City to hear joint plan for generation
Sidney plans a joint generation proposal to link cities and rural power districts for electricity production and transmission. City Manager Arra and state committee members push to approve a resolution backing the plan to hold costs down. City Council has long supported joint generation and recently considered public power testimony for a 1975 bill. A second public hearing will review 100 percent funded Community Development Act projects including senior housing and park development. Deadline for pre-application is March 1.
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Sidney
Kimball
Robert Arra
Arral
Tought
Maynard Dils
Vince Maliszewski
Malhszewski
Public Power
Lodgepole Creek water hearing on quality plan at Cheyenne County Courthouse
Public hearing on Lodgepole Creek and its role in the South Platte Basin Water Quality Management Plan will review a 236 page draft. The plan covers Banner Kimball Cheyenne Deuel Garden Keith Perkins and Lincoln counties and notes many municipalities discharge wastewater with high BOD levels.
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Cheyenne County
Natural Resources Commission
South Platte River
Bastin
Department of Environmental
Banner, Kimball
Cheyenne
Devel Garden
Keith
Perkins
Lincoln
Lodgepole Creek
Sidney
Big
Kimball
Sednes 6
Qgallala
Bushnell Pas Kimball cNo
Nebraska passes teacher protection bill in Legislature
The Nebraska legislature approved a bill to shield teachers from dismissal without just cause. It provides a two year probation for new hires, allows firing to reduce staff, and requires a public hearing only if requested. Senators Contend over amendments and emergency clause, with Exon set to sign.
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Lincoln
Harold Simpsons
Gav J
James Exon
Sampson
Nebraska Supreme Court
Omaha
Second drug robbery hits Janda Tobin Drug Store in Janda Tobin
Sidney Police investigate a Friday robbery at Janda Tobin Drug Store the second in a month. A man about five nine one fifty threatened staff and obtained morphine tablets after failing to secure Dilaudid or Parepecolin. Police checked nearby stores and apartments with no success and noted a separate Ellison Rexall case last month.
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Sidney
Janda Tobin
Jay Wilson
Delores Williams
Wilson
Loth Ave
Ellison Rexall Pharmacy
Eisen
LB 403 authorizes 2 million for special education payments
Nebraska legislature approves first reading emergency LB 403 to provide 2 million dollars to correct school district payments for handicapped education. Senators amend LB 535 and move the bill forward on a 299 to 11 vote amid debate over prior administrative errors and blame.
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Edward W
Associated Press
Lincoln
Bellevue
Frank Lewis
Omaha
John Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Hastings
Richard Marvel
Department of Education
Department of Administrative Services
Freeze marking replaces fire branding on Arabian horses
Ranchers and the Arabian Horse Registry of America embrace a new permanent ID method using a dry ice and alcohol bath to cool a branding iron to about 80 degrees. The process leaves a white hair mark on a two by seven inch neck area, is permanent and reportedly painless, aiding ownership proof and veterinary ID.
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David
Arabian Horse Registry of America
Englewood
Cole
Friday Bill Moore
Sidney
Sidney Remount Station
Sid Rabio
Steve Wideman
Wideman
Canada
United States
Mexico
Washington State University
Moore
Mark Wideman
Cool front heads east toward Nebraska highs in 30s to 40s
A cool front moves east, bringing lower temperatures to Nebraska. Afternoon highs are expected in the mid 30s to mid 40s with subfreezing overnight lows as the cold air advances from Minnesota toward the central Plains.
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North Platte
Janda-Tobin Drug Store
Ice
Telegraph
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Wawcak
Boon Ontine
Winnesota
Besote
Seaftsblaff
Sandies
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