Cheyenne County Revises Zoning Code For Farming Protection
County Planning Commission reviews a 70 page draft prepared by Greeley Cole and Bob Britzman for a comprehensive zoning ordinance and policy guiding land use. The plan includes agricultural, residential, estate, tourist service and industrial districts with hearings planned before adoption.
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Cheyenne
County Planning Commission
Greeley Cole
Bob Britaman Britzman
Britzman
Mail service suspended to homes Monday in Cheyenne County
Postmaster Fortis Preble says mail delivery to homes will pause Monday for Presidents Day observances. Lobby mailboxes will be served, but city rural and window service are halted. 10 am to 4 pm postmark window replaces 5 25 pm. City Hall also closed. zoning proposals for Cheyenne County outline agricultural districts and mixed-use guidelines.
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Sidnes
Das
Fortis Preble Preble
Preble
Davis
Abraham
Gordon Tobin
Fire breaks out at Sidney warehouse complex
A grass fire sparked by burning trash ignited dry grass in a lot near the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Sidney warehouse on the former Sioux Army Depot property northwest of Sidney. The blaze was extinguished by the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department.
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Tri- State Generation and Transmission Association
Sidney
Sioux Army Depot
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
New county school district map drafted for review
Cheyenne County plans a five district map centered on Dalton Gurley Lodgepole Potter and Sidney with a March 20 review by rural boards. County superintendent TA Caldwell says the plan aims to reduce district numbers statewide and address per pupil disparities, though reorganization is not immediate.
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Cheyenne County
Caldwell
Sprenger
Gell
Nelson
Frerichs
Cheyenne
Dalton
Gurley Lodgepole Potter
Sidney
Court House
TA Caldwell
State Department of Education
Nebraska
Map Rural
Earl Gell
Adeline Frerichs
Gurley
Allen Nelson
Potter
Keith Sprenger
Bob Cook
Livestock Day Draws Over 50 Producers in Panhandle
More than 50 area farmers and ranchers attended Panhandle Livestock Day in Cheyenne County Court House basement. University of Nebraska Extension officials spoke on modern techniques and cattle market trends while weather kept State Sen. Loren Schmit from Lincoln from addressing the group. A Hot Springs rancher remarked the cattle business is sick, noting most cows are owned by small herds under 100.
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Panhandle
Cheyenne County Court House
University of Nebraska Extension Service
Loren Schmit
Bellwood
S Agriculture Committee
Lincoln
Tom Landers
Hot Springs
United States
Industr
Local officials form a committee to tackle problems
After three meetings a group of Sidney officials including the City, Cheyenne County, schools, sheriff and police agree to form a committee. The aim is safety education drug awareness and family life with ongoing cooperation and better communication to ease community anxiety and promote progress.
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Hasen
City of
Sidney
Cheyenne County Commissioners
Larry Boyer
Sidney Telegraph
Exon seeks 30 percent hike in Nebraska personal income tax
Gov James Exon calls for a 30 percent increase in the personal income tax rate to 13 percent of federal liability retroactive to January as part of a tight budget. He urges lawmakers to approve the measure along with a 32.4 million general fund operations budget and 41 million capital construction plan for fiscal 1975.
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Howard
Associated Press
Lincoln
James Exon
Nebraska
Exon
Governor backs local voted property tax plan
Lincoln AP governor James Exon proposes a 1975 76 budget with a local property tax to support technical community colleges. The state Supreme Court invalidated tied one mill funding as an unconstitutional state tax, prompting Exon to push unrestricted state aid and a local levy to cover about six to fourteen million dollars for next year.
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Lincoln
Aps
James Exon
State Supreme Court
Exon
One Nebraska lease bill or three at Appropriations hearing
Legislators debated LB 359 to require DAS review of state leases and contracts while noting three DAS bills could better supervise bids. Clark’s subcommittee found the Jade Co lease overcharged and lacking bidding, urging possible cancellation, with officials citing costs to move and limited competitive options.
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Appropriations Committee
Nebraska
Sidney Sen
Robert Clark
Jado Co
Omaha
State Labor Dept
Department of Administrative Services
DAS
Clark
Charles Neal
Kyle Johnson
Lincoln
Tor
Johnson
Sec Hon
Canan
Jade Co
Michael Jackson
Gov J J Exon
Stan Matzke Das
Matzke
Jado
Len Clark
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Valentines Bay
Western Outlook
Chadron State Colleges
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