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05/10/2023
It has been common practice for the city of Lincoln to adopt a one-year city budget plan, but for the first time, a biennium budget was adopted. “One budget year, you can get a lot done but when you have twice that amount of time, you can think a little bit more strategically,” said City Manager Sean Scully.

05/03/2023
After attending the U.S. Army Corps presentation at the Lincoln City Council meeting on the missile site’s contaminated plume, several residents were disappointed that their questions about safety and a remediation timeline were not answered.

04/05/2023
Over the last few weeks, some community members have publicly addressed their concerns with homeless encampments near their homes and businesses in Lincoln.

03/29/2023
The Lincoln City Council decided to explore options for a disc golf course outside of the Auburn Ravine nature preserve. A petition on change.org has almost 1,000 signatures from individuals who oppose a course inside the preserve, which is in Lincoln Crossing.

03/01/2023
With the announcement of plans for Deer Crossing Retail Center, opposition has come from a local church and school asserting that its programming would be negatively impacted. The appeal has been rescheduled to March 14.

02/08/2023
For the first time in decades, community members and city, state and federal officials met next to Lincoln’s former Titan 1 Missile Silo Site to discuss removing the site’s spreading contamination.

02/01/2023
Lincoln City Council members and the Lincoln city manager reflect on what they accomplished in 2022 and discuss what community members can expect in 2023.

01/24/2023
The mayor each year assigns City Council members to committees such as airport, flood, and economic development. But Mayor Paul Joiner got some pushback from Councilmember Holly Andreatta.

08/23/2022
After a 4-1 vote by the Lincoln City Council, residents in two districts won’t get to vote for a representative this November. With only one qualified candidate in each district, the council opted to cancel the election and appoint Mayor Holly Woods-Andreatta to the District 1 seat and candidate Benjamin Brown to District 2.

05/11/2022
Lincoln Mayor Holly Andreatta and three other councilmembers censured colleague William Lauritsen over an assault complaint by local businessman Matthew Oliver, barring the councilman from serving on regional or city committees. Lauritsen asserted he will not resign from the council because there was no assault.

05/04/2022
The Lincoln News Messenger has published an opinion piece on a conflict involving the Lincoln City Council, which it describes as “a strange chain of spiraling comments and actions last week” surrounding events at a Third Congressional District candidate forum.

05/03/2022
As of May 4, Councilman William Lauritsen is not resigning from Lincoln City Council, after the four other council members asked him to step down.

03/25/2022
More than 40 Lincoln residents and city officials welcomed new City Manager Sean Scully during a March 23 reception at Beermann Plaza. “Gwen Scanlon, our city clerk, and Dia Gix, our deputy city clerk, put it all together and did a wonderful job,” Mayor Holly Andreatta said.

03/09/2022
Lincoln City Council has authorized the Lincoln Business Grant and Assistance Program in partnership with the Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce. A total of $1 million will be given to the business community.

12/22/2021
Holly Andreatta has been named the new mayor of Lincoln. She is the fourth female mayor in Lincoln's history. She took office Dec. 14.

12/14/2021
After swearing in the new mayor and vice mayor, the Lincoln City Council approved the city manager to contract services with SDA Presence, LLC for upcoming project management.

06/09/2021
Councilmembers Holly Andreatta and Paul Joiner voted no, saying the issue was too “political”; Bill Lauritsen, part of the 3-2 majority, said, “This basically says that everyone deserves equal protection under the law.”