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A year and a half in the making, Western Nebraska Community College held an open house and ribbon cutting for its Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center Wednesday. The center is testiment, said Sidney Campus Executive Director Paula Abbott, to what can be accomplished when people put their heads together to find a solution to a problem. Abbott reviewed how members of the chamber of commerce and Sidney's economic development director got together to see what could be done to help people displaced b...
The Western Nebraska Community College board of governors met at the WNCC Sidney campus Wednesday following a celebration of Sidney’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center is designed to assist start-up businesses toward independence. The Center has three businesses with others that have expressed interest in the program. Following the Center’s ribbon cutting, the WNCC Board of Governors met for their April meeting with chairperson F. Lynne Klemke pre...
GERING — A new collaborative report entitled The Nebraska Panhandle: An Assessment of Birth-Grade 3 Care and Education was released Wednesday in Gering. Nebraska Commissioner of Education Matt Blomstedt provided opening remarks at the event, which was attended by more than 100 community and education leaders from across the Panhandle. The report was produced by Educational Service Unit (ESU) 13, the Panhandle Partnership, Inc., and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska. The three organizations came together to b...
LINCOLN -- A bill that would expand protections for farmers under the Nebraska Right to Farm Act advanced through the Legislature April 10. LB 227, introduced by Sen. Dan Hughes of Venango, was approved 31-7 after a two-day debate among senators. The Nebraska Right to Farm Act, adopted in 1982, protects farms and warehouses from nuisance complaints by neighbors. These nuisances include dust, noise or odors from these establishments. Nuisance laws affect not only Nebraska, but other states as well. A federal jury awarded $473.5 million to six...
The Sidney Shooting Park is hosting its ninth all-you-can-eat Rocky Mountain Oyster dinner — or a chicken strip alternative — and auction May 18 at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds. Dinner includes beans, potato salad, coleslaw, dessert, coffee, tea or water. The event is scheduled for 5 p.m. To 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Performance Automotive & Towing LLC, KISST Organics, Vitalix or from any Sidney Sharpshooters 4-H member. The event includes games and silent auction, as well as several guns for raffle. Tickets for gun raffles can be...
Mary Lou Bartling, age 85, a life time resident of Cheyenne County, NE passed away Monday, April 15, 2019 in Sidney, surrounded by her family and friends. Memorial services will be held at 2:30 P.M. Thursday, April 25, 2019 in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor Wayne Pouppirt officiating. Refreshments will be served before the service at the church. Inurnment will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Lodgepole. Cremation has been held. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday from 1-7:00 P.M. to sign Mary...
Dona M. Akin, age 91, former Sidney resident, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019 in Centennial, CO. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, April 25, 2019 at St. Patricks’s Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Mike McDermott officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Cremation has been held. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday from 1-7:00 P.M. to sign Dona’s register book and leave condolences for the family. Memorials may be made in Dona’s name to Encompass Hospice. A compl...
South Platte Natural Resources District’s (SPNRD) Board of Directors (Board) held its monthly meeting On Tuesday April 9,SPNRD Conference Room in Sidney. Travis Glanz, SPNRD Water Resources Coordinator, presented four routine Pooling Renewal Agreements. After a short discussion the Board voted and the Agreements were all approved. Ryan Reisdorff, SPNRD Water Resources Specialist, gave the Board the 2019 Spring Ground Water Level Report on behalf of Chris Kaiser, SPNRD Natural Resources Coordinator. Over the last 10 years the District has s...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) announced today that her staff will hold local office hours in Cheyenne and Deuel counties on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. These office hours serve as a convenient opportunity for constituents to meet personally with Senator Fischer’s staff to receive help with casework and other issues at the federal level. Brandi McCaslin, Senator Fischer’s greater Nebraska director of constituent services, will hold local office hours at the times and locations below: Tuesday, April 30 Cheyenne County Sidne...
Editor’s Note: The following letter was edited for length. Editor, There are happenings with the City of Sidney City Manager and the City of Sidney City Council that I want you to know about. On Tuesday evening, the 9th of April 2019, a public hearing segment in the normal agenda of the City Council meeting was allowed. The item on the agenda: “4. PUBLIC HEARING re: land and building purchase; and RESOLUTION NO. 20190401 approving said purchase and terms for same.” After the public’s comments from several people, all of whom questioned why the...
Last year, violent winds knocked down the light tower in the right field corner of Legion Field. American Legion Post 17 provided the funds to replace the light tower. City workers staged the replacement light pole early Thursday, and planned to put it into place later in the day. The lights were purchased at a cost of $12,200 and the pole was purchased for $1,700....
The third annual Red Raider Classic two person golf scramble to benefit the Red Raider boys basketball team will be held this year on Sunday, May 5. The event will take place at Hillside Golf Course in Sidney, at is set for a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Two-person teams will compete in a best-ball format, and their will be prizes for the top finishers in each flight. All levels of players are welcome to compete in this event. Register by May 1 to participate in the event. The registration fee is $40...
The Sidney Volleyball Camp has been scheduled for July 9-10, and all interested area children are encouraged to register to reserve their spots as soon as possible. The Camp will be directed by new Sidney High School head volleyball coach Marcus Ehrke, and will focus on volleyball fundamentals with drills, practices, and individualized instruction. The camp will be held at Sidney High School. The camp runs for two days conducted in three segments per day. Grades 4 through 6 receive instruction...
Lincoln – Visits by Big Ten co-champions Michigan State and Purdue to Pinnacle Bank Arena highlight the Big Ten Conference basketball opponent breakdown for the 2019-20 season released Wednesday afternoon by the conference office. The Huskers’ 20-game Big Ten schedule will feature 12 games against NCAA Tournament qualifiers, including a Spartan squad that reached the Final Four and a Purdue team that went to the Elite Eight before losing in overtime to national champion Virginia. This is the second year that the Big Ten used a 20-game sch...
NORTH PLATTE – The 5 mph/no wake boating restriction has been removed at Swanson Reservoir State Recreation Area in Hitchcock County. The restriction was put in place because of floating tree debris on the lake’s surface. Much of the debris has either been removed or is hung up on shorelines. Even though the restriction has been lifted, the potential of some floating debris remains. Boaters should use extreme caution on the reservoir....
William Stephen Christy was born to Henry and Irene Christy on November 23, 1932 in Milburn, Nebraska at the home of his grandparents, Steve and Gertie Daily. Bill and his family lived near the small village of Milburn, which was located on the Middle Loup River. When Bill was four years old, they moved to a farm four miles from his grandparents, and from his best friend at the time, Jim Daily. Back then, this meant Bill and Jim would very seldom see each other, after being accustomed to...
