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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Agricultural prosperity is top local, regional business story of 2011
- By RICHARD PIERSOL / Lincoln Journal Star
- Dec 31, 2011
- Dec 31, 2011 Updated Jan 1, 2012
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There was no real competition for the No. 1 business story of 2011 in our region and locale: Agricultural prosperity from Scottsbluff to Falls City, and all points between.
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