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  • President Obama wraps State of Union speech tour in Chicago

    Associated Press|Feb 15, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is wrapping up his post-State of the Union tour by talking about how government can build “ladders of opportunity” into the middle class. During remarks Friday at Hyde Park Academy in Chicago, his hometown, Obama takes up proposals to raise the federal minimum wage and pair businesses with recession-battered communities to help them rebuild and provide job training. He also was to talk about creating jobs for young people from poor families, and encouraging fatherhood and low-income couples to marry...

  • Asteroid will buzz, miss Earth – unlike meteor

    Associated Press|Feb 15, 2013

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A 150-foot asteroid hurtled toward Earth’s backyard, destined Friday to make the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia’s Ural Mountains just hours before the asteroid was due to zoom past the planet. Scientists the world over, along with NASA, insisted the meteor had nothing to do with the incoming asteroid since they appeared to traveling in opposite directions. The asteroid is much more immense object that was expected to miss Earth by 17,150 miles, av...

  • Sidney grapplers face consolation

    John Roark, Sun-Telegraph|Feb 15, 2013

    OMAHA — Sidney High School’s wrestlers will have the long route today in attempting to reach Saturday’s state finals medal round at CenturyLink Center. Red Raiders sophomore 132-pounder Michael Muggli, and two seniors, Tanner Wintholz (195) and Scott Kelsey (220) will all have wrestlebacks today after losing bouts Thursday. Muggli (28-9), however, is in slightly better position, as he won his first-round bout — an 11-2 major decision against Noah Lau of Northwest — before falling in the quart...

  • Sioux County eliminates Leyton Warriors at Mitchell

    Associated Press|Feb 15, 2013

    MITCHELL — A big second-quarter run by Sioux County proved to be the turning point in Thursday night’s Mitchell D2-12 Subdistrict title game, ending in a 49-41 victory against Leyton High School’s girls basketball team. Leyton (10-12) trailed 8-6 at the end of the first quarter, then scored the first two baskets of the second period to take a brief 10-8 lead. Sioux County (16-6) then ran off the next 11 points en route to a 22-16 halftime advantage. In a battle of Warriors mascots, Rol Rushman’s team would make a late run after falling behind...

  • Class D girls’ basketball Subdistrict championships

    John Roark, Sun-Telegraph|Feb 15, 2013

    When senior standout Rylee Hanks is in a groove, the Crawford Lady Rams usually have enough to get by. Yet it’s a totally different ballgame when her teammates get involved, as the Creek Valley Lady Storm learned during Thursday night’s Sidney D1-12 Subdistrict at Cabela’s Athletic Facility. Hanks managed her 30 points, but it was freshman center Kaitlin Rudloff’s 13 points and nine rebounds that provided further damage in a 60-44 Crawford victory. “We struggled when we were a one-perso... Full story

  • UNL honor roll announced

    Special for the Sun-Telegraph|Feb 15, 2013

    LINCOLN – The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the students named to the Deans’ List/Honor Roll for the fall semester of the 2012-13 academic year. Students from this area who qualified included: Chappell: Zachary William Hansen, senior, turfgrass and landscape management, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources; Timothy Jon Kinoshita, senior, biological systems engineering, College of Engineering with a 4.0 grade-point average; Aaron Woodman, junior, music, College of Fine and Performing Arts. Dalton, Trevor Eug...

  • Student posters highlight radon risks

    Special for the Sun-Telegraph|Feb 15, 2013

    Lincoln – The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Radon Program recently announced the winners of its annual Nebraska Radon Poster Contest for students ages 9–14. JoAnn Neel, a student at McCook Junior High School, was awarded first place with her poster, “Get Your Home Tested.” Second place was awarded to Sophie Stewart of Russell Middle School in Omaha, and in third place was Karissa Dicke of Pope John Central Catholic School in Elgin. The three students received a gift card prize, and their posters were entered into the Environ...

  • Salem family vows suit over expulsion for knife

    Associated Press|Feb 15, 2013

    SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The family of a student expelled from a Salem high school for having a pocketknife has filed notice that it will sue the district. The Salem Statesman Journal reports the family of Robert Mann challenges the district’s right to expel a student for having a pocketknife when it’s legal to carry one outside the school. Mann was expelled from Sprague High School for the rest of the school year, but he can attend an alternative program. His mother waived the right to a closed hearing, so the expulsion hearing was conducted in pu...

  • What second term agenda?

    Mona Charen, Syndicated Columnist|Feb 15, 2013

    The lesson from the State of the Union address is this: Barack Obama has no second term agenda. Oh, sure, he campaigned furiously for the job, starting in about January of 2011. But his campaign almost never outlined his plans for a second term, focusing instead on interest group payoffs and demonization of his rival. Late in October of 2012, as if recognizing that they’d forgotten to attend to it, the Obama campaign released a 20-page glossy handout called a “blueprint for America’s future.” It featured splashy photos of the president on near...

  • Creating the jobs of yesterday, tomorrow!

    David Harsanyi, Syndicated Columnist|Feb 15, 2013

    Does it bother anyone else that the president of the United States seems to believe that our collective future entails assembling battery parts in a government-subsidized factory for $9 an hour? Is that really what Americans envision for their kids — an assembly line? Because when you look past Barack Obama’s mesmerizingly hollow rhetoric, what he’s proposing is a return of jobs that progress and prosperity have left behind. In his State of the Union speech, the president laid out a vision that we’ve heard countless times. In his world,...

  • Buffett puts money in ketchup, buys Heinz for $23B

    Associated Press|Feb 15, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett, the most closely watched investor in America, is putting his money in ketchup, agreeing Thursday to buy H.J. Heinz Co. for $23.3 billion in the richest deal ever in the food industry. For his money, the Oracle of Omaha gets one of the nation’s oldest and most familiar brands, one that’s in refrigerators and kitchen cupboards all over the U.S. The deal is intended to help Heinz accelerate its expansion from a dominant American name into a presence on grocery shelves worldwide. The Pitts...

  • Club Notes

    Dorothy Holloway, Special for the Sun-Telegraph|Feb 15, 2013

    Members of the Fort Sidney Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution with Regent Mrs. John Mason presiding, met in the library of Western Nebraska Community College Saturday, Feb. 9, hosting Cheyenne County Genealogy Society president, Mrs. Lorraine Lafler, members and guests. In honor of the February birthdays of “the father of our country,” George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, “the great emancipator” a tribute was read by Mrs. James Edwards. Instructions on how to use the NET in finding and using the Bureau of Land Managem...

  • 2013 No-Till Winter Conference

    Mark Watson, Special for the Sun-Telegraph|Feb 15, 2013

    I wanted to remind everyone to plan to attend the Panhandle No Till Partnership’s winter conference. The conference will be held on Feb. 20 and 21, 2013, at the Gering Civic Center in Gering. Call the Upper Niobrara Resources District at 308-432-6190 to register. Walk in registrations will be taken on the 20th beginning at 8:00 a.m. Preregistration is encouraged for meal planning, so please call ahead if possible. I think we have an excellent lineup of speakers for this year’s conference. The start of the program will focus on raising for...

  • Meteor explodes over Russia, injuries reported

    Associated Press|Feb 15, 2013

    MOSCOW – A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people. The spectacle deeply frightened many Russians, with some elderly women declaring that the world was coming to an end. Many of the injured were cut by flying glass as they flocked to windows to see what the reason was for such an intense flash of light. The meteor – estimated to be about 10 to...

  • Jaycees holding youth basketball competition

    Hannah Van Ree, Sun-Telegraph|Feb 15, 2013

    The Sidney Jaycees are holding another event aimed at community involvement and children’s personal growth. They are holding a Super Shooters Youth Basketball Competition this Saturday at the Cheyenne County Community Center. The competition starts at 9 a.m., with registration occurring before 9 upon competitors’ arrival. The individual timed basketball competition is open to any boy or girl age 6 to 13. Competitors are split up into four age groups to compete against however, according to Amber Talich, President of the Sidney Jaycees Chapter....

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    Feb 15, 2013

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  • Filsinger case goes under advisement

    Hannah Van Ree, Sun-Telegraph|Feb 15, 2013

    The court hearings for the City of Sidney’s property nuisance abatement case against Marvin O. Filsinger of Filsinger Excavating and Filsinger Emergency Services continued with the presentation of more evidence on behalf of the defendants Friday. The case is being heard before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer and there was an addition to the defense council, Lincoln Attorney Craig Dirrim. Dirrim served as co-council to the defendant alongside Sidney Attorney Don Miller. Representing the city was Ft. Collins, Colo. Attorney Charlie Cu... Full story

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