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  • Hangin' around

    Keith Hansen|Jun 30, 2016

    Tevin Stone, left, and Landon Cowder swing from the monkey bars at Legion Park....

  • Wheat Belt Power opens new facility to community

    Keith Hansen|Jun 28, 2016

    Hundreds of members of Weat Belt Public Power District were on hand for the open house and customer appreciation day last Friday afternoon. Brilliant sunshine greeted the throng on hand to witness a ribbon cutting hosted by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce that officially kicked off the new facility that will house office staff and the power company's equipment. The entryway to the offices in the front of the enormous structure is welcoming with a grand counter area that sports wheat...

  • Construction Ahead

    Keith Hansen, Publisher of the Sun-Telegraph|May 10, 2016

    A milling crew was removing the asphalt surface from I-80 east of the Hwy. 30 exit on May 6 as part of road reconstruction. The milled asphalt is moved to the edge of the roadbed. The concrete subsurface is then removed and the milled asphalt is then pushed back into the roadbed as a base before concrete is poured for the finishing surface of the six-mile portion of the freeway under construction, according to a spokesman for Koss Construction Company from Topeka, Kan....

  • SFD's Lofty Task

    Keith Hansen|Apr 26, 2016

    Derek Lloyd and Mike Westman (top) signal orders to raise the bucket on Sidney Fire Department's Ladder 51, Rob Roderick, positioned on the ground, relayed instructions to James Harmon, who was operating the ladder from the truck's base, according to Tom Von Seggern, Sidney Park superintendent. The crew was brought in to replace a snapped cable on the Hickory Square flag pole, which snapped because of high winds....

  • APRIL... SHOWERS?

    Keith Hansen, Publisher of the Sun-Telegraph|Apr 18, 2016

    Rainy weather soon turned in to snow early Saturday afternoon in Sidney, forcing the closure of Interstate 80 for several hours. By the early evening, the snowfall subsided, and started to clear out through the night and Sunday....

  • New publisher, new look to Sun-Telegraph

    Keith Hansen, Publisher of the Sun-Telegraph|Apr 15, 2016

    After 15 days on the job as publisher of the Sidney Sun-Telegraph it’s time to say hello. I was named publisher of the Sun-Telegraph on April 1. No foolin’. While it’s not monumental news, I wanted to take some time before introducing myself to you, our readers. I have owned and or published newspapers since Reagan was president. My career has taken me from my home state of Minnesota (home of Ole and Lena) to the mountains of San Diego County, to the northwestern reaches of Wisconsin, the Ozarks of Oklahoma, to the Front Range of Colorado, and...