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Lincoln Children’s Zoo recognizes National Zookeepers Week
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - National Zookeepers Week is recognized from July 21-27. Throughout the seven days, facilities around the country highlight and celebrate the around-the-clock labor of zookeepers. At Lincoln Children’s Zoo, leaders are highlighting workers like Jake Beiermann. Beiermann has been with the zoo for ten years. He says...
Wednesday Flakes Brings You A Giant Inflatable Duck
The rise of recruiting and development for Husker Football. Colorado's Week 2 game at Nebraska has been named one of the best early-season storylines in college football. She will spend nine months on probation and pay a $500 fine. Other News From The Sporting World. Can Georgia Tech pull off...
CRIME STOPPERS: Weekend Trespassing Cases Under Investigation
LINCOLN–(KFOR July 24)–Crime Stoppers from Lincoln Police focuses on a couple of trespassing reports from this past weekend. According to LPD forensics technician Becky Keller, the first case last Saturday happened in the area of 40th and Sumner, where neighbors having a garage sale saw some suspicious activity at a home across the street, where the people living there were out of town. A truck pulled up with black male and white male inside.
Nebraska football on a quest to finally meet the media's expectations
It's July, so that means Big Ten Media Days are underway. The annual Big Ten Media Preseason Poll was released to kick off the event, with Ohio State expected to be the conference’s best team while the Huskers come in at 8th. This aligns with my expectations for Nebraska football in 2024, but over the last decade, the media has been wrong about one team more than any other. As I’ve written, Nebraska football has been on a historic run of falling short of expectations.
"It's on!" Garden show competition rising
SYRACUSE – Competition at the Otoe County Fair’s open class crops and vegetables show is linking generations. Duane Hansen of Syracuse still reigns with the premiere gardener points after 26 entries this year and 13 first place ribbons. Hansen set a new standard last year with a four pound onion, but he wasn’t in the top three this year.
Junior Legion State: Central City Suffers First Loss
The Central City Juniors suffered their first loss of the season in the Class B State Tournament Tuesday night. Central City was edged by Mt. Michael Benedictine 4-3 at Valley. The loss made Central City 3-1 in the state tourney and 28-1 overall. However, Central City moves on to Wednesday’s...
NPS could spend $3.5 million on facilities' needs
Aging infrastructure has become a growing concern at many Norfolk Public Schools, potentially translating into more dollars needed for building renovations. According to Nejla Muminovic of the Norfolk Daily News, associate superintendent of business services Erik Wilson presented an update on facilities district wide, saying some building infrastructure, dehumidification systems and HVAC machines are in need of facelifts.
Otoe County Fair competitors check in entries
Otoe County Fair exhibitors were busy on Wednesday morning, July 24, on the fairgrounds in Syracuse as they checked in various entries for this year’s event. Among the throng of fair competitors was Duane Hansen, the man famous for growing a pumpkin big enough and tough enough to endure a 38-mile journey on the Missouri River back in 2022.
Heat and humidity here to stay for a while
The 90s are back and they are going to stick around through the end of the month. For Thursday, we’ll start the day in the mid 60s and top out in the middle 90s. Most of us will see a high between 90 and 95 on Thursday. That’s a few degrees above average.
Paris 2024: 14 current, former Nebraska athletes compete on world's largest stage
LINCOLN, Neb. — Over a dozen current and former Huskers are gearing up for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Related coverage in the video above: Keisei Tominaga makes Olympic team. With mega talent coming out of the state, it is no surprise Nebraska would be well represented on the world's largest stage.
UNMC College of Medicine ranked among top 15 institutions nationally
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Medicine was ranked as a Tier 1 institution for primary care training, according to a recent U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of medical schools. UNMC is one of 15 schools nationwide to earn the ranking. It was also named...
Milford’s uptown park being redone with new additions
The uptown basketball court is being redone and will have several new additions to accommodate citizens' requests, according to Gary TeSelle, Milford’s maintenance superintendent. TeSelle said the construction took place a week into July and that construction should be done sometime during the week of July 20. This court...
Nebraska football speaks on elevated expectations at Big Ten Football Media Days
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (KCAU) – The Nebraska Huskers enter year two of the Matt Rhule era with elevated expectations after a 5-7 season that ended with four consecutive losses, all by single digits. There’s plenty of buzz in Lincoln surrounding one of the top-rated transfers in quarterback Dylan Raiola, just one of many new pieces Nebraska […]
Matt Rhule Turning Heads With Comments About Five-Star Freshman QB Dylan Raiola
In what was arguably one of the biggest recruiting wins in all of college football during the 2024 cycle, the Nebraska Cornhuskers flipped five-star quarterback Dylan Raiola from Georgia. The No. 7 ranked recruit had a long lineage with Nebraska being that his dad played center and was named ...
Giltner girl crowned 2024 Miss Nebraska Junior Pre-Teen
Huhman preps for national pageant in Orlando this Nov. It was a moment young Makenna Huhman of Giltner will never forget. That moment was when the 9-year-old was announced the as the winner of the 2024 Miss Nebraska Junior Pre-Teen pageant earning her the right to compete with girls across the U.S. for the national crown. The Doniphan fourth grader has only been competing in the pageant for three years, but has been attending pageants since she…
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