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Earlier this week, the Cheyenne County District Court denied the appeal by Pine Bluffs Gravel and Excavation of a Cheyenne County board of adjustment decision that said the company’s work was in violation of county zoning code. Pine Bluffs Gravel and Excavation and Cheyenne County have been at odds for many months now, over the company’s work on agriculturally zoned land seven miles west of Sidney, where the company operates a gravel mine. The case of Pine Bluffs Gravel and Excavation vs. Cheyenne County Board of Adjustment was heard on Nov...
Staff at Sidney Regional Medical Center took great pleasure in supporting National Wear Red Day, recognizing the issue of heart disease in America. February is heart disease month, raising awareness of the risk of heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, arrhythmia and other ailments. Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death for women. All departments at SRMC participated in Wear Red Day on Friday.... Full story
Judge Paul Wess has been named County Court Presiding Judge of the 12th Judicial District, comprising Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties. He was appointed for the year 2014. The Nebraska Supreme Court approved the nomination of Judge Wess, whose name was submitted by his fellow county court judges for the second consecutive year. Judge Wess has served on the county court bench in the 12th Judicial District since taking the bench in 2013. He currently serves on...
The Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office is searching for two individuals in connection with recent burglaries in rural parts of the county. Martika Biggert is wanted for theft by receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled substance, both felonies. Sean Gdowski is wanted for theft by receiving stolen property, attempted possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a school zone and possession of a controlled substance. The sheriff's office is asking for help from the public in locating both of these indivi... Full story
Cinda Munoz, a broker at Buyer's Realty, introduces Doug Meier, retiring after several years in real estate.... Full story
Realtor associates Michelle Konz, Brandy Sullivan and Amanda White with broker Cinda Munoz.... Full story
Bruce F. Evertson, 64, of Kimball, died on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Sat., Feb. 8, 2014 at the Kimball High School Auditorium. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may stop at the funeral home on Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. to sign the register book and leave condolences for the family. Memorials have been established to Pheasants Forever or Ducks Unlimited, in care of the Bruce F. Evertson Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 397, Kimball, NE., 69145. A complete obituary will be published when... Full story
According to the records of the U.S. Surveyor General's Office in Plattsmouth, Nebraska on January 20th, 1885 the entire Nebraska Panhandle consisted of only four counties. The southern half of the Panhandle was Cheyenne County and the northern half was divided into three counties of fairly equal size being Sioux, Dawes and Sheridan Counties. Eventually Cheyenne County would be split into seven smaller counties that now include Banner, Deuel, Garden, Morrill, Kimball and Scotts Bluff Counties. S...
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 'A Close Call For The Mercantile' February 7, 1914 Saturday evening about nine o'clock when Mr. Greenlee was leaving the store, he being the last to remain, a whiff of smoke floated down the stairway. Investigation revealed a considerable blaze on the second floor. Realizing that a fire...
Over the past few months, I have heard a couple of songs playing over the radio, that have caught my attention. Each of the songs carried the same theme. In the lyrics of one of the songs, a husband tells how, in spite of his sinfulness, his wife “.... loves me like Jesus does”. The other song is a young man assuring his sweetheart that he “will love her like Jesus does”. Whenever I hear those two songs, my first reaction is, “Good luck on that!” However, luck has nothing to do with helping us to love others as Jesus loves us. In John 13:34,...
Paxton Ehler, a senior guard and four-year varsity baskeball player at Sidney High School, signed his letter of intent on Wednesday to attend and play for Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln next fall. While Ehler was recruited by about 10 schools since the beginning of last basketball season--and the Lincoln school was always in the running--he decided on Wesleyan late in the process. "Me and my family have traveled to Lincoln a few times every year and I've always liked Lincoln," Ehler...
Kaden Vowers, 14 of Potter, and 12-year-old Trey Arrellano of Sidney finished in first and second place, respectively, in their weight classes Feb. 2 at the Metro Junior Wrestling League Championships in Greely, Colo. Vowers took home the first-place trophy in the 91 lbs. weight class. He completed his championship run by pinning all of his opponents. Arellano finished second at 84 lbs. after just coming up short in a championship match that went into overtime. "It was a real nail biter," said...
