Getting rid of 'cloud of doom': Gage County makes first of Beatrice 6 payments

Gage County is making the first of several payments this week to the so-called Beatrice 6.

During Wednesday’s regular Board of Supervisors meeting, a claim of $1.9 million was approved, the first payment toward the $28.1 million verdict.

Chairman Erich Tiemann said the payments are a tough pill to swallow, but are the first step to put the matter behind Gage County.

“This has been so many years in the making, so many years in court and so much talk about what’s going to happen, at least it’s in process and being paid now,” he said. “I would look at this as being one step closer to it being over and we’ll keep trying to work through this as efficiently as possible. It’s one step closer to the end.”

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