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  • Sidney Danz Team Wins State High Kick Championship

    Feb 24, 2021

    Sidney’s Danz Team made the adjustments necessary during a year with COVID-19 restrictions and multiple rule changes to earn a State Championship in High Kick in Class C-1 in Grand Island last week. A year marked with virtual practices, rule changes and multiple other challenges did not stop the Danz Team from achieving their goals, the main one being bringing home a State Title. Their hard work and dedication paid off, as the Danz Team wowed the judges to earn the top spot in High K...

  • Bulldogs Get in Win Column

    Mike Motz, Sports Reporter|Feb 24, 2021

    Peetz’s Bulldog Basketball team earned their first two wins of the season over the past week, with victories over Weldon Valley and North Park. The Bulldogs hosted Weldon Valley on Thursday February 11, and needed to hold off a fourth quarter rally by the visiting Warriors to secure their first win of the season. The game started slowly with both teams playing tough defense and Weldon Valley pulling out an 11-to-10 lead at the end of the first period. Peetz went on a 6-to-0 run to start the s...

  • Lady Bulldogs Continue to Struggle

    Mike Motz, Sports Reporter|Feb 24, 2021

    Peetz’s Lady Bulldog Basketball team is still in search of their first win, despite three opportunities over the past week. The Lady Bulldogs hosted the Weldon Valley Lady Warriors on Thursday February 11, and again struggled on offense, only scoring 18 points against a Lady Warrior team that entered the match-up with just one win. Peetz could not find a way to beat the Weldon Valley defense, and lost by a final score of 33-to-18. The Lady Bulldogs next hosted a tough Fleming team on Tuesday F...

  • Public Records

    Feb 24, 2021

    February 11 9:39 am, Suicide, Linden St. 10:03 am, Juvenile Problems, Sidney Middle School, 19th Ave.. 10:49 am, Welfare Check, Quince St. 11:58 am, Animal Call, Safeway Illinois ST. 4:18 pm, Suspicious Activity, Osage St. 6:30 pm, Traffic Complaint, Sapp Brothers, Upland Pkwy. 10:54 pm, Traffic Stop, Crestview Apts. North, 11th Ave. 10:56 pm, Juvenile Problems, Pine St. 11:41 pm, Traffic Stop, Illinois St. February 12 11:14 am, Traffic Accident-no injury, Pole Creek Crossing, Fort Sidney Rd. 11:20 am, Unwanted Party, Linden St. 11:44 am,...

  • William 'Bill' Henry Hotes

    Feb 24, 2021

    William (Bill) Henry Hotes was born October 30, 1929 on the family farm near Bloomfield, Nebraska, the eldest son of Henry Herman Hotes and Doris Alice Scheele. He departed this life to join his Lord on February 2, 2021, at the age of 91. When Bill was 2 years old, he moved with his parents to Potter, Nebraska. After his father died in 1936, he and his mother moved to Kimball County, Nebraska, where he lived until he graduated from Kimball County High School in 1947. On September 9, 1951, he...