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The Sidney City Council on March 8 approved a crack seal contract with Hein Construction of Fairbury, Neb. In his presentation to the city council, Street Superintendent Hank Radtke said two companies...

Rosella M. Mehling, 91 of Sidney, Nebraska died on Monday, March 7, 2022 in Houston, TX. Rosella was born December 29, 1930 to Zella and Ferris Cottrell in Walthill, Nebraska. When Rosella was 12 year...

Geraldine “Jeri” L. Trowbridge, age 80, of Sidney, passed away at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, NE on Saturday, March 12, 2022. Graveside Services will be held at 2:30 P.M. Friday,...

Leo Kurth, age 93, of Sidney, NE, passed away in Sidney on March 14, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Church of Nazarene in Sidney, NE with Pastor Lee...

The corner of Jackson Street and 10th Avenue has a history of mixing venues. There was a bookstore, and beside it a coffee shop. There was the coffee shop within the retail store, and soon there will...

“It's a matter of life or meth.” The message is simple and straight-forward, and has resulted in a campaign against use of methamphetamines. Nebraska State Patrol Troopers Tim Flick and Brandon...

Methamphetamine is defined as the significant threat to the state of Nebraska. It has caught the attention of law enforcement and drug counselors to the point a campaign has been launched: “It's a m...

R. Bruce Christofferson, 79, of Cheyenne passed away March 10, 2022 at Davis Hospice Center. He was born June 15, 1942 in Kimball, NE to Arnold and Ruth Christofferson. He married Barbara Meacham on...

Daniel G. Duncan, age 39, of Sidney, passed away at his home on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Legion Park Shelter House on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at 5:30 p.m....

Even big media outlets have been forced to acknowledge inflation is a big problem. It’s sad those running our country are so disconnected from the people they govern that they’re unable to underst...

Working for a local newspaper may not be as glamorous as working for a big city daily, but it is not boring. Where else can you do a story on a carrot that looks like Abe Lincoln, a 2-headed snake, or...

As Nebraskans, we value resourcefulness and self-reliance.  We also care for our neighbors.  We recognize that extraordinary times—like a natural disaster or a global pandemic—warrant extra...

The Irish have their own way of seeing the world. The American poet Marianne Moore said as much in six words. “I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish.” Frank McCourt said the same, but in more...

One of the issues which has concerned me ever since I sat on the Legislature’s HHS Committee is what to do about price benefit managers, otherwise known as PBMs. Price benefit managers are the...

Humility is designed to bring order out of chaos.  A good character trait, humility simply says what God says and does what God does.  And, humility is the root word for ‘humor’.  Proverbs...