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Lucas Rosenbaum clears the bar in the pole vault. He finished third at the State Track and Field Championship Friday in Omaha....
Ryan J. Krauter, 37, of Queen Creek, passed away on May 3. He was born in Scottsbluff; making him a life-long Cornhuskers fan. He and his family moved to Arizona in 1985, where he made the best friends one could ask for. He graduated from Mountain Pointe High School in 1995, and then began learning several building trades. Ryan was an avid craftsman, understanding the electrical, woodworking, and construction industries; so much that he owned his own general contracting business. He loved spendi...
Janice Lorene Easterly, formerly of Lorenzo, died Tuesday evening, May 20, 2014, at Highline Place in Littleton, Colo. She was 83. Funeral services will be Sat., May 24 at 10 a.m. at the Peetz United Methodist Church in Peetz, Colo. with Rev. Jody Harless officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney. Visitation will be Friday, May 23, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with the family present from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Memorial gifts can be made in Jan's...
Alvin A. Wittig, 79 of Siloam Springs, Ark. and former Sidney resident, passed away Monday, May 19, 2014 at the Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville, Ark. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tues., May 27th in the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel in Sidney. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Monday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. with family present 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in Al's name to the Siloam Springs Animal...
WEATHER PERMITTING Memorial Day Service 2014 May 26th at 10 a.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney. Program presented V.F.W. Post 610. Assisted by Disabled American Veterans Chapter 40 and American Legion Post 17 Potter Memorial Day Service is at 10 a.m. Legion Hall on Mon., May 26, Cemetery service will be at 11 a.m., Potluck will follow back at the Legion Hall. Contact Jeane Stule for more info at 308-879-4312 The Lodgepole American Legion will present a Memorial Day program at the Pleasant View Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Mon., May 26th. Weyerts...
Compiled By The Sidney Sun-Telegraph Staff These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons. 100 YEARS AGO May 23, 1914 'Missing Sterling Man Living In California' Sterling Democrat: Sol Faust, the eccentric farmer who disappeared from his ranch in what is known as Fisher colony, has been heard from. He is residing in California. This information came to officials of the Logan County National...
Well, it’s Memorial Weekend. Some look at it as the first part of summer, with the annual trip to the Lake, fun in the sun, reunions and family fellowship, and a weekend of relaxation. Some celebrate it as a holiday from working, just a break in the monotony of making a living. But to most, it is a day to remember the loss of loved ones in death. Memorial Day, or originally called Decoration Day, was first officially observed on May 30, 1868, on the order of General John Alexander Logan for the purpose of decorating the graves of the A...
The Sidney planning commission had some harsh words for Werner Construction at its Monday meeting, where chairman Jerry Spiker claimed the company’s business ethics couldn’t be trusted. The city issued a conditional use permit to Werner Construction last fall to work out of the Kielian gravel pit, located one half mile south of the intersection of Roads 20 and 117, east of Sidney. The planning commission was already displeased that asphalt millings were stored on the site. Werner operated a hot mix plant out of the Kielian property, owned by...
Sheriff Felix Alston's handwritten account of his investigation ends abruptly with these words: "When court convened the prosecution decided to try Brink first. He was single, had no relatives in the County and very few if any influential friends." There is much left unsaid in these final words. Sheriff Alston had already obtained the full support of Judge Parmelee and Governor B. B. Brooks in the prosecution of the seven men that he suspected were involved in the raid and killings at Spring Cre...
Girls Results Class B 100 Meters (Prelims) 1. Morgan Anderson, Blair 12.44 2. Mackenzie Zach, Platteview 12.46 3. Julianna Burr, Holdrege 12.51 4. Amanda Young, Gretna 12.52 5. Mickalea Oneth, Lincoln Luth. 12.55 15. Sara VonSeggern, Sidney 12.85 400 Meters (Prelims) 1. Molly Sughroue, McCook 57.06 2. Mary Janovich, Gretna 57.83 3. Addison Woodward, Minden 58.60 4. Laura Miksch, Columbus Scot 58.76 5. Ashley Cook, Waverly 58.82 9. Preslie Allen, Sidney 1:01.52 Genessa Schilz, Sidney NT Class D L...
