A small town’s American Dream is at risk. What happens when its biggest employer shuts down?

By JESSE BEDAYN

LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — On a frigid day after Mass at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in rural Nebraska, worshippers shuffled into the basement and sat on folding chairs, their faces barely masking the fear gripping their town.

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