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After record-setting floods in Colorado last week, floodwaters are currently moving up the South Platte River and well into Nebraska. Sidney was hardly immune to storm water issues last week. Flash flooding on Sept. 9 made navigating the city difficult and sometimes dangerous. Region 21 emergency manager Ron Leal helped those in Big Springs prepare for flooding earlier this week. Leal brought Command One, the RV that serves as the Emergency Operations Vehicle for region 21—which includes Deuel, Cheyenne, Garden and Morrell counties— to Big Spr... Full story
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — State officials are urging outdoor recreationalists to stay away from flood waters in western and central Nebraska. The warning came after Nebraska Game and Parks officials rescued a man from the South Platte River earlier this week. Authorities say two brothers from Colorado launched a canoe into the swollen river on Wednesday. The canoe capsized about a mile east of the Nebraska-Colorado state line. Authorities say 48-yearold Joseph Schneiderwind, of Conifer, Colo., r...
The city Planning Commission found Monday that the Cabela’s corporate expansion plan was in line with city’s overall vision for the future. This redevelopment plan had already been reviewed by the Community Development Agency, who referred it to the Planning Commission. The commission’s role was to refer it back to the CDA, after ensuring that it conforms with the 2012 comprehensive plan and the overall goals and strategies of the community. “It does over time look at the development of this ground as being commercial,” said Dennis Armstrong, C... Full story
Long before the early trappers, traders and explorers ventured into the Great Plains the Pawnee claimed a territory that included more than half of what would someday be called Nebraska. From the fork of the Loup and the North Platte Rivers, west to the confluence of the North and South Platte their hunting grounds covered an expanse of land that stretched from present day Ogallala to Lincoln. Their northern boundaries reached into the Badlands of the Dakotas and lurched southward across the...
