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Articles from the August 27, 2016 edition


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  • Teaching good boys to be great men one adventure at a time

    Brittany Kuhns|Aug 27, 2016

    Local Boy Scouts gathered at the Lodgepole Valley Youth camp Tuesday to sign up for the new year. Nearly 20 boys and their parents signed up at the event, which is part of a drive to offer scouting to more boys. Boys first grade through the age of 18 have gathered together to participate in Boy Scouts of America since the early 1900s. The mission of Boy Scouts is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling them with the values of the Scout oath...

  • City council approves water meter fix

    Brittany Kuhns|Aug 27, 2016

    Tuesday night’s meeting of the city council discussed a water meter reading system. Ed Sadler, city manager, brought to council’s attention a pilot water program with Landys and Gyr that has been unsuccessful in allowing the city to read both electric and water meters through the same system. While the electrical system is working, issues on the water side resulted in meters not being installed. Staff is requesting the city discontinues the program and continues with the previously used Neptune program. No funding has been used to install pil...

  • New coat

    Amanda Tafolla-Sutton|Aug 27, 2016

    Making the most of cooler temperatures, Karla Morlock gives a dock door of the Cash-Wa distributing building in Sidney a new coat of Cash-Wa's signature blue paint on Thursday morning....

  • Man arrested for assault on an officer, pleads to lesser charge

    Amanda Tafolla-Sutton|Aug 27, 2016

    A Denver man who was arrested last week by Sidney police plead guilty to a reduced charge in County Court Thursday. Sidney police officers arrested 33-year-old Justin Lane, on Monday after he attempted to run from law enforcement. According to the police affidavit, on August 15 at approximately 8:03 p.m. a vehicle, driven by Lane was observed with no visible registration. After Lane provided a false name and date of birth, the car’s vehicle identification number came back to the arresting officer as stolen. The affidavit stated the officer e...

  • Wayt DUI case bound over to District Court

    Amanda Tafolla-Sutton|Aug 27, 2016

    Mark Wayt, 55, of Fort Collins, Colo., had a preliminary hearing Thursday on two felony charges that were bound over to District Court. According to a press release from the Cheyenne County Attorney’s Office, the preliminary hearing was held Thursday on the charges of Refusal to Submit to Blood, Breath, or Urine Test, a Class II Felony (with 4 or more prior driving under the influence (DUI) convictions) and Driving During Period of DUI Revocation, a Class IIA Felony. The press release stated an officer of the Sidney Police Department t...