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MEETING NOTICE The Cedar County Board of Commissioners will meet at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in the Commissioners’ Room in the Cedar County Courthouse. Agenda is available in the County Clerk’s office. 01.18.17c ZNEZ ————————— CEDAR COUNTY...

Nebraska is rated third among the states for its wind-energy potential. And yet a year ago, it ranked only 26th in actual wind-energy production. It’s a long-debated issue that came to a head earlier this year, when neighboring Iowa’s vast...

REBECCA S. GRATZ/THE WORLD-HERALD. Gov. Pete Ricketts examines a beaker of carbon black alongside Monolith Chief Commercial Officer Rob Hanson. NPPD will use hydrogen produced in the making of carbon black to run a generator. HALLAM, Neb. — In a push...

By the BF Staff From the March/April 2016 Issue The Nebraska Department of Economic Development has awarded the City of York $267,955 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to assist York Cold Storage with an expansion of its operations...

Some critters may be cute, but when jellyfish gum up power plant cooling systems; birds, rats, snakes, or squirrels cause electrical shorts; or invasive mollusk species obstruct hydropower plant pipes, losses can be steep. Here’s how some power plant...