Airline service still has question marks
Pioneer Airways seeks to start daily commuter flights in Nebraska amid local opposition in Sidney and other towns. City leaders want Frontier kept if possible while evaluating Air Wisconsin as a proven alternative and awaiting a PSC ruling.
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Pioneer Airways, Inc
Denver
Sidney
Pioneer
Nebraska
Rendall P Ayers
William Kostka
Warren
Ayers
Kearney
Hastings
McCook
Nebraska Public Service Commission
Maynard Dils
Frontier
Dils
Air Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ed Haupt
Haupt
Alliance
Chadron
Columbus
Public Service Commission
Preston Wilbourne
Wilbourne
Appleton
Wis
Hastings Kearney
State Aeronautics Department
Frontier Airlines
Sideny
Regional schools set varied start dates for new year
Aug 30 appears the common opening date across the southern Panhandle with several districts starting earlier or after Labor Day. Sidney Public Chappell Potter Dalton Peetz Dix and Kimball will begin Aug 30 while Garden County Oshkosh starts Aug 23 Gurley and Banner County Harrisburg follow Aug 24 Sidney St Patrick’s Lodgepole open Aug 25 Western Nebraska Technical College Sidney opens Aug 2.
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Panhandle
Labor Day
Sidney Public
Chappell
Potter
Dalton
Peetz
Dix
Kimball
Garden County
Oshkosh
Gurley
Banner County
Harrisburg
Sidney St. Patrick’s
Lodgepole
Western Nebraska Technical College
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Irvin Caldwell
Telegraph
New plant manager leads Independent Cable Midwec Sidney
Gary Custer becomes Independent Cable Midwec plant manager in Sidney after moving from Oshkosh where he led the plant. He expects production of call coils for telephone companies to start by September 1 as the firm plans to expand payroll by about 80 next year. The Custer family will relocate to a new home on Summit Drive once finished.
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Independent
Cable Midwec
Sidney
Gary Custer
Custer
Midwec
Oshkosh
Independent Cable
Susan
Robyn
Brad
Shauna
Cory
Summit Drive
Panhandle Wheat Crop Gigantic In 1976 Nebraska Panhandle yields soar
The 11 western Nebraska counties recorded a 1976 wheat crop of about 30.6 million bushels, up from 29.9 million in 1975, with total 1974 figures cited at 25.17 million. Acreage rose about 16 300 in two years as irrigation expanded, boosting production across Banner Box Butte Cheyenne Dawes Deuel Garden Kimball Morrill Scotts Bluff Sheridan Sioux and others.
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Con Marshall
Nebraska Panhandle
Telegraph
ASCS
Lincoln
Nebraska
Panhandle
Sheridan County
Panhandles
Banner
Box Butte
Cheyenne
Dawes
Deuel
Garden
Kimball
Morrill
Scotts Phuff
Sheridan
Sioux
Joe Counsellor
Garden County
Delbert Namath
Namath
Devel
Morali
Scotts Bluff
Kimball County
Lester Becker
Chappell
Morrill County
Densel O’dea
Box Butte County
Terry Shannon
Frank Whettal
Milo Sandberg
Banner County
Cheyenne County
Lawrence Thompson
Thompson
The
Slow NRD post filings with three incumbents running
Only three of six incumbents filed petitions for the South Platte Natural Resources District board as the NRD filing period nears Tuesday. Names listed include Jim Cederburg Ron James Greg Sprenger Dick Ladine Louis Schmale and Norm Kracke. Elections official Dayle Williamson noted 71 candidates filed for 173 seats across 24 NRDs and emphasized the impact of NRD budgets, citing 165 million dollars as last year’s statewide total.
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Nebraska Natural Resources Commission
South Platte
Dayle Williamson
Commission
Williamson
Sidney Teams Advance to State Tourneys
Sidney Midgets and Juniors head to state tournaments this weekend. The Midget tourney unfolds in Aurora while the Juniors contest the state title in St Paul. Details appear in today’s Telegraph sports pages.
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Sidney
Aurora
St Paul
Telegraph
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