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The JumpStart Challenge returns to give everyday entrepreneurs the chance to connect, build and earn
The 2026 JumpStart Challenge is fast approaching with the official kickoff and virtual overview of the reverse pitch competition taking place at noon on Monday, Nov. 2. The event is open to the public and has founders and builders of all backgrounds and experience come together to develop solutions for real problems pitched by real corporate sponsors.
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Carpenter Celebrates 25 Years at Willet Construction
November marks the 25th anniversary of Jeremy Carpenter with Willet Construction (willetconstruction.com). Jeremy started in 2001 as a carpenter and has worked his way up through the company to his current position of Production Manager. His carpentry skills are top level, so it bothered some that he was taken out of the field. But this way he can better tutor those who are coming up in the ranks the proper way to do things, and make sure work passes inspection.
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Roca Berry Farm owner says this fall is its busiest yet
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Roca Berry Farm is still drawing crowds with a few days left in the fall season. Owner Jeff Schaefer said this has been the farm’s busiest fall ever, even after the farm lost some weekends to wet weather. He said October weather following September showers has brought in visitors from across the state and beyond. He said wait times have reached up to an hour, and customers are still coming.
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Kyle Yates is the Retirement Living Advisor at Legacy Retirement Communities.
For Kyle Yates, a college job serving meals became the beginning of a calling. Twenty years later, the relationships remain his favorite part of working at Legacy Retirement Communities (legacyretirement.com). Whether he is helping someone think through a move or spending time with his wife and three sons, Kyle keeps coming back to the same lesson: be present for the people in front of you.
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Doane welcomes new CAPE director
Last semester, the Campus Advocacy and Prevention Education (CAPE) project’s former director accepted a new job, which meant a job opening for this role. After searching over the summer and into the fall semester, they were able to hire a new CAPE director, this being Doane Alum Addison Rosno.
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Nicole Dempsey is the Executive Director of New View Training.
Tell us a little about your business. – New View Training (newviewtraining.com) provides CPR/AED, First Aid, BLS, ACLS, PALS and safety training throughout Nebraska. With locations in Omaha and Lincoln, we work with healthcare professionals, businesses, caregivers, schools and community members. Our goal is simple: we want people to leave training confident that they can help when it matters.
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Goodwill to Celebrate New Folkways Location and Leadership Transition
Goodwill Industries Serving Southeast Nebraska, Inc (lincolngoodwill.org) will celebrate a new chapter on Thursday, November 12, at “Good Folks, Good Futures,” an event honoring retiring CEO Joanne Pickrel and welcoming incoming President and CEO Rafael Meza Vidales. Lincoln Goodwill is also celebrating the grand opening of the new Folkways location at 2920 Folkways Blvd. in Lincoln.
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Spur Ventures strengthens Nebraska’s ag tech ecosystem
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska’s agricultural technology sector has strengths, but until recently it has lacked a key support: a connector institution that links producers with ag tech engineers, investors with tech innovators, and students with networking opportunities. It needs an institution, too, that educates students in ag tech entrepreneurship and validates the benefits from ag startups’ emerging technologies.
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Friend Development Group highlights new businesses, local revitalization
FRIEND, Neb. (KOLN) - Friend Development Group, Inc., is seeing new businesses and economic growth in Friend, and there are a number of shopping opportunities downtown. Eric Bresson, who is a board member with Friend Development Group, Inc., spoke with reporter Jon Vanderford about the group’s recent work in the community.
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Lincoln radio station ’104.1 The Blaze’ fires hosts amid corporate merger
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A couple of local radio personalities in Lincoln are speaking out after recently losing their jobs amid a company merger of their radio cluster. Jon ‘The Animal’ Terry and ‘Local Bandwidth’ host ‘Luna’ were both on the air at 104.1 The Blaze for decades. The alternative rock station is based in Lincoln and reached thousands of listeners in southeast Nebraska.
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This Nebraska Used Bookstore Fills An Old Downtown Building With Floor-To-Ceiling Shelves Of Secondhand Books
A pup named Rosie works the floor at one downtown Nebraska bookshop, and she may be the most popular employee there. Her coworkers handle the books. The shop itself is small, but it punches far above its square footage. New titles show up just about every day. Local authors get...