Feb 18, 2019 02:55PM ● By Kara Schweiss
On weekdays, the stretch of Farnam between Saddle Creek Road and Happy Hollow Boulevard becomes a one-way street for two, two-hour periods: ...
Feb 14, 2019 08:44AM ● By Kara Schweiss
Native North Dakotan Shirley Ortman was 19 before she learned to swim. “I’m a pretty good swimmer, but I don’t enjoy it,” she says. “And I ...
Jan 23, 2019 03:50PM ● By Kara Schweiss
Late winter is a great time to look for a new employer, or employee. With “find a new job” ranking as a popular New Year’s Eve resolution, a...
Jan 23, 2019 03:49PM ● By Kara Schweiss
Event planning is one of the hottest career trends in the U.S. at this time. According to an April 2018 report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor S...
Jan 22, 2019 12:29PM ● By Kara Schweiss
When you can’t get exactly what you want, sometimes you have to create it yourself. For the team behind Omaha Fashion Week, the problem was ...
Jan 03, 2019 04:40PM ● By Kara Schweiss
Grief is incredibly complicated, says Gabriela Martinez. Expressions of grief vary widely depending on the individual, family, and cultural ...
Nov 21, 2018 02:42PM ● By Kara Schweiss
B.C. Clark officially retired from her successful information technology management career in 2005, but these days, she is actually busier t...
Oct 24, 2018 12:08PM ● By Kara Schweiss
After 19 years in the home where she and her husband raised three children, “It was time to do some updating,” Stacy Stenger says. The house...
Sep 16, 2018 12:41PM ● By Daisy Hutzell-Rodman
The origins of the first homecoming celebration are unclear. Baylor University, Southwestern University, the University of Illinois, and the...
Aug 22, 2018 02:07PM ● By Kara Schweiss
By the time foundations were laid for the first few houses at the Big Sandy Lake development in 2005, all 85 lakeside lots had been sold. De...
Aug 14, 2018 03:35PM ● By Kara Schweiss
The Woodmen name has graced a downtown Omaha skyscraper for nearly 50 years, but the organization behind it, WoodmenLife, also stands tall w...
Jul 30, 2018 10:57AM ● By Kara Schweiss
Even the Great Depression couldn’t keep some entrepreneurs down. Enduring companies and brands including Sony Music, Westin Hotels, Allstate...
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