March 2025
New Large Print Titles
The library has a collection of several hundred books in large print. A significant number of those are westerns by authors from Ballard to Wheeler with Grey and L’Amour mixed in. There are also adult fiction and nonfiction titles which are not necessarily duplicates of the regular print books.
Sidney golfers look forward to competitive slate in 2025
Kirt Manionkmanion@cherryroad.com A total of 17 golfers are out for the Sidney teams this season with nine boys’ players and eight girls’ players.The most experienced… Login to continue reading Login…
Hamburg FFA celebrates National Ag Week
Hamburg FFA handed out Agriculture snacks to staff and teachers during National Ag Week! Submitted by Teresa Crecelius.
Sidney HS Drama performs Madhouse
Sidney High School drama students performed Madhouse by Todd Wallinger, produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Services of Denver, Colo. The description of the production on the Pioneer Drama Services website reads as follows:
Voters encouraged to update registration status
Fremont County Auditor Dee Owen and Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate are alerting voters they may be receiving important mailers in the coming weeks as part of annual voter registration list maintenance and ongoing audit processes. Voters in Fremont County may receive notices from the Iowa Secretary of State’s office as part of the National Change of Address (NCOA) process as well as ‘No Activity” notices. Both mailers are expected to reach affected Iowa voters in late March or early April.
Hospital hosts free movie night
George C. Grape Hospital sponsored a free night at the Colonial Theater in Hamburg over the weekend with 127 in attendance to see Snow White starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot. Many Princesses could be found in the audience and a wicked witch handed out apples to all! It was a great night at the theater. Submitted by Teresa Crecelius.
Wildcats have two golfers for 2025 season
Kirt Manionkmanion@cherryroad.com Two athletes are out for golf at Hamburg Charter School for the upcoming spring season with junior Keith Thompson returning as a defending state champion and senior Ian…
Pneumonia Vaccine Saves Lives
Over one hundred years ago, the gold mining industry of South Africa had a problem: too many workers were dying from pneumonia. They turned to Dr. Almorth Wright, a British physician who had successfully created a vaccine against typhoid fever that saved countless lives of British soldiers in World War I and other wars. Wright and his colleagues developed an inoculation of killed pneumococci bacteria which resulted in a substantial reduction of cases of pneumonia and death in the miners.