Winter Storm Hits Panhandle With High Winds and Snow
Strong winds and blowing snow plagued the Panhandle for a fourth straight day as cooler temperatures helped crops. Interstate 8 west of Laramie closed due to visibility. Snow touched Sidney and Harrison Nebraska, with ice and hail reported in parts of eastern Nebraska. The weather map showed a cold front and a low over southwestern Nebraska, with Beatrice hitting a 100 degree high and North Omaha recording substantial moisture.
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Wyoming Highway Department
Laramie
Sidney
Harrison
Nebraska
Elmer Whitteker
Quince St
Whitteker
King la
Elkhorn
Minnesota
Arizona
Iowa
Beatrice
North Omaha
Sidney School Board Meeting Tonight
The Sidney Board of Education will meet at 7 45 in the high school library for its monthly session. The agenda covers resignations and new hires, budget discussions, auditor selection, architect response, married student policy, school attorney employment, and a report on the Title IX evaluation committee.
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Sidney Board of Education
Electric rate hike to hit Sidney residents this year
An engineering consultant warns a 25 percent Tri-State rate increase will raise Sidney bills after a 32 percent city hike earlier in the year. The impact could push the cost 133 percent for city power purchases, prompting talks of alternatives if Wheat Belt cooperation falters.
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David Hendee
Sidney
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Assoc
Denver
Cole Tri-State
Wheat Belt
Tri-State
Larry Voss
Olsson Associates
Lincoln
Voss
Tri- State
Boese
Lienemann
Sidney High School alum dies in lake accident near Cozad
Philip John Peetz, a 1976 Sidney High School graduate and former Homecoming King, died at Johnson Lake south of Cozad when he fell from a bridge during a fraternity rush party. Firemen recovered his body after a three hour search. Funeral services set for St Patrick's Church in Sidney with a memorial to St Patrick's. He was survived by his parents Kenneth and (name not provided) Peetz and siblings Dan Tim Suzanne.
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Sidney High School
Philip John Peetz
Johnson Lake
Cozad
Kenneth Peetz
St Patrick’s Catholic Church
Sidney
Frank Hoelck
Peetz
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lexington
Tim
Cocaptain
Dan
Suzanne
John Peetz Sr
Jason Dorwart
Lexington Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
St Patrick's Church
Udall and Church back Carter as delegates split
Rep Morris Udall told 336 delegates they are free to vote for Jimmy Carter despite technical issues that prevented a formal release. Idaho Senator Frank Church also endorsed Carter and urged his 79 delegates to support him, arguing Carter earned the nomination by broad national campaigns.
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New York
Morris Udall
Arizona
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Udall
Idaho
Frank Church
Church
Poll yields clearcut answers from Nebraska district
Congresswoman Virginia Smith's March poll in Nebraska's Third District shows strong majorities on most issues. Key results: food stamp reform 93 percent yes, right to strike 19 yes, coal slurry pipeline 21 yes, defense 89 yes, post office control 71 yes, Panama Canal treaty 10 yes, detente 36 yes, FBI CIA public discussion 22 yes, federal budget reduction 90 yes, grain inspection 31 yes.
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Nebraska
Soviet Union
United States
Postal Service
Congress
Panama Canal
Panama
Canal
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CIA
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