Sand-green golf courses dwindling Aug 3, 2009
Matt Nickolas, left, and his father, Tim Nickolas, rake the green July 1 at Riverside Golf Club in Central City, Neb. a sand green golf course. (Montana Standard, MT)
Central City, Neb ethanol plant resumes production Aug 2, 2009
-- An ethanol plant near Central City that sat idle during its parent company's bankruptcy is getting restarted under new owners. The Central City plant and one in Ord were bought by Omaha-based Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. last month. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Jobs From China Headed To Central City Jul 4, 2009
A manufacturer in Central City will likely doubly its payroll, from 20 to about 40, because of work being imported to the United States from China. Covenant Doors and Millwork will produce cabinets for SunHeats indoor space heaters. (Nebraska Statepaper)
Tornado, Flash Flood Watches Issued For SE Nebraska Jun 16, 2009
Alma; Aurora; Beaver City, Beloit, Central City, Clay Center, Elwood, Franklin, Fullerton Geneva, Grand Island, Hastings, Hebron, Holdrege, Kearney, Lexington, Loup City, Mankato, Minden, Nelson, Osborne, Osceola, Phillipsburg, Plainville, Red Cloud, Smith Center, St. Paul, Stockton, Superior and York. The watch includes counties in the central, eastern and southeastern portions of the state. (7 KETV Omaha)
Market Forecaster May 27, 2009
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc., a U.S. ethanol producer, bought plants in Central City and Ord, Neb ... The Central City distillery can produce 100 million gallons of ethanol annually, and the Ord plant can make 50 million gallons, Omaha, Neb. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Map: Funding The Superfund May 27, 2009
NPR: Funding The Superfund. Funding The Superfund. (NPR)
Green Plains to buy 2 VeraSun plants for $123.5M May 22, 2009
-based Green Plains said it has signed purchase agreements to buy the Ord and Central City biorefineries from AgStar Financial Services for 123 ... The addition of Central City's annual capacity of 100 million gallons and Ord's annual capacity of 50 million gallons gives Green Plains a 45 percent boost to a total capacity of 480 million gallons per year ... "The acquisition of the plants in Central City and Ord lowers our cost of production and improves our ability to compete in the industry,"... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Wet weather saturates NE Iowa (42) Apr 28, 2009
The Linn County twister touched down at about 4:53 p.m. east of Center Point and west of Central City ... Damage reports included campers destroyed at a campground near Central City and "significant" damage to about a half dozen residences and buildings in the twister's path. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Grand Island Company Moves Jobs From China To Nebraska Apr 16, 2009
Twenty-five jobs are being moved from China to a business in Central City, thanks to an interest-free federal loan of $400,000 to Covenant Doors and Millwork. The money will help renovate a building which the company purchased from the city in 2008. (Nebraska Statepaper)
Valero deal unsettling for ethanol advocates Mar 19, 2009
Pivotal ethanol events fell well short of the ideal Wednesday for those watching the bankruptcy sale of 16 VeraSun Energy plants, including operations in Ord, Albion and Central City, for 993 million ... The most unsettling thing for sale watchers in Ord and Central City ... Central City farmer Don Reeves is trying to focus on the positive. (Fremont Tribune, NE)
Best Hot Dog vote! Mar 11, 2009
Barkers on Windy Hill the successor to the Barkers carts that were in Central City Park in the 80s. Best dogs in metro Atlanta, hands-down. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
South Sioux City's DeAnda reaches consy semifinals Feb 21, 2009
Central City leads Madison 89-76. 5 in Class C. Howells has a commanding lead in Class D and Bryan Mejstrik will get a shot at his fourth straight individual title. (Sioux City Journal)
BASKETBALL (1) Feb 19, 2009
Springville 68, Central City 29. Wyoming Midland 66, Lisbon 30. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
