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Fluoride OK’d in just two of eight towns
KEARNEY – Six of eight Hub Territory towns voted against fluoridating city water in the general election Tuesday. Broken Bow, Cozad, Gothenburg, Lexington, Ravenna and Shelton voted against fluoridating city water supplies. Alma and Franklin voted to fluoridate water. Kearney, Holdrege and Minden already fluoridate water. LB245 was approved in April and requires all Nebraska […]
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Ravenna Votes No to Fluoridation
Excerpt: Should Ravenna ban FLUORIDE? YES – 345 votes – 62.84% NO – 204 votes – 37.16% Print PDF
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Communities decide about fluoride
York, NE — The issue of fluoridation has been decided in York and a number of surrounding communities, with mixed results. Many communities in the state voted on the issue, as a mandate was handed down by the Nebraska Legislature this past session, to all cities with 1,000 or more population. All cities of that […]
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Hastings: Results of 3 Questions on the Nov. 4 Fluoridation Referendum
Excerpts: City of Hastings Fluoridation Question No. 1 Shall the City of Hastings, Nebraska, adopt an ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the City’s water system? Yes 6,510 No 3,245 Fluoridation Question No. 2 Shall the City of Hastings, Nebraska, adopt an ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluorosilicic acid or other fluorine-containing […]
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North Platte, Sutherland reject fluoride
For the third time in 30 years, voters in North Platte once again soundly rejected adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. Voters in North Platte rejected adding fluoride to the drinking water by opting out of a bill set by Nebraska lawmakers that required any city with a population of 1,000 or more to […]
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Fluoride fails across area, especially in Hastings
HASTINGS — Public fluoridation was a big loser not only in Grand Island but across Central Nebraska on Tuesday. Every other Central Nebraska town that had the issue on the ballot — Aurora, Broken Bow, Central City, Hastings, Ord, Ravenna, St. Paul, Shelton, Stromsburg and Wood River — voted to opt out of the state’s […]
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York voters say no to fluoridation
York, NE —The majority of York voters have again said they don’t want fluoride added to the city’s water supply. A total of 1,970 voted for an ordinance that will allow the city to opt out of a state mandate to fluoridate the water. A total of 1,301 said they did not favor the ordinance […]
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Chadron and Crawford: No to fluoridation
Dawes County reported a voter turnout of 61 percent in this election cycle. Both Chadron and Crawford defeated the move to fluoridate community water sources. State law now requires communities with populations of over 1,000 to fluoridate their water unless voters opt out. In Crawford, 240 voters said they did not want fluoridation, compared to […]
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Ashland Votes to Fluoridate
Excerpts: The issue of whether or not to fluoridate the drinking water in Ashland was also on the ballot. A total of 535 citizens cast votes against prohibiting the addition of fluoride, which protects against tooth decay, to the public water system. That means fluoride will be added. A total of 416 voters cast their […]
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Plainview and Pierce vote no to fluoridation
CITY OF PLAINVIEW ISSUE (FLUORIDE) YES: 405 (47 + 358) NO: 234 (30 + 204) See explanation of vote: City Of Plainview Issue: Shall the City of Plainview, Nebraska, adopt an ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the City’s water system? Yes (To prohibit fluoridation from the water system) No (Against the prohibition […]
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