ConAgra mum on Garden City plant future
ConAgra Foods Inc despite strong profits joins a lingering question of whether to reopen or sell its Garden City beef plant after a Christmas Day fire. The 400,000 square foot facility once employed about 2,300, with five parcels of land on a 335 acre site. Local officials declined to state future plans while the firm notes 2001 profitability and ongoing tax valuation disputes post fire.
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ConAgra Foods
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Roop
ConAgra’s mergers and a Garden City plant fire
Series continues Monday. ConAgra’s long history of mergers made it one of the nation’s largest food suppliers. The Garden City facility struggled with waste from thousands of cattle daily before a Christmas Day fire destroyed one third of the plant.
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Garden City ConAgra
Fire aftermath leaves community with questions and losses
A Garden City fire at the ConAgra plant left more than 2,300 workers unemployed and a town coping with a palpable loss. By January 4 company spokesmen spoke of working with insurers to resolve plant operations questions, while April promised announcements yielded no specifics. The plant’s insurers remain unnamed as officials defer to corporate headquarters for answers.
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Jim Herlihy
Herlihy
Big Pool funding debated at Garden City council meeting
City commissioners will discuss whether to pump 1 to 2 million into the 80 year old Big Pool or build a new facility at the Garden City Administrative Center Tuesday. Reports back two committees favor repairs and possible water park features with admission fees to offset costs.
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Man to plead insanity in Garden City DUI case
Ernest Gallegos, a 31 year old former Ulysses man, seeks an insanity defense in a Garden City Municipal Court DUI case. He contends temporary insanity to the misdemeanor offense while representing himself, with a bench trial set for January 16. He plans to call witnesses and subpoena out of state mental health experts.
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Garden City
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