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Wichita celebrates Christmas season with ‘Illuminations’ and a Victorian Christmas

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Wichita loves itself some Christmas spirit. “Humbug” doesn’t fly this time of the year. With a variety of tree lightings and decorated neighborhoods in abundance, Wichita is known for two […]

Season of giving lives in Grand Forks with holiday events

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The holiday season brings out the best in trees and decorations in the Grand Forks, ND, area. The best part is a couple of activities are fund raisers. The annual […]

Taking a stroll down memory lane at North Dakota missile site

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How often do we get to relive our youth? I had that opportunity during a recent trip to North Dakota. We took a drive to one of the missile security […]

‘A Christmas Story’ pursues Red Ryder BB gun through song at Omaha’s Rose Theater

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“You’ll shoot your eye out!” Who doesn’t know the movie this line is from? “A Christmas Story” has become a holiday staple since it premiered in 1983. Thirty years later, […]

Grand Forks’ Ralph Engelstad Arena offers hockey fans great facilities, play

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More than 11,000 fans decked out in green and cheering on their hockey team is an amazing sight to view. The University of North Dakota may have the best hockey […]

101 vases highlight visit to University of North Dakota art museum

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Art from the plains, New York and China highlight the University of North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks. The museum, housed in a former women’s gymnasium, was built […]

Reminiscing on hockey trip to Grand Forks, ND

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Who goes north for the holidays without relatives to visit? Um, us? Our family loves college hockey. We happen to be fans of both the University of Nebraska at Omaha […]

Verizon connects you to your life

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In recent years, our phones have grown to be more than just telephones.  They have become a way for us to connect throughout the rest of our lives.  We may […]

Burt County Museum allows look at Tekamah history

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Imagine pouring gasoline or kerosene into your iron and lighting it with a match. How about putting charcoal in an iron? Then, imagine actually using it to press clothes. These […]

Nell Hill’s celebrates Christmas in Atchison, Kansas

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I tried to fight the good fight. I was trying to hold off listening to any Christmas-related music until around Thanksgiving. I was willing to start the iPod playlist of […]

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