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  • Council Approves Changes in Economic Development Funding

    Forrest Hersherger, Sidney Sun-Telegraph|Jun 27, 2018

    The City of Sidney is trying to avoid the awkwardness of meeting an individual or private enterprise who wants to support development in the community, but the City can’t accept it. The Sidney City Council met in a special session Monday morning to consider a program that would allow private contributions for economic development. Presently, LB840 limits where and how Sidney can receive funding. “We can only do what the plan says we can do, and get funds from where it says we can get them,” Economic Development Director Melissa Norgard said...

  • Field Day Addresses Herbicide Use, Crop Varieties

    Forrest Hersherger, Sidney Sun-Telegraph|Jun 27, 2018

    The warm and breezy day offered the perfect opportunity to display the many wheat varieties being tested in the Panhandle of Nebraska. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln held its High Plains Ag Lab Field Day Thursday north of Sidney. The Field Day included demonstrations of growing peas in the area, including the pros and cons of applying nitrogen to the plants. Speakers on pea production included UNL Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist Dipak Santra, UNL Soil and Nutrition Management...

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