Love's Travel Stop OK'd by planning commission

A proposed Love's Travel Stop and Country Store received approval Monday night from the Sidney Planning Commission.

Dave Pierson, a senior project manager for Galloway Architecture and represented Love's, made a presentation to the commission that included plans for an International House of Pancakes, a housing facility for its employees and a new hotel. The stop will be located off the easternmost Sidney exit of Interstate 80.

Pierson also requested that three parcels of land there be re-zoned – a total area of 9.1 acres. That request was approved by the commission as well.

The project n...