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Shock Yourself Thin

Dec 31, 2019 11:37AM ● By Tom McCauley

What’s rare is beautiful. Drop Chris Hemsworth back in Shakespeare’s day, and no matter the Australian hunk’s 21st-century attractiveness, 1...

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Offutt Air Force Base

Nov 04, 2019 05:00PM ● By Ryan Roenfeld

Offutt Air Force Base is populated by 8,207 military members, over 18,000 dependents, 2,100 DoD civilians, over 1,500 regular civilians, and...

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A Rich History is Leading to a Rich Future

Sep 26, 2019 02:53PM ● By James Vnuk

This year is the 50th anniversary of KIOS-FM, and development director Michael Lyon has a lot to be excited about. “It is a triumph in itsel...

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You'll Never Walk Alone

Aug 22, 2019 04:31PM ● By Jeff Lacey

The MDA Labor Day telethon, hosted by multi-talented Jerry Lewis, was a holiday staple of network TV for over 40  years.  The Lewis-headed t...

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The Farmers' Holiday Association

May 29, 2019 06:58PM ● By Ryan Roenfeld

The dirty '30s were not dubbed as such only because of the Dust Bowl. No, the 1930s was also a time when the economic upheavals of Hoovervil...

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A Transcontinental Journey Through Time on U.S. Route 6

Apr 19, 2019 12:08PM ● By Robert Fraass

Decades before the Interstate Highway System reshaped travel, commerce, and communities, the first intercontinental highway emerged in pre-W...

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Photos: Trans-Mississippi Expo of 1898

Apr 16, 2019 01:34PM ● By Doug Meigs

Examine photos of Omaha from the Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898, an important milestone for the history of tourism in Nebraska.Read ab...

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The Early Days of Nebraska Tourism

Apr 16, 2019 11:26AM ● By Anne Walsh

The moxie of Nebraska’s new tourism slogan—“Honestly, It’s Not For Everyone”—reverberated across national media in late 2018, as reporters a...

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The Phoenix-Like Resurrection of Turkeys in Nebraska

Feb 14, 2019 08:44AM ● By Jared Kennedy

If you’ve ever gone turkey hunting in Nebraska, or seen one out and about, you should know that every turkey you have encountered in Nebrask...

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Elmwood Park Paved for a Parking Lot

Feb 13, 2019 11:26AM ● By Ryan Roenfeld

Elmwood Park is an oasis of green in the heart of Omaha. It is a place for pick-up baseball and ultimate frisbee, picnics, barbecues, and 18...

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Preserving the Legacy of Dr. Susan La Flesche

Dec 27, 2018 01:47PM ● By Patrick Mainelli

As it was in the days of the unbound prairie, so it remains in the age of endless corn: the pleasures of place are given to those with a kee...

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Seeking Darkness in the Woods

Oct 31, 2018 11:41AM ● By Lisa Lukecart

Touring Hummel Park with Midwest Paranormal History Tours story by Lisa LukecartJamie Nestroyl walks up the short stone steps in the middle ...

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