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A Windmill Is The Latest Addition To The Museum
Pierce Utilities crane and bucket truck were used to move and place the windmill, located beside the rural school house on the Historical Society Museum grounds. City employees maneuver the windmill base, as it is still suspended in air by the crane, into position on a concrete pad.
norfolkneradio.com
Birthday event at Ashfall Fossil Beds set for Saturday
The Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park near Royal is celebrating their 35th anniversary this year. Ashfall Fossil Beds opened to the public for the first time in 1991, allowing people to watch paleontologists excavating Nebraska’s fossil resources one scrape of the knife at a time. Since then, tens...
thewayneherald.com
Some things old, some things new at 46th annual Chicken Show
With only a week to go before this year's event, organizers are sharing some 'egg' citing news about the 46th annual Wayne Chicken Show. This year's celebration will take place Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11. This year's theme is "United We Cluck" as a tribute to the nation's...
News Channel Nebraska
Thousands turn out for Norfolk's July 4 Odd Fellows Parade
NORFOLK, Neb. - Thousands of people surrounded the streets in downtown Norfolk for the annual Odd Fellows parade on July 4. News Channel Nebraska broadcast the parade live. Watch the full broadcast here. Watch the video above for some of the top moments from the Independence Day parade.
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Boomfest officials recommend bus transportation to, from Skyview Park
Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to visit Norfolk this weekend for the celebration of America’s 250th birthday. Food vendors, bounce houses and live entertainment are all part of Big, Bang, Boom’s Boomfest at Skyview Park. Big, Bang, Boom board member Troy Uhlier said you won’t be...
News Channel Nebraska
Student-led group brings nostalgia back to Columbus with Pawnee Park drive-In theater
COLUMBUS, Neb. — For decades, drive-in theaters have been a piece of Americana nostalgia that’s been mostly lost to time. But now, a student-led group in Columbus is turning that nostalgia into reality. At 10 a.m. Tuesday, dreams officially hit the dirt at Pawnee Park. The Legacy Youth...
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This Nebraska Riverfront Restaurant Turns Dinner Into A Missouri River Viewpoint
Dinner feels different when the river gets a seat at the table. The meal may start with the menu, but the view steals attention fast. A window, a sunset, and suddenly everyone is lingering a little longer than planned. That is the trick with a riverfront restaurant. It turns a...
norfolkneradio.com
Music in the Park, River Point Concert Series on tap for Thursday, Friday
Norfolk’s the place to be for live music Thursday and Friday night. On Thursday, it’s the Rotary Club’s Music in the Park featuring The Yachties. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and drinks to Skyview Park, including beer and wine. It’s free but the Rotarians will take free-will donations.
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Tyler Braden to headline entertainment at Big Clearwater Rodeo
Country music star Tyler Braden is set to headline the musical entertainment on Saturday at Clearwater’s Big Rodeo. Braden told My Country 106 Kix’s Henry Hagge that before his music career took off, he’d spent seven years as a firefighter. He said the two professions have more in common than you might think.
News Channel Nebraska
ArtWorks opens doors to northeast Nebraska creativity
NORFOLK, Neb. - Thanks to the efforts of Norfolk’s Riverpoint Creative district, local artists from across northeast Nebraska can display their creativity at ArtWorks. “I love the diversity of mediums and that these are your neighbors and your coworkers. These are folks who just live right here in Norfolk,” said Kara Weander-Gaster, manager of Artworks and Director of the Riverpoint Creative District.
waynedailynews.com
Updates Made Towards “Big Bang Boom” This Year
Norfolk, NE- Organizers of Norfolk’s annual Big Bang Boom celebration has announced several changes for this year’s event as it marks both the festival’s 50th anniversary and the nation’s 250th birthday. The celebration will return to a two-day format for Friday, July 3rd and Saturday, July...
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An Indigenous musician from a trailblazing family makes history for Winnebago Tribe — and she’s only 21
Sitting on a scorching sidewalk in downtown Winnebago, 7-year-old Tyler Free-LaMere’s little hands danced across the black-and-white keys of her miniature keyboard, bringing the symphonies in her head into the world for people shuffling by. Few on reservation at the time realized little Tyler was laying the foundation for...