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Officials still wonder what to do with former college campus

dana-collegeBLAIR, Neb. (AP) — Construction workers are making weather damage and other repairs at the former campus of Dana College in Blair, but who or what might benefit remains uncertain.

The campus has been closed since 2010 because an accreditation body refused to approve its sale to for-profit investors.

Omaha developer Frank Krejci bought the property three years ago for the expansion of Fremont’s Midland University, but the university dropped those plans in March.

Krejci said he’s willing to donate the property for the right use, saying, “I can be very generous.”

Blair officials soon will send literature on the property to colleges across the country.

Mayor Jim Realph wants the campus to remain “an educational area, but I’m kind of resigned to the fact that may not happen.”

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