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  • Trowbridge retiring after 47 years

    Amanda Tafolla-Sutton|Mar 8, 2017

    Jim Trowbridge will be recognized for his service to the City of Sidney at an open house on Friday. Trowbridge will be retiring after 47 years with Sidney’s Water Department. A long time resident of Cheyenne County, Trowbridge said his family moved to Sidney from Missouri Valley, Iowa when he was a child. After spending four years in the United States Navy, Trowbridge worked odd jobs until hired on as a temporary employee for the City of Sidney on Sept. 9, 1970. “I was hired to work for two or three weeks and have been there ever since,” Trowb...

  • No injuries in rollover accident

    Amanda Tafolla-Sutton|Mar 8, 2017

    Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office responded to a rollover accident Thursday morning, when a driver lost control of his vehicle. According to an accident report from the Sheriff's Office, a 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Nathaniel Cuello of Sidney was headed south bound on Rd. 111 when Cuello lost control on the gravel. The vehicle left the roadway on the west side of road and rolled coming to a final rest on the wheels of the vehicle. According to the report the vehicle was totaled in the...

  • Weed contract awarded

    Amanda Tafolla-Sutton|Mar 8, 2017

    Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners awarded a bid for the weed superintendent contract in their regular meeting Monday. In last month’s meeting, Commissioners tabled bids from C-Weed Management LLC and Renkoski Vegetation to further discuss proposed bids for the Cheyenne County Weed Superintendent contract. In Monday’s meeting the bid from C-Weed Management for $50,900 was accepted by the board. With a lower bid than Renkoski Vegetation, Commissioner Darrell Johnson said their decision was for the lower bid. “I have to speak for the amoun...

  • Sidney battles to the end in state tourney play

    Don Ogle|Mar 8, 2017

    LINCOLN - Sidney's Lady Raiders overcame a disastrous second quarter to place themselves in contention for the second round of the state basketball tournament Thursday. Playing Norris in the first round, Sidney led 7-6 after one quarter of play in a defense-heavy contest. Sidney's hopes appeared dashed when the Titans put up 11 points to just two by the Lady Raiders in the second eight minutes of play. If hope was lost, the Lady Raiders didn't know it, battling back to within one point...