Flatwater Free PressWe want to tell the stories of all the communities outside our metros, too. Whether they be plain old good yarns or long-term investigations, we’re committing a major part of our content mix to doing journalism throughout the state.
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Over and over again, Steve Sharp told the village clerk that she deserved a raise. When Sharp was elected chairperson of the village board in 2010, Mary Terry…
As twin tornadoes barreled toward the village of Pilger, Gene Willers hurried his employees into the bank vault. The bank president knew the wind speed and suction of…
NEBRASKA CITY – For his final prom before graduation, Seth Kadlec has pulled out all the stops. His tuxedo coat has tails. His vest and bow-tie shimmer in…
He sits solitary on the front porch of the most famous literary home in Nebraska, bundled in a purple ski jacket to endure the too-cold April morning. The…
If you want to see a small town crackling with energy, drive to Albion and enter the front door of Boone Beginnings. Nearly two dozen infants, toddlers and…
GIBBON – People in the Platte River’s Big Bend region look to the sky in early March when they hear familiar notes sung by a few high-flying sandhill…
GIBBON – Cody Wagner sat in a mustard-colored canvas blind along the Platte River on a cold March 2021 night and focused a night vision scope on a…
Omaha’s history with steak dates back a century. Now, as the oldest restaurant in Omaha, Johnny’s Cafe, celebrates its 100th anniversary, we take a look back at the…
The process has become frustratingly familiar to Vince Dugan. Three times in the past two months, he’s offered someone a job at Trego-Dugan, a national aviation company headquartered…
Brandy Jordan moved to “itty-bitty” Alvo in August 2020, seizing the chance to buy a white 3-bedroom home with her husband Nathan to raise their two small children.…