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.
Article count: 57
The Native woman wearing feathers in her braided hair took a seat facing eight members of the Nebraska Legislature. Alice Johnson stared down at the paper in her…
WEEPING WATER – Superintendent Kevin Reiman had a problem. He couldn’t find new teachers. He was lucky to get even a few applicants for jobs that used to…
Garrett Dwyer runs about 500 head of Hereford and Angus cattle on his Bartlett ranch on the east edge of the Sandhills. The land he’s on today has…
KEARNEY – On an 11-acre plot in Kearney sit dozens of what look like shipping containers. Inside the metal boxes are racks and racks of computers. Thousands of…
ARLINGTON – A childhood dream to be a farmer might seem unreachable for a kid who didn’t grow up on a farm, but Davis Behle just kept dreaming.…
As the combine gobbled soybean plants in a Buffalo County field north of Amherst on a summer-like October afternoon, beans went into its bin and dry pods, stems…
In October, the Flatwater Free Press wrote about the incredible thing that happened after the Omaha Tribe and a group of Nebraskans built a skate park in Walthill,…
Marty Stange was grasping for solutions to keep 25,000 residents safe – and a city’s budget from breaking. It was 2015. Multiple wells providing water to the central…
MCCOOK – In a 100-year-old building in downtown McCook, push the round number six and an elevator ride takes you up, up, up to the highest floor in…
Kids in the hallway smile more than they have in the past. Laughs are a little louder than they once were, teachers say. Student pride – and the…