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Allegations of civil rights violations against Cheyenne County Sheriff John Jenson have been dismissed by a federal judge. Judge Richard G. Korf dismissed claims against Jenson and Kevin Spencer, the Scottsbluff police chief. The case originated with a complaint filed in Lancaster County District Court last October, where two Nebraska Crime Commission members, Lisa Stamm and Vanessa Humaran, sued Jenson, Spencer and Scottsbluff County Sheriff Mark Overman for harassment. Stamm and Humaran...
The City of Sidney is trying to avoid the awkwardness of meeting an individual or private enterprise who wants to support development in the community, but the City can’t accept it. The Sidney City Council met in a special session Monday morning to consider a program that would allow private contributions for economic development. Presently, LB840 limits where and how Sidney can receive funding. “We can only do what the plan says we can do, and get funds from where it says we can get them,” Economic Development Director Melissa Norgard said...
The warm and breezy day offered the perfect opportunity to display the many wheat varieties being tested in the Panhandle of Nebraska. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln held its High Plains Ag Lab Field Day Thursday north of Sidney. The Field Day included demonstrations of growing peas in the area, including the pros and cons of applying nitrogen to the plants. Speakers on pea production included UNL Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist Dipak Santra, UNL Soil and Nutrition Management...
Potter will host its annual Car Bowl Saturday, an event that has something to offer for everyone in the family. One of the weekend's featured events is just too big for one day. That event, the Potter Melodrama, will present its lunch and dinner show called "The Crimson House Murder." The Melodrama and dinner is at 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and on Saturday, lunch will be at noon with the play beginning at 4:30 p.m. Saturday's events kick off at 9 a.m. with the start of the Car Show, which...
Firework sales began this week in Nebraska, and the Sidney Police Department is offering a few rules and safety tips. From the Police Department: Fireworks may be shot during the week prior to the 4th of July until 10pm. Fireworks may be shot on the 4th of July until midnight and on July 5th until 10pm. Know your fireworks; read the cautionary labels and follow instructions before lighting. A responsible adult should supervise ALL fireworks activities. NEVER give fireworks to children Use...
Marcia Lee Ludeman, 64 of Sundance, WY passed away early Tuesday morning, June 19th. Marcia was born to Liz and Elton Culp in Loveland, CO on Feb. 23, 1954. When Marcia was four years old the family moved to Longmont where she and her older sister Jana grew up and graduated from Longmont High School. Both her and her sister went on to college at UNC in Greeley, CO where Marcia earned two degrees, one in Elem. Ed and one in Special Ed. Her first teaching assignment was fifth grade in Lodgepole,...
Cecil "George" Hunt, 88 of Sterling passed away on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at the Sterling Living Center. A funeral service was held Tuesday, June 26 at the Church of the Nazarene with Deacon Ronald Michieli officiating. Burial was Tuesday, June 26 at the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney, Nebraska. Cecil Lewis (George) Hunt was born in Sidney, NE, 28 June 1929, to Cecil Delbert and Jennie Berenice (Stahl) Hunt. They moved to Colton, NE, where he lived until 10 years old. They moved to Sunol, NE,...
Dean A. Soucie, age 49 of Sunol, NE passed away at his home Friday, June 22, 2018. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, June 28th in the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Mike McDermott officiating. There will be no Rosary or Wake Services. Burial with Military Honors will be at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday from 1-7:00 P.M., with family present from...
Sidney's 12U Cal Ripken baseball team won their division in the Sidney Wood Bat Tournament at Legion Park over the weekend. Sidney's 13U team was the runner up in their division, falling to Brush, CO in the championship game. After defeating the Westco/Scottsbluff team in the semi-finals 6-to-5, the Sidney boy's faced off against the Brush, CO team in the 12U championship game, and defeated the visitors 8-to-0 to earn the 12U Wood Bat Championship. In the 10U division, the Westco/Scottsbluff...
