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NDOT Infrastructure Hub celebrates one year of helping Nebraska communities compete for federal funds

NDOT Infrastructure Hub celebrates one year of helping Nebraska communities compete for federal funds

rsedlacek / Depositphotos.com NEBRASKA — From small towns to major cities, the Nebraska Infrastructure Hub has spent the last year connecting communities to federal dollars, making more infrastructure projects possible. This month, the Nebraska...

Tar Spot Confirmed in 33 Nebraska Counties

Tar Spot Confirmed in 33 Nebraska Counties

According to the latest Crop Protection Network map, tar spot has spread to 33 counties in Nebraska. This is up from 19 counties back in mid-July. In addition to Nebraska, confirmed cases have also been reported in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa,...

A Funny Map That Offers What Each State Offers Travelers

A Funny Map That Offers What Each State Offers Travelers

When choosing a summer vacation, there are many places you can check online to get some good insight on where to go. The internet is full of people who will let you know about their top choices, whether you want to know or not. Travel blogger and...

Nebraska punter Archie Wilson, from Australia, shares he's homesick

Nebraska punter Archie Wilson, from Australia, shares he's homesick

Life as a college football player requires tremendous sacrifice, from early morning workouts to the demanding balance between academic and athletic responsibilities that leaves little in the way of free time. Some athletes carry a heavier burden...

"It's obviously an adjustment" - Nebraska Volleyball's Harper Murray gets real on culture change from coach John Cook to Dani Bushboom Kelly

"It's obviously an adjustment" - Nebraska Volleyball's Harper Murray gets real on culture change from coach John Cook to Dani Bushboom Kelly

Nebraska Volleyball's Harper Murray recently opened up about the cultural change she and the team experienced after coach Dani Bushboom Kelly's joining, following former coach John Cook's retirement. Coach Bushboom Kelly joined the Huskers program...

Cheyenne County welcomes water and cropping systems assistant extension educator

Cheyenne County welcomes water and cropping systems assistant extension educator

By Chabella Guzman, PREEC Communications No stranger to the southern Panhandle of Nebraska, Vinicius Zuppa joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center and Nebraska Extension Engagement Zone 1 on...

Nebraska's Australian punter: From karaoke to his family to his unique ability, get to know Archie Wilson

Nebraska's Australian punter: From karaoke to his family to his unique ability, get to know Archie Wilson

Coach Mike Ekeler admitted he had his eye on Archie Wilson for years and hoped to bring him to Tennessee.Now that Ekeler is coaching in Lincoln, he's thrilled the native of Australian picked Nebraska as his college choice, and as KETV Matt Sottile...

Health alert issued for toxic algae at Bluestem Lake in Nebraska

Health alert issued for toxic algae at Bluestem Lake in Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb — For the second consecutive week, a health alert has been issued for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), commonly known as toxic blue-green algae, at Bluestem Lake in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Recent samples from the lake revealed...

It Will Take National Single Payer To Save Rural Hospitals

It Will Take National Single Payer To Save Rural Hospitals

August 13, 2025 After 30 years of service to a rural Nebraska community, the Curtis Medical Center will close. Troy Bruntz, CEO of Community Hospital which owns the Center, announced that the cuts to Medicaid in the budget reconciliation act of...

Health alert continues for southeast Nebraska lake

Health alert continues for southeast Nebraska lake

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Bluestem Lake in Lancaster County for the second week. Samples taken earlier this week at Bluestem Lake measure...

Kearney earns Community of the Year award from Nebraska Diplomats

Kearney earns Community of the Year award from Nebraska Diplomats

City of Kearney I-80 sign, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today) KEARNEY — The Nebraska Diplomats hosted its annual awards banquet on Wednesday evening at the Younes Conference Center North in Kearney. During the banquet, Governor Jim Pillen,...

Harper Murray explains how Nebraska Volleyball Alumni match is helping prepare the team for a championship run

Harper Murray explains how Nebraska Volleyball Alumni match is helping prepare the team for a championship run

Nebraska Volleyball’s Harper Murray shared how the scrimmaging, practicing and the Alumni match is helping the team prepare for the season ahead. Murray, currently a junior, is one of the integral members of the Nebraska squad. Murray has been a...

Five Indian hotel operators charged with using minors to run drug, sex trafficking rings out of Nebraska

Five Indian hotel operators charged with using minors to run drug, sex trafficking rings out of Nebraska

They received a range of federal violations "that center around their alleged conspiracy to engage in labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and harboring of aliens at several hotel locations across the Omaha metro area." The US Attorney’s Office for...

Nebraska Sets the Pace for College Volleyball Spending

Nebraska Sets the Pace for College Volleyball Spending

Nebraska volleyball is setting the pace for college volleyball spending. According to FOIA guru and the founder and publisher of Extra Points, Matt Brown, the Huskers had the top budget in the nation for fiscal year 2024. Brown obtained data from...

European student visits Nebraska during internship

European student visits Nebraska during internship

Maciek Marchaj, a college student from Poland, has journeyed to Nebraska to sell educational books and apps for kids. This is his seventh summer working with Southwestern Advantage, the oldest entrepreneurial and direct selling program for college...

Criss-crossing Nebraska

Criss-crossing Nebraska

County fair season is ending, and this year I was back in the thick of things. Not only did I have my usual duties as 4-H leader ahead of the Dawson County Fair, but I was also 4-H Miscellaneous Superintendent one day, volunteer photographer...

Colorado Employment Situation — July 2025 – Unemployment rate decreases to 4.5%

Colorado Employment Situation — July 2025 – Unemployment rate decreases to 4.5%

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This Airbnb in Nebraska Is Peak Fall Vibes

This Airbnb in Nebraska Is Peak Fall Vibes

Taking a fall getaway in Nebraska is like walking into a living painting where every stroke is gold, amber, and deep red. You can head to Eugene T. Mahoney State Park for wide Platte River views and trails that make you wish you’d packed both a...

Indian Immigrants Accused of Running Huge Child Sex Ring Out of Nebraska Hotels

Indian Immigrants Accused of Running Huge Child Sex Ring Out of Nebraska Hotels

If the allegations in this case out of Nebraska are true, this is one of the most disturbing examples of immigrant crime in recent memory, and it completely shatters the left’s fantasy narrative about these do-gooder immigrants. {snip} But here we...

Nebraska Storms Kill 1, Displace Hundreds of Inmates

Nebraska Storms Kill 1, Displace Hundreds of Inmates

Strong storms before dawn Saturday in eastern Nebraska killed one person and seriously injured another in a state park and displaced hundreds of inmates after two prison housing units were damaged, officials said, even as other Midwest states also...

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