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Over time, Lynn Lief found herself with less and less work to offer to teenagers. For more than 40 years, Lief and her family employed up to 500…
In mid-August, Rhonda Mueller welcomed her 26th class to Elliott Elementary School in central Lincoln. As her new crop of fifth graders filed into the room, she checked…
Bob Kerrey is worried about our schools. More specifically, the former Nebraska governor, U.S. senator and college president is worried we are risking what he thinks makes our…
Earlier this month, longtime TV and radio reporter and Flatwater Free Press correspondent Mike’l Severe sat down with Bob Kerrey for an in-depth interview. Among the topics of…
Longtime TV and radio reporter and Flatwater correspondent Mike’l Severe sat down with Bob Kerrey for an in-depth interview. Among the topics of conversation: The Jan. 6 insurrection,…
Kylie Adolf knows what it takes to run a successful second grade classroom. She needs jump ropes. Tissues. Colorful paper. Puzzles. A princess puzzle is always a good…
Hailey Christiansen believed in second chances. The 29-year-old raised two pitbulls, Comrad and Thor, gentle giants her young son Hazen rode like horses. She had once considered becoming…
Just after 6 p.m. on a balmy Saturday this March, Stephanie Nantkes parked her Suburban outside the Civic Center in downtown Seward, opened the heavy glass doors and…
What happened: A film that has been screened by Nebraska for Founders’ Values and the Protect Nebraska Children Coaltion roughly two dozen times across the state makes the…
Cindy Vanek was supposed to be recovering from COVID-19, but something was wrong. The Papillion office coordinator contracted the virus just before Halloween 2020, a case she describes…