Ag and Outdoor

Outdoor notes: State parks in north-central Nebraska see improvements
Visitors to state park areas in north-central Nebraska will find enhanced day-use and camping amenities.

Pillen’s promises: Economic boom and little harm for neighbors. They haven’t always panned out.
As he grew Nebraska’s largest hog operation, Jim Pillen made economic and environmental assurances to residents of small communities where he was looking to build. Some residents profited. Others say Pillen Family Farms prospered while they suffered.