OMAHA — After less than a month on the market, the Nebraska Sandhills ranch with the quirky name and storied past is poised to be purchased by a Colorado family.

The owners of the Dumbbell Ranch in the Hyannis area have a preliminary agreement with the potential buyer. And a member of the family that has had an ownership interest in the 15,500-acre property for more than a century said she is happy.

Renovating has been all the rage since the pandemic, resulting in home improvement projects taking nearly four times as long to complete compared to just a few years ago due to rising material costs and labor shortages.