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Olivia Wieseler
Apr 1, 20215 min read
USPS letter carrier retires after 36 years of service
Thirty-six years of running around town in all kinds of weather — sometimes driving, sometimes walking — finally comes to an end for...
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Olivia Wieseler
Mar 23, 20213 min read
Council votes against mayor’s city administrator appointment
The city of Kimball goes back to square one in their search for a permanent city administrator after Mayor Keith Prunty’s appointment was...
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Olivia Wieseler
Mar 18, 20213 min read
Teen librarian shares deployment experiences during pandemic
When First Lt. Mackenzie Watson arrived in Lincoln for only her second time on state active duty on May 15, little did she know she would...
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Olivia Wieseler
Mar 11, 20213 min read
Honey harvesting hobby grew into big business for E-Bee’s Ernest Griffiths
One day during the summer of 1971, Ernest Griffiths noticed a swarm of around 5 thousand to 10 thousand bees at the head of the combine...
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Olivia Wieseler
Mar 5, 20214 min read
Special education faces unique challenges amid a pandemic
Cody Wilson, a paraeducator at Scottsbluff High School, stood at the white board writing down differences between fact and opinion when...
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Olivia Wieseler
Feb 20, 20213 min read
Scottsbluff man worships 71 years with the same congregation
It’s not often that anyone can say he has attended the same church his entire life, let alone lived in the same house the whole time too....
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Olivia Wieseler
Feb 11, 20212 min read
Celebrating Oregon Trail Days without a parade
Oregon Trail Days may not have sported a parade this year due to directed health measures out of the Nebraska Governor’s office and the...
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Olivia Wieseler
Nov 27, 20203 min read
Local churches find hardship, silver lining in virtual worship
It has been a few weeks since many local places of worship could reopened under directed health measures. One local church has opted to...
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Olivia Wieseler
Nov 12, 20202 min read
Two Bit Ranch wins championship title in 37th annual Rubber Check Race
Hoots and hollers bellowed from the packed grandstand on the final night of the Scotts Bluff County Fair as record-holder Kyle Westover...
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Olivia Wieseler
Oct 31, 20202 min read
Kids called heroes after trying to put out fire that destroyed garage
Around 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, a fire roared in a homeowner’s garage at 190321 University Street. The garage belonged to Pearl and...
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Olivia Wieseler
Oct 19, 20203 min read
How To Stay Busy During COVID-19
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the world for nearly half the year now, and it doesn’t seem to be coming to a stop any time soon. With...
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Olivia Wieseler
Jun 10, 20204 min read
Reopening Restaurants: The Challenges They Face and How to Handle Them
With most of the country on the other side of the coronavirus peak, every state is in the process of reopening. However, there are...
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Olivia Wieseler
May 29, 20204 min read
COVID-19 and Relationships: For Better or Worse?
In mid-March, Stockton University junior Rachel Rowan moved in with Jordan Barrett, her boyfriend of then almost three months, when her...
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Olivia Wieseler
May 28, 20203 min read
What I Learned from Interning Remotely
It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has redesigned our work life over the past couple of months. I went from a 35-minute commute...
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Olivia Wieseler
May 19, 20204 min read
What Some Small Businesses Are Doing to Thrive in a Pandemic Economy
COVID-19 has upended the economy, and those hit particularly hard have been small businesses throughout the country. According to a May...
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Olivia Wieseler
Apr 14, 20202 min read
James Reston, Jr.: Capturing Tensions Around a Memorial to America’s Most Divisive War
Wilson Center Global Fellow James Reston, Jr. recently published a new edition of his book entitled A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and...
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Olivia Wieseler
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Former Fellow Jeffrey Stewart Wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize with Wilson Center Research
A 1992-93 Wilson Center alum, Dr. Jeffrey Stewart wins the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his latest book, "The New Negro: The Life...
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Olivia Wieseler
Mar 24, 20205 min read
COVID-19’s Effect on a D.C. Intern
Wednesday, Jan. 22: I boarded my 11 a.m. flight to Washington, D.C., with a one-way ticket from Omaha. I was nervous to head to the big...
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Olivia Wieseler
Mar 22, 20203 min read
What's an Informational Interview and How Do I Ace It?
Informational interviews are conversations with a professional to get more information about their career field. Use these tips...
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Olivia Wieseler
Mar 3, 20203 min read
Fields of Corn to Fields of History: What I Learned Moving from the Midwest to Washington, D.C.
As a Midwesterner, I was in for some culture shock moving to D.C. However, I quickly learned there is something for everyone in D.C.,...
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