products out there to choose from it can get quite confusing and often frustrating to find just the right match between the needs of each person’s skin and what the market offers. H...
Feb. 15 will be a night at Sidney High School devoted to basketball and supporting The Night of Hope Foundation, a foundation dedicated to helping local cancer patients. Pink Out Sidney Lady Raider t-shirts are being sold at the school for $15 per short sleeve shirt. All shirt proceeds will be donated to The Night of Hope Foundation. T-shirt payments and order forms must be returned to the high school office by 3 p.m. Feb. 8 to receive them before the game. For any questions concerning t-shirts... Full story
GERING (AP) — A 33-year-old western Nebraska man has been given 30 to 48 months in prison for sexually assaulting a child. Scottsbluff radio station KNEB says Keith Van Winkle, of Minatare, had made a deal with prosecutors and pleaded no contest to reduced charges in Scotts Bluff County District Court. Van Winkle was given credit for 254 days already served. He was arrested after a 7-year-old girl told school officials in May about being molested three years earlier....
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday Chuck Hagel “seems clueless” on U.S. policy toward Iran and he urged the Obama administration to reconsider its defense secretary nominee. In a statement, the South Carolina lawmaker stopped short of saying he would filibuster the choice if the president pushes forward as expected. No Democrat has come out in opposition to Hagel, two Republican senators back him and several others, including Sen. John McCain, say they wouldn’t support a filibuster. “Chuck Hagel is a good man, but...
SIDNEY — Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-car accident Sunday evening. According to reports, Tyson C. Bockhahn, 21, was taken to Sidney Regional Medical Center after the 2003 Mercury SUV he was operating left the roadway on County Road 32 south, at about 9:22 p.m. Sunday. The vehicle struck a curve sign and a reflector post, before crossing the road and coming to a rest in the left ditch. Bockhahn was transported to SRMC, where he was treated for injuries. No citations were issued, and damage to the Bockhahn vehicle was...
LINCOLN – Gov. Dave Heineman said Monday he’s looking for a lieutenant governor who will make a commitment to not run for governor in 2014. He is considering a number of people and will make a decision in the next few weeks, he said. Most of this week, he’ll be focused on tax reform. Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy resigned Saturday after phone records obtained by the Omaha World-Herald, and subsequently other media, revealed thousands of calls were made to women other than his wife on his state cell phone. Heineman said he talked to Sheehy when the c...
WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama declared that his defense secretary nominee, Chuck Hagel, would be the first former enlisted man to lead the Pentagon, he seemed to overlook four previous defense chiefs who served part of their military years as enlisted men. William J. Perry, who served as defense secretary from 1994-97, was in the Army’s enlisted ranks from 1946-47 and served in Japan as a member of the American occupation force, according to a biography on the website of Stanford University, where he is affiliated with the Freeman Sp...
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Director Glenna Phelps-Aurich and Taylor Fortin participated in the annual tradition of pulling Sidney Sid (Sidney’s resident stuffed-groundhog) from his improvised tree stump this Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Both Phelps-Aurich and Fortin saw Sid’s shadow, meaning just as if Punxsutawney Phil had seen his shadow, Sidney is bracing for six more weeks of winter according to national folklore. Just as in previous years a Groundhog Day drawing was hosted by bot...
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Director Glenna Phelps-Aurich and Taylor Fortin participated in the annual tradition of pulling Sidney Sid (Sidney’s resident stuffed-groundhog) from his improvised tree stump this Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Both Phelps-Aurich and Fortin saw Sid’s shadow, meaning just as if Punxsutawney Phil had seen his shadow, Sidney is bracing for six more weeks of winter according to national folklore. Just as in previous years a Groundhog Day drawing was hosted by bot...
Cheyenne County Commissioners approved a notice to the public of finding no significant impact and notice of intent to request release of funds for a community development block grant for Adams Industries Industrial Park Development Project at their meeting Monday morning. In attendance at the meeting was Don Adams and his son Zach Adams, owners and operators of Adams Industries, Inc., as well as Gary Person and Megan McGown representing the Sidney-Cheyenne Economic Development Partnership.... Full story
Now through Feb. 13, 2013, the public is encouraged to see the Association of Nebraska Art Clubs (ANAC) Traveling Show at the Sidney Public Library. The top 26 artworks awarded – out of a show of approximately 380 artworks – at the ANAC Conference last summer are on display and include one artwork, “Apple Peeler,” an oil painting by Sheila Phelps, President of the CCAG, and one artwork titled “Piper,” a pastel drawing by CCAG member Cindi Egging of Gurley. The Best of Show was won by Tina Simeon of the Art Society of Ogallala for her pencil...
Tickets are now on sale for the annual Be-My-Valentine dinner to be held at the First United Methodist Church in Sidney. The dinner will be on Sunday, February 17th in the fellowship hall on the lower level of the church. There will be two seatings; the first at 5:30 PM, and the second at 7 PM. The dinner is sponsored by the Fusion Youth Group, which is a collaborative effort between the Methodist Church, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, and Light Memorial Presbyterian Church. The dinner is open to the public. Tickets are $20.00 each and are...
LINCOLN (AP) — Disabled veterans who live in Nebraska would receive a preference when competing for state contracts under a bill presented Friday to a legislative committee. Sen. Charlie Janssen of Fremont, a veteran himself, pitched the proposal to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. The bill would give a competitive edge to resident, disabled veterans who are vying for state contracts against other resident and nonresident bidders. The federal government has enacted similar preferences. “Our nation’s veterans have uniqu...
The South Platte Natural Resources District, in conjunction with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, is hosting a workshop designed to provide educators of younger children information and materials to introduce younger students to nature. Growing Up WILD is an early childhood education program that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through a wide range of activities and experiences, Growing Up WILD provides an early foundation for developing positive i...
One class at the Cheyenne County Community Center is dancing their way to personal fitness. Instructor Nicole Schroeder holds a zumba class on Mondays from 6 - 7 p.m. and starting this month on Thursdays from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the center. “The theme of zumba is ditch the workout and join the party,” said Schroeder. “It’s not like your traditional group fitness class where everybody needs to be doing the same thing and it’s redundant. With zumba it’s really you just need to move. The idea be...
The medical staff at Sidney Regional Medical Center wore red Friday morning, ironically the color of a human heart, in honor of National Wear Red Day to spread heart disease awareness this Feb. 1. According to hospital personnel, staff participated in this national awareness day to increase awareness of the disease and to show their commitment to fighting this preventable, yet deadly, disease. “More women die of heart disease than all forms of cancer combined. Unfortunately, the killer i... Full story
