Award-Winning Service and Sanctuary: Mount Michael Senior Honored for Scatter Joy Acres Volunteerism

Jackson Heller, a senior at Mount Michael, was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Points of Light Award honoring individuals who have given more than 100 hours of service in May. Read More »

Women's Suffrage Empowered Voters, Defended Democracy: Out of Grandma’s League

The Omaha area had support for suffrage before Nebraska was a state. The National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association held conventions in Omaha in 1882. Read More »

Catering to Chaos: Scott Brown Tackles Trees, Iguanas, and More

Retired veteran Scott Brown was volunteering for the Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services Team when he met up with members of Team Rubicon. Now he works with them as a sawyer. Read More »

Back to School: Former Elementary Teacher Now Educates Other Seniors

Former teacher Dottie Deines is retired, but she stays busy with her volunteer work, including teaching English as a Second Language classes at the nonprofit Intercultural Senior Center. Read More »

Stepping Up: Omaha’s Nonprofit Sector Rises to the Occasion

As the COVID-19 crisis began to escalate, many Omaha area nonprofits had to pivot to adapt to the changes. Read More »

Screens, "Scenes," & Smart Speakers: The Yannones’ high-tech home in Sterling Ridge

Bryan and Jennifer Yannone moved into their latest home, with some of the latest smart home products, in the Sterling Ridge development near 130th and Pacific streets in May 2020. Read More »

Flights of Fancy: A Nostalgic Look at the Friendly Skies

Omaha Magazine writer James Vnuk imagines what it would have been like to travel by plane in the '50s and '60s. Read More »

Place Mats to Portfolios: The Teacher Who Never Stops Learning

Artist and educator Joe Pankowski has a master’s degree in fine arts, and now he teaches art at UNO, Metro, and Creighton University. He is also a mentor at Kent Bellows. Read More »

Obviously Omaha: An Animal Lover’s Guide to Nebraska’s Wild Side

Omaha Magazine' chose six local animal rescue and rehab organizations for readers to support for this round of Obviously Omaha. Read More »

Not Funny: Emotional Support

Regular Omaha Magazine columnist and favorite local radio host Otis Twelve reveals his emotional support "animal." Read More »

A Fashion-filled Weekend: Aug. 27, 2020 Newsletter

This weekly newsletter featuring events, news, and activities for the upcoming weekend. It gets sent out in an email blast every Thursday morning and posted online later that day. Read More »

Vetter Senior Living

Sponsored Content This is a sponsored content piece for Vetter Senior Living, an Omaha legacy company that has been in business for 30 years. Read More »