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KEARNEY – Graduate and undergraduate degrees for 631 will be conferred at University of Nebraska at Kearney commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Friday (May 3). Three Cheyenne County students are among the graduates. Carla Falcon of Sidney will receive a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Two Dalton students, Kathryn Ernest and Dani McKay will also be conferred. Ernest receives a Bachelor of Science in Biology, and McKay a Bachelor of Arts in Education. University of Nebraska Board of Regents member Jim Pillen will address the graduates. D...
CHADRON – Eighty graduate candidates and 242 undergraduate candidates will be recognized during two Chadron State College commencement ceremonies Saturday. Both events will be broadcast on CSC Live. Graduate Commencement will be at 8 a.m. in Memorial Hall’s Auditorium. The speaker will be Dr. Robert Knight, a professor retiring from the Justice Studies, Social Sciences, English Department after 11 years on the faculty. Undergraduate Commencement will be at 10 a.m. in the Chicoine Center. Attorney Trevor Schmidt, a Chadron native and 2016 Dis...
SPEARFISH, S.D -- A Sidney student will be among nearly 400 graduates to be recognized during the 177th Black Hills State University Commencement Ceremony Saturday. Kyle Burton will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Professional Accounting as part of commencement. The spring ceremony is at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center on the BHSU campus. The public is invited to join and celebrate the students’ achievements. Degrees to be awarded include 53 master’s degrees, 311 bachelor’s degrees, and 33 assoc...
The Sidney City Council held its second public hearing on the proposed purchase of a three-story building at 13th Avenue and Illinois Street. The council previously addressed the proposal with four members of the council present. Mayor Roger Gallaway was absent on a previous engagement. The proposal died with a 2-2 vote. On Friday, April 12, a special meeting of the council was held to consider a second public hearing on the proposal. In the meeting, with all five members of the council...
Not all successful careers require an extensive college education. Companies, including several in Cheyenne County are looking for people who have a strong work ethic and are willing to learn. That is the message brought to students at Sidney High School Wednesday. Representatives of four companies in the Sidney area met with students Wednesday, explaining opportunities available with or without a college education. The program started with the presentation of statistics on the impact of manufac...
Work has resumed the Phase 2 project on US-385 through Dalton, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Simon Contractors Inc., of Cheyenne, Wyoming, has the $2.6 million contract. Work will include concrete construction, earthwork grading, pavement markings, and sodding. Traffic will be maintained with flaggers and lane closures during daytime hours as needed. Anticipated completion is end of May 2019. NDOT says weather permitting, work will begin May 1, on I-80 Potter to...
Sidney Police Department is one of many drop-off points for the 17th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. To 2 p.m. Saturday. According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, America loses more than 70,000 people every year to drug overdose deaths. In 2017, an estimated 3.2 million Americans age 12 and older reported misusing prescription pain relievers within the last 12 months, making prescription opioids the second most abused drug in the U.S. after marijuana. “In Nebraska, 532 people died of opioid ov...
LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts gave compelling reasons on Wednesday to reject LB 289, the Revenue Committee's plan to enact the largest tax increase in state history. Several concerned Nebraskans joined him to voice their opposition to the tax proposal. "The idea that you can tax and spend to get more property tax relief is false. It has been tried in the past and failed," said Governor Ricketts. "We need to focus on budget control, making sure we live within our means just like every N...
The village of Potter will have a unique look Thursday May 2 as they welcome visitors to “A Night Out in Potter.” “This is kind of a spin-off of Business After Hours,” Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Director Hope Feeney said. The event is scheduled for 5 p.m. To 8 p.m. “We wanted to do that (Business After Hours) but on a larger scale for downtown,” she said. The Chamber's Community Leaders Committee (CLC) came up with the idea of promoting the county's villages. Potter is the first villa...
Three people from the Panhandle are among a dozen new members of the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement. Rick Larson of Potter was joined by Nancy Peterson of Gordon and Douglas Olsen of Harrisburg in being elected during a banquet at the Nebraska East Union on UNL's East Campus. Formed in 1916, the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement is dedicated to preserving and improving Nebraska agriculture. Each year, the group recognizes at least one honoree and elects new members. New...
LINCOLN – The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has earned an $11.85 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a research center focused on understanding and addressing drug addiction in the rural Midwest. The five-year grant from NIH’s Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE, will support Nebraska’s multidisciplinary Rural Drug Addiction Research Center. The COBRE program funds health-related research and fosters faculty development and research infrastructure. RDAR will conduct cutting-edge research into un...
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) statistics show that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. In Nebraska, the rate is much lower, but still significant. The AFSP shows in 2018 Nebraska lost one person to suicide every 36 hours, and four times as many people die by suicide in the state than by homicide. Nebraska's statistics show suicide is the second leading cause of death for ages 15 to 34, fourth leading cause of death for ages 35 to 54 and 8th...
Census figures released last week show Cheyenne County's growth rate reversed to net losses in the last decade. For a number of years Cheyenne County had been one of the areas in the state that had regularly shown growth. But according to the latest figures, the area is now in decline, while Banner County is the lone Panhandle county to show slight growth. According to the report, Cheyenne County is estimated to have had a population decline of 347 people in the latest year, the largest loss for...
A Sidney man was killed Monday in a traffic accident east of Cheyenne. According to the Wyoming State Patrol, the fatal crash occurred at milepost 368 on Interstate 80 east of Cheyenne. Around 6:34 a.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the area for a motor vehicle collision. The Patrol reports a 2013 Freightliner was traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 when the Freightliner drifted into the emergency lane. Two 2006 Freightliners had stopped in the emergency lane due to a mechanical issue on one of the commercial vehicles....
For the sixteenth year, students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College (UNMC) of Dentistry will be heading west to be a part of Dental Day on May 31 and June 1. This is an opportunity for children whose family has no insurance or very little insurance to receive dental care for no cost. This year Panhandle Public Health District (PPHD) is offering the free dental services to kids ages 3 to 21. “Each year over 200 school age kids receive important dental care at Dental Days,” said Janelle Visser of Panhandle Public Health Distri...
Raina Hartwig was installed as Honored Queen of Job's Daughters International, Bethel #25 for the Spring 2019 term. Ginny Herboldsheimer was installed as Senior Princess and Janessa Carley as Inner Guard. Josie Dowse was elected Junior Princess and Katie Dowse was appointed Chaplain. Bethel #25 also recently initiated and installed Bel Sauer as First Messenger and Paige Dalimata as Third Messenger. Job's Daughters International is an organization for young women 10 – 20 years old. The order, w...
LINCOLN - The Nebraska Cattlemen Disaster Relief Fund is providing financial assistance on a statewide basis to needy or distressed cattle producers in Nebraska impacted by Winter Storm Ulmer/Bomb Cyclone. Eligible applicants under the Fund include any cattle producer with an operation located in a county or tribal area falling under an emergency or disaster declaration made by the Nebraska Governor or Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Moreover, applicants must demonstrate genuine need or distress as a result of the disaster by...
Potter American Legion Post 291 and Auxiliary Unit 291 are sponsoring two students from Potter-Dix High School to attend American Legion Cornhusker Boys and Girls State. Terell Gray, the son of Wendy Relerford and Chris Wilson of Kimball, and Virginia Herboldsheimer, the daughter of Bryan and Laurie Herboldsheimer, will represent the Post June 2-8 in Lincoln. Gray has been very much involved at Potter-Dix High School, in which he lettered in the following - football (All District- Honorable...
The Nebraska Rural Electric Association sponsors a Youth Energy Leadership Camp every year at the Nebraska State 4-H Camp in Halsey, Nebraska. The camp provides leadership and team building activities. The camp will be held July 8-12. Wheat Belt Public Power District will be selecting area youth to attend the camp. It is at no cost to the students. Campers must be currently a freshman, sophomore or junior in high school, and preference is given to those students who are dependents of Wheat Belt...
Recently the students at Peetz School participated in the Americanism Essay Contest sponsored by Unit 134 of the American Legion Auxiliary. The topic of the essay was "How can we address and prevent veteran homelessness in our communities?". The following students placed as follows: (Back Row Left to Right) 12th Grade: Sarah Davis (first place), Gage Travis (second place), Jakob Kurz (third place); 10th Grade: First - Aiden Curtis (first place), Kayleigh Leek (second place), and Gus Cowan...
A year and a half in the making, Western Nebraska Community College held an open house and ribbon cutting for its Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center Wednesday. The center is testiment, said Sidney Campus Executive Director Paula Abbott, to what can be accomplished when people put their heads together to find a solution to a problem. Abbott reviewed how members of the chamber of commerce and Sidney's economic development director got together to see what could be done to help people displaced b...
The Western Nebraska Community College board of governors met at the WNCC Sidney campus Wednesday following a celebration of Sidney’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center is designed to assist start-up businesses toward independence. The Center has three businesses with others that have expressed interest in the program. Following the Center’s ribbon cutting, the WNCC Board of Governors met for their April meeting with chairperson F. Lynne Klemke pre...
GERING — A new collaborative report entitled The Nebraska Panhandle: An Assessment of Birth-Grade 3 Care and Education was released Wednesday in Gering. Nebraska Commissioner of Education Matt Blomstedt provided opening remarks at the event, which was attended by more than 100 community and education leaders from across the Panhandle. The report was produced by Educational Service Unit (ESU) 13, the Panhandle Partnership, Inc., and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska. The three organizations came together to b...
LINCOLN -- A bill that would expand protections for farmers under the Nebraska Right to Farm Act advanced through the Legislature April 10. LB 227, introduced by Sen. Dan Hughes of Venango, was approved 31-7 after a two-day debate among senators. The Nebraska Right to Farm Act, adopted in 1982, protects farms and warehouses from nuisance complaints by neighbors. These nuisances include dust, noise or odors from these establishments. Nuisance laws affect not only Nebraska, but other states as well. A federal jury awarded $473.5 million to six...
The Sidney Shooting Park is hosting its ninth all-you-can-eat Rocky Mountain Oyster dinner — or a chicken strip alternative — and auction May 18 at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds. Dinner includes beans, potato salad, coleslaw, dessert, coffee, tea or water. The event is scheduled for 5 p.m. To 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Performance Automotive & Towing LLC, KISST Organics, Vitalix or from any Sidney Sharpshooters 4-H member. The event includes games and silent auction, as well as several guns for raffle. Tickets for gun raffles can be...
