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This Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m., ventriloquist Greg Claassen will be performing in the Octoberfest tent. Greg Claassen and his “friends” have been performing a Ventriloquist comedy show for the past 30 years throughout North America and...

Local Sidney banks have reported a new scam hitting Sidney residents through text messages. There have also been some reports of cell phone numbers and landlines receiving rude voicemails from the same number. First reports of the scam seemed to be...

Dalton Volunteer Fire Department proudly announced a new generation of trained emergency medical technicians. These Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) have undergone rigorous training including course work, hands-on training and continuing...

Cheyenne County Chamber is hosting its fourth annual Newcomer’s Social at the Sidney Community Center on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 5-7 p.m. All residents who are new to Cheyenne County within the past 24 months are welcome to attend. Many different...

All Pro-Dads is a group geared to bring first through fourth graders together with male role models. Although it is geared toward male role models, the child’s role model does not have to be male to attend. All Pro-Dads kicked off its third year...

Sidney’s City Council met Tuesday, Sept. 13, when Ed Sadler, city manager updated council on some of city department’s accomplishments this past fiscal year. Accomplishments reported include helping “Help Keep Sidney Beautiful” with tire...

The 89th Dalton Fall Festival is kicking off their annual festival on Friday. This year’s theme is “How Do You Express Your Holiday?” Friday there will be a Senior Citizens’ Soup Supper from 5-7 p.m. The Leyton Warrior football team will...

Sidney City Council will be holding the first of its two September regular meetings tonight at 7:15p.m. in the council chambers located on 1115 13th Avenue. At the meeting, council will be going over and voting on adopting 2016-17 budget summary for...

Local 4-H’ers came home from competition at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island with multiple ribbons from various projects they originally showcased at Cheyenne County Fair a little over a month ago. Kids age 10 through 18, who were able to...

The 4-H Nebraska Extension office is currently looking for volunteers to help teach different shooting sport classes in Sidney this year. A Nebraska 4-H Shooting Sports Leader Certification Workshop is scheduled for October in Bridgeport, NE this...

After refiguring the 2017 Cityof Sidney budget, the mil levy will remain at .43%, the same percentage as the 2016 mill-levy. To help make this happen some of the equipment reserve was trimmed. The proposed park study and some roadwork was also cut...

The Cheyenne County Chamber Board has made the decision to no longer be apart of the Main Street Program offered in Nebraska by the Nebraska Historical Society. The Nebraska Main Street Network was established to help communities develop traditional...

At the regular Sidney City Council meeting last week, Sidney City Manager Ed Sadler brought to council a potential price for the new piping project that needs to be done along highway link L17J. The project was brought to light after the water...

Tuesday night’s meeting of the city council discussed a water meter reading system. Ed Sadler, city manager, brought to council’s attention a pilot water program with Landys and Gyr that has been unsuccessful in allowing the city to read both...