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The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the Nuckolls County courthouse in Nelson, Monday. All three board members were present.

The board, on the advice of Jeff Wagner, county highway superintendent, did not accept the lone bid submitted for bridge replacement project C-65 (716). The project is located southwest of Nelson. It will replace a bridge with three steel tube culverts. Wagner reccommended the highway department bundle the project with another one in the spring. The hope is steel prices will have lowered.

The board heard a presentation from representatives of South Central P...