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Fairfield, Iowa: Welcome to Transcendental Meditation Central

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You’ll find people in Fairfield, Iowa, taking a few minutes out of their day, sitting quietly, eyes closed and chanting a mantra. It’s part of their daily practice of transcendental […]

South-Central Kansas: Exploring nature and wildlife

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Note: Thanks to Kansas Tourism for organizing a media trip. All opinions and views are ours. Silhouetted against a back drop of Kansas’ rolling hills, a bison surveys the scenery […]

Prost! Nebraska City transforms into Munich for a night of Oktoberfest fun

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Prost! Nebraska City transformed into Bavaria as more than 100 people celebrated Oktoberfest Oct. 18 with a little bier, schnitzel and polka music. The annual event, hosted by the Arbor […]

New memorial in Papillion honors Nebraska’s Vietnam veterans

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Less than a month before rotating stateside, Army Sgt. John C. Gaeth died from injuries sustained when the vehicle in which he was riding overturned while on a supply run […]

Smash Park LaVista adds pickleball, more fun to Omaha Metro

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Omaha’s entertainment options are about to become a little pickled with the Monday (June 24) grand opening of Smash Park LaVista. With pickleball, duckpin bowling and axe throwing, as well […]

Nebraska memorials – Honoring the state’s fallen, veterans

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Forget the picnics. Forget the cookouts. Forget the three-day holiday weekend. Memorial Day is about remembering the women and men who have sacrificed their lives for their country, families and […]

Supernovas explode on to Omaha’s sports scene, capture league’s first championship

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Nebraskans love their volleyball, setting a world record for a women’s outdoor sport when more than 93,000 fans attended a match between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of […]

Omaha’s Nick’s Quorom Bar and Supper Club offers link to the ‘Good Ol’ Days’

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As a kid, I remember dressing up and heading to Phillippe’s Supper Club midway between Oakland and West Point in northeast Nebraska. We were celebrating my 12th birthday. My Grandpa […]

Omaha’s botanical gardens transforms into ‘Jurassic’ world

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Jurassic World has invaded Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha. Dinosaurs from a foot tall to a ferocious T.rex can be found at the botanical gardens. But, not to worry, these prehistoric […]

Planet Comicon Kansas City ’24 preview

Cosplayers as Lego Star Trek characters.

Fans of 1970s television, “Star Wars,” “Avengers” and the “Scream” franchise rejoice! Stars like Henry Winkler, Adrienne Barbeau, Ian McDiarmid – “Star Wars” Emperor- and Paul Bettany, Vision from “Avengers,” […]

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