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Nebraska Ranch Sells for More Than $4.1 Million to 4 Local Buyers

Nebraska is one of the nation’s leading cattle-producing states, where good grazing ground and reliable water are important features of a successful operation. A recent ranch auction on the edge of the state’s Sandhills region offered both, along with productive hay meadows and established livestock facilities. H Bar...

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Nebraska World War II Soldier to be Laid to Rest After 85 Years

U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Lester H. Libolt, from Newport, Nebraska, will return to the state to be laid to rest at Fort McPhearson National Cemetery near Maxwell, Nebraska after being killed in action almost exactly 85 years ago. Libolt was killed in action on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on Hickam Field in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was buried in Honolulu under a headstone marked simply as “Unknown”. However, recent research by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency was able to confirm the soldier as Libolt.

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