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John Hansen was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years and one month in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
In the past five years, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought twice as much Nebraska land as the second biggest buyer.
The Mormon Church now owns about 370,000 total acres of zoned agricultural land in Nebraska. That's about the size of Douglas and Sarpy counties combined.
Early in the summer of 2018, a little-known nonprofit bought a 22,613-acre chunk of land in Garden County.
A nonprofit owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon church, has been quietly buying up ranch land in the Sandhills for three