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In a rapidly developing scenario, a Sidney man charged in connection with the November shooting death of Adam McCormick pleaded guilty to an amended Class IV felony count of being an accessory to a felony. Billy D. Fields, 35, 2460 Fort Sidney Road, entered the plea Wednesday afternoon before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer. As part of his plea, Fields — through his counsel, attorney Don Miller— has agreed to make himself available for interviews involving the shooting, and has als...
Lawmakers raced against the clock this New Year’s Eve and successfully avoided the dreaded “fiscal cliff” for now. But along with this avoidance, an important bill - the farm bill that has been worked on for the past five years - was extended instead of undergoing a new installment. The extension of the farm bill extension threw out the new version that had been progressing and approved through the senate; but it had not been approved by the house. Instead it extended the same programs that...
Gina Hanley thought that last Friday afternoon was just the end of a normal week for her family and her, but that was before she got the call that changed her eased mind to terrified. Hanley had been trying to get ahold of her husband and when she finally did, she was told that her two sons were being driven to Sidney Regional Medical Center. “When I finally talked to him he told me the boys were in the ambulance on their way to the hospital and that Austin had almost drowned. I was in s...
Sidney Sun-Telegraph – Cooper Christensen on Jan. 7 became the first baby to be born at Sidney Regional Medical Center in 2013. The newborn son of Ryan and Tonya Christensen, Cooper weighed 7.5 pounds and was 20.5 inches long at birth. Cooper and his parents received a gift bag filled with surprises from the local area merchants, to help the family begin its journey. Congratulations to Ryan and Tonya – and welcome to Sidney, Cooper....
Two Iowa residents are in Cheyenne County Jail today following their arrest Tuesday on drug charges along Interstate 80. According to an affidavit filed by the Nebraska State Patrol, Jessica L. Carroll, 30, and Benjamin Schneider, 20, were arrested on felony drug possession of marijuana and hashish, with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana (more than one pound) and no drug tax stamps, In the affidavit, NSP trooper Ron Kissler stopped an eastbound vehicle near mile post 56 along I-80,...
On the outside it looks a bit small and fairly ordinary with its bland colored canopy, with the windows still decorated for the holidays, the spray on snow concealing the nature of the business making it hard to see inside, a person could thing it’s just another shop along Main Street. The most color the outside has is the neon open sign and the big yellow sign on the door letting a person know where they are and silently inviting people to visit the Cosmic Quarter. A deceptive silence b...
The Sidney City Council meeting this Tuesday started off a little differently than most. It began with the recognition of heroic efforts by city personnel this past week in saving the lives of two boys. Sidney Mayor Wendall Gaston asked the city workers who helped save 5-yr-old and a 9-yr-brothers from the pond at Legion Park this past Friday afternoon to attend the meeting. “The events of last week showed exactly what quality of workers we have,” Gaston said. “Those kinds of things you never...
Longtime Sidney resident and prominate national farm advocate, who joined then President Jimmy Carter in the Rose Garden, Marian Ruth Loch Lenzen, a resident of the Sidney area for more than 65 years, died Monday. Her life was spent raising her family and telling the story of Sidney to the world. Marian was born in 1928, in Fairbury, Neb., the daughter of Kathrene Bennett and Frank T. Loch. She attended schools in Fairbury and Omaha before moving with her parents and siblings to Sidney in 1945....
There is widespread discussion about hydraulic fracturing and the impact such mining has on the environment – from water contamination by gas and oil to chemical contamination of aquifers and land. Prior articles explained the extensive reasoning the Nebraskan Panhandle is an optimum area to drill for oil and natural gas without the typical worries people have with hydraulic fracturing. Summarizing the past two articles; the area sits on so many rock formations that are tightly compacted it make...
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Sidney’s most interesting architectural sights, with its rough oversized stone and impressive glass windows has Father Arthur ‘Art’ Faesser, a 36 year veteran in the priesthood at the helm. Father Art said the call came to him at a fairly young age drawing inspiration from the church retreats and rallies he attended, as well as the younger priests in Ogallala whom he grew up listening to, even in his teen years. “When I was a senior in high school they had a car...
The main proposals brought up to Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners and Cheyenne County Board of Equalization members Monday investigated to what degree the Cheyenne County Sheriff and SWAT forces should be allowed to assist other counties in the time of an emergency. “We’re proposing an agreement that is already in place in counties north of us,” county attorney Paul Schaub said. Proposed was a county sheriff interlocal agreement between Cheyenne County, Deuel County and Garden Count...
LINCOLN (AP) – A Lincoln city councilman wants police officers assigned to public middle schools in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting that left 20 students and six educators dead. Councilman Gene Carroll and Mayor Chris Beutler, in a letter to Lincoln school board President Ed Zimmer, said the city wants to continue discussions about school safety and how the city can help. “We believe the issue is a joint responsibility of the city of Lincoln and Lincoln Public Schools,” the city officials wrote, according to the Lincoln Journal Star...
Two boys were pulled from the icy waters of the pond at Legion Park by city workers avoiding what could have been a much worse tragedy, possibly even drowning deaths. Heroic action by city employee Tom VonSeggern and four other city employees, very possibly saved the life of two brothers, Friday afternoon in Sidney. Around 3:30 p.m. two children, whose names have not been released, fell through the ice and into the pond at the local park, according to information from Sidney Police Chief Mike Br...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama may round out his new national security leadership team next week, with a nomination for defense secretary expected and a pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency possible. Former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska is the front-runner for the top Pentagon post. Acting CIA director Michael Morell and Obama counterterrorism adviser John Brennan are leading contenders to head the spy agency. White House aides said the president has not made a final decision on either post and won't until he r...
Jan. 1, 2013 marked the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, which some say is the crowning achievement of his presidency. Emancipation Proclamation analyst Douglas Miller summed up the proclamation as a declaration freeing all slaves in enemy territory, meaning any territory inhabiting people in rebellion against the federal government. Miller wrote that few slaves were freed immediately after the proclamation because the proclamation did not apply to slaves in border states fighting for the...
With the New Year comes a new evaluation of the Cheyenne County Community Center, according to center director Michael Namuth. “This past spring our community center board started a strategic planning session to develop a vision statement for the next three to five years for the community center,” Namuth said. Namuth said that board members decided that they needed to do a needs assessment of the community and surrounding areas of Sidney to see if the center is meeting the public’s needs. The s...
Need a little getaway from your weekly routine? There are 27 spots left for The Branson Show Extravaganza trip sponsored by the Cheyenne County Community Center in conjunction with Diamond Tours, Inc. Though some might think adventure is for younger generations this trip is in place to give senior citizens a worthwhile trip and a chance to get out of town. Although the trip was created for the seniors of Sidney; however, that does not mean it’s closed to the rest of the community, senior community director at the Cheyenne County Community Cente...
It’s the first of January and the beginning of a new year therefore it stands to reason there are firsts to be recognized, such as the first recipients of Dress Down Day funds for 2013. The Cheyenne County Ladies Chamber presented the Family and Community Education Council (FCE) with this year’s first check in the amount of $975.82. “We are going to use it (the money) to buy display cases for the Home Economics Department’s Open Class out at the fairgrounds,” FCE representative Pat Hruska said....
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during the tense negotiations to resolve the fiscal cliff. The solid job growth wasn’t enough to reduce the unemployment rate, which remained 7.8 percent last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The rate for November was revised up from an initially reported 7.7 percent. Each January, the government updates the monthly unemployment rates for the previous five years. The rates for most months don’t change. The government said hiring was s...
A new year has ushered in and city workers are busy taking down the Christmas tree and decorations in Hickory Square and all around town. The barricade for the Hickory Square Christmas décor went up just before the tree lighting on Nov. 30....
A jury trial is scheduled for Feb. 25 in the case of a Sidney woman charged with two felonies. Alicia Green, 30, pleaded not guilty during her arraignment Wednesday before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer, on separate counts of Class II felony use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, and Class III felony second-degree assault. Green is charged with stabbing Ronald Conger, 50, Sidney, with a pair of scissors during a Dec. 3 domestic dispute at her apartment, which began after Green accused Conger of stealing a $20 bill off a table....
Sidney Regional Medical Center members are teaming up once again with Cheyenne County Community Center activity director Kiersten Richards to prepare for their fourth annual Get Fit Stay Fit Challenge. The challenge committee includes: Richards, Sidney Regional Medical Center director of public relations Evie Ranslem-Parsons, Sidney RMC director of nutrition services Ashley Houtwed, and community development director Megan McGown. Richards said that registration forms for the event could be...
Steven Olson was sworn in this morning as a Cheyenne County Commissioner – 1st District in the Cheyenne District County Courtroom by Cheyenne County Clerk Beth Fiegenschuh....
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Leaders of many farm groups in the Upper Midwest aren’t pleased that Congress has extended the current farm bill rather than pass new legislation. The one-year extension of portions of the expired 2008 farm bill is one of the measures introduced to avert the “fiscal cliff” of major tax increases and spending cuts that were due to take effect Jan. 1. The extension prevents milk prices from rising but excludes other farm provisions such as disaster aid for producers. “This is disappointing,” North Dakota Farmers Union Presi...
The First United Methodist Church is where Pastor Thomas Hyde leads a congregation in worship services every Sunday morning, something he knew was his life’s path since the age of 10. His journey to this calling is a bit different from other pastors interviewed, a “God Experience,” as he called it. “I had an accident when I was a young child and lost a leg,” he said, “in the mist of that I made that decision,” to become a minister, “when I was 10 years old.” “I went through high school and col...
