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Northeast Nebraska Counties Working on Disaster Recovery

Northeast Nebraska Counties Working on Disaster Recovery

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A number of counties in northeast Nebraska saw extensive damage from the March storms and flooding.
District 40 Senator Tim Gragert of Creighton says recovery and rebuilding is continuing…

All of those counties are part of the disaster declaration and will get funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Gragert says there is a need for matching funds…

Gragert says it may be tough to many of those counties to meet that match requirement….

Counties are dealing with extensive damage to gravel roads, culverts and bridges.

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