The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska will soon get back about 1,600 acres of land on the Iowa side of the Missouri River that the federal government took more than 50 years ago and never developed.

If you haven't been to Winnebago, Nebraska, in a while, you may not recognize it as the town has experienced an explosion in growth in both population and in new construction.

The Winnebago Bend Wildlife Area was made up of land illegally condemned in 1970. Soon it will be returned to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) — The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska will soon get back about 1,600 acres (647 hectares) of land the federal government took more than 50 years ago and never developed.

Nebraska and Iowa's congressional delegations have declared their support for legislation that would return undeveloped federal land to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.