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     The partners in the Blackshirt Feeders proposed 150,000 head livestock feedlot for western Dundy County had to feel pretty good after the Dundy County Commissioners Special Meeting and Public Hearing on Thursday afternoon. The County Commissioners voted 3 to 0 and approved the new Conditional Use Permit application from Blackshirt Feeders for the new site…

­      The partners of Blackshirt Feeders LP are focused on building Nebraska’s largest and most advanced feedlot in Dundy County. They are also focused on protecting the environment and listening to the public concerns. With that in mind, the new feedlot just might not be north of Benkelman on the Chase and Dundy County line.…

     Blackshirt Feeders cleared a major hurdle in the construction of their proposed 100,000 head beef feedlot on Monday (June 6).      After a four hour, public hearing in the Dundy County Courthouse, the Dundy County Commissioners unanimously approved the Blackshirt Feeders Conditional Use Permit Application (CUP), 3 to 0.      The Commissioner’s approval came after a continuous…

     The development of the proposed 100,000 head cattle feedlot and its 85 new jobs for the area took a big hit and could be dead following a decision by the Dundy County Commissioners on Tuesday afternoon.      County Commissioners voted down approval of Blackshirt Feeder’s Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application for the  feedlot at a special…

     The Dundy County District Courtroom was packed for the Dundy County Planning and Zoning Commission’s meeting in Benkelman on Tuesday afternoon. The crowd of around 80 people came for the planning board’s public hearing and action on a Conditional Use Permit application from Blackshirt Feeders LP to build and operate a one of a kind,…

     The coffee shop talk about a new, large feedlot in Dundy County has gone on for several years. That talk was made reality with the Dundy County Planning Commission’s Public Hearing last Tuesday and subsequent recommendation that the County Commissoners approve Blackshirt Feeders’ Conditional Use Permit application.      Here is a little more information about the…

         The only casualties in a semi-truck trailer and car accident near Benkelman late Tuesday afternoon, were some baby pigs.  But, a large rescue effort with the help of Dundy County Stratton High School students, emergency responders, some local ag producers with livestock trailers, and staff from the Twin Forks Vet clinic,…

The Dundy County Commissioners met last week for a walk through of the new County building on the corner of Chief Street. County employees along with Dale Shilke from Engineering International as well as representatives from the Ministerial Alliance and food pantry enjoyed a nice tour. The building will serve several purposes for the county.…