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North Platte City Council to debate mobile-home park shelter options North Platte may allow new mobile home parks to skip storm shelters if homes are attached to permanent foundations. A proposed ordinance heads…
Differing opinions abound during Tuesday's North Platte City Council session Extended debates and split votes emerged as City Council members mulled mobile home park storm protection, a proposed east-side contractor's o…
