Donna Tryon News Today

The North Platte, Neb. city council debates the whys and wherefores of more tax incentives for development.

The City Council also adopted the city’s first-ever “microblight” study for the condemned Elms Lodge and Sherbeck Apartments block and approved microTIF incentives to start rehabilitating it for apartments.

With entries for the May 14 primary closing at 5 p.m. Friday, only one county commissioner and North Platte City Council race apiece currently will require voters to eliminate candidates.

City Council members voted 6-0 to advance an ordinance selling 65.8 acres south of the U.S. Postal Service regional distribution center for $100 to Midwest Land Development LLC of Lincoln.

The North Platte Neb. city council took action on several development projects Tuesday.

Incumbents had until 5 p.m. Thursday to file for most races on the May 14 primary ballot. Potential challengers have until 5 p.m. March 1 to decide whether to run.

A new facility for the well-established John Deere construction equipment dealership will be built in North Platte, Neb.

Several North Platte City Council members grilled The Connections executive director, Ashley Lewis, about its low-income apartment projects expected residents and programs. They approved R-3 zoning for the site, 6-1.

A report on the Feb. 6 North Platte city council meeting.

The North Platte city council has approved the final designs of a vastly improved recreation center.