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CommScope has announced it will close its Sidney facility and eliminate 140 jobs. Employees will be laid off from the company in phases through mid-2016, when all operations are slated to be discontinued at the facility located along Greenwood Road in Sidney. The company was formerly known as TE Connectivity. CommScope acquired the location in a deal that closed in August, according to Kris Kozamchak, CommScope director of corporate communications. The Sidney facility manufactures copper cable...
While rumors and speculation about the future of Cabela’s intensify, the Sidney-based outdoor retailer has continued to remain silent. However, despite the assertions of a news report from a TV station in Montana, Sidney Mayor Mark Nienhueser said the city has not been informed of a change in the ownership at Cabela’s. “As far as we know, there’s nothing that’s true to it,” he said. “Cabela’s hasn’t said anything one way or the other.” On Wednesday, KULR-TV reported an employee at a Billings, Mont., Cabela’s retail store said managers there h...
Sidney native and 2012 Sidney High School graduate Emily Jessen has always had a passion for art. Now a senior at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Jessen has been able to create her own photography business and brand at a young age. Jessen was exposed to the photography world during her time at Sidney High School. "I didn't get into photography seriously until my junior year of high school when I took a class with Mrs. (Ann) Darling," Jessen said. "We had a couple of assignments that...
Peetz High School held a Veterans Day assembly Wednesday afternoon. A video was presented and the junior and senior high band performed. Dorys Fehringer presented awards to several winners of local contests as well as the winner of the American Legion Auxiliary's Americanism Essay Contest....
Sidney junior and senior high partnered with Sidney Regional Medical Center to host their first Veterans Day program Wednesday afternoon. The middle and high school choir members performed for local veterans....
Upcoming VENDORS WANTED for 2nd Annual Christmas Craft Show to be held on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp, Ft. Sidney Rd and Toledo Street, in Sidney. Please get your reservations in by Dec. 10th! For more information, please call Brenda (308) 254-7131. Ongoing A memorial account has been set up at American National Bank (Main Bank and Drive up locations) for Tabitha Davis. Donations can be made to: “Tabitha Davis Memorial Fund” to help defray expenses and to benefit twin daughters “Emmersynne Joy &... Full story
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week that the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest about $8 million in the Ogallala Aquifer Initiative in Fiscal Year 2016 to help farmers and ranchers conserve billions of gallons of water annually while strengthening agricultural operations. NRCS launched the Ogallala Aquifer Initiative (OAI) in 2011 to reduce aquifer water use, improve water quality and enhance the economic viability of croplands and rangelands in...
One of the best parts about moving to Nebraska is not just the level of performance on the football fields of high schools across the state and at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, but how the fans, players, coaches and parents take it seriously. It's downright close to a religious experience. Which is something good for me; while Northern California high schools and colleges also live for Friday nights and Saturday afternoons, the pure fervor of rabid fandom are mainly absent. It usually ends up...
