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It’s time to normalize recreational face mask wearing
08/04/2022

It’s time to normalize recreational face mask wearing

It appears we are now out of the woods of wearing masks. The now two-year ordeal is starting to fade to endemic stage, and much like the number of cases, the number of masks is fading too. As we (I think this time) start to write the closing paragraph in human...

Ferguson smashes UNK's outdoor 800-meter run record Saturday in Kearney
07/04/2022

Ferguson smashes UNK's outdoor 800-meter run record Saturday in Kearney

KEARNEY — The University of Nebraska at Kearney track and field team had 12 top-three finishes Saturday at the Central Nebraska Challenge at Kearney High School. The nearly 12-hour meet, co-hosted with Hastings College, featured schools from around the area and was the first of three home meets fo...

Wildcats Boys And Girls Team With Title At Kenesaw
06/04/2022

Wildcats Boys And Girls Team With Title At Kenesaw

Top finishers and outstanding depth led both the Axtell girls and boys to team championships at the nine-team Kenesaw Invitational on March 29. The Lady Cats...

Chadron State meets challenge at central Nebraska meet
05/04/2022

Chadron State meets challenge at central Nebraska meet

KEARNEY, Neb. -- April 3, 2022 -- Chadron State College track and field athletes placed among the top three in their events a dozen times Saturday the Central Nebraska Challenge in Kearney. The competition was stiff with at least a dozen teams from four states entered. "It was really...

‘Suite Child Aqua’ part of overall makeover in downtown Kearney
04/04/2022

‘Suite Child Aqua’ part of overall makeover in downtown Kearney

KEARNEY — For nine years Suite Child has been a memorable part of shopping experiences in Downtown Kearney: The Bricks. Owner Jamie Frerichs said her store’s emphasis on customer service, the latest baby and toddler fashions, and helpful products for families welcoming home new ones is bringing ...

Seven automatic national marks turned in at Central Nebraska Challenge
03/04/2022

Seven automatic national marks turned in at Central Nebraska Challenge

KEARNEY, Neb. – In the first full-scale meet of the 2022 outdoor season, members of the Concordia University Track & Field team combined for seven automatic national qualifying marks. Those performances came at Saturday (April 2)’s Central Nebraska Challenge co-hosted by the University of Nebras...

Kearney Park and Recreation taking swimming, diving camp registrations
02/04/2022

Kearney Park and Recreation taking swimming, diving camp registrations

KEARNEY — The Kearney Park and Recreation Department now is taking registrations for the Loper Swimming and Diving Camp. The camp is led by the...

Sara Homan new director of advancement for the Kearney Catholic High School Foundation
01/04/2022

Sara Homan new director of advancement for the Kearney Catholic High School Foundation

KEARNEY — Kearney Catholic High School is a family tradition for Sara Homan. Her husband, Ben, and his four siblings are KCHS alumni. The couple’s oldest son, Ben, graduated from the school in 2020, and their three younger children currently attend KCHS. Sara has been heavily involved at Kearney...

Dawgs Open Track Season
31/03/2022

Dawgs Open Track Season

The Minden Whippets girls and boys track teams got their 2022 season underway under perfect conditions on March 24 hosting Kearney Catholic and Adams...

Kearney High School Green Team planting trees to offset paper usage
30/03/2022

Kearney High School Green Team planting trees to offset paper usage

KEARNEY — How many trees does Kearney High School use in terms of paper each year? The answer: 100. The KHS Green Team, in partnership with the nonprofit Tree-Plenish, will be planting 130-plus saplings in the yards of local residents in order to offset Kearney High School’s paper usage. The eve...

Jake Owen to perform at Pinewood Bowl
29/03/2022

Jake Owen to perform at Pinewood Bowl

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN)- Country star Jake Owen is heading...

University of Nebraska Press published author Suzanne Roberts' latest book "Animal Bodies"
28/03/2022

University of Nebraska Press published author Suzanne Roberts' latest book "Animal Bodies"

KEARNEY — Writer Didi Jackson, author of “Moon Jar,” described the work of Suzanne Roberts by saying, “The essays in ‘Animal Bodies’ unflinchingly, yet so importantly, meditate on loss and grief.” Roberts teaches in the MFA program at Sierra Nevada University and lives in South Lake Ta...

Younger athletes get chance to compete at Kearney High School Indoor Invitational
27/03/2022

Younger athletes get chance to compete at Kearney High School Indoor Invitational

KEARNEY — The Kearney High School Indoor Invitational Track and Field Meet was held at UNK on Friday with the Bearcats bringing more than 100 athletes to compete. For younger members of the team, this meet provided them the chance to get involved early in the season and gain confidence in...

United Way of the Kearney Area has annual meeting March 31
26/03/2022

United Way of the Kearney Area has annual meeting March 31

KEARNEY — United Way of the Kearney Area will hold its annual meeting and campaign celebration 4-6 p.m. March 31 at Cunningham’s Journal...

Kearney Public Schools Resource Officer Cody Weldon helping students learn guitar
25/03/2022

Kearney Public Schools Resource Officer Cody Weldon helping students learn guitar

KEARNEY — Kearney Public Schools Resource Officer Cody Weldon is always looking for ways to connect with students. One of his favorite ways to spend time with the kids is grabbing a football and playing catch before school in the gym or at recess. Students in Sunrise Middle School’s guitar class...

Project hopes to help endangered whooping cranes
24/03/2022

Project hopes to help endangered whooping cranes

KEARNEY, Neb. — A project 20 years in the making is hoping to help increase the whooping crane population. The long-legged migratory birds are endangered, so the International Crane Foundation is trying to re-establish their numbers by reintroducing birds to the wild. "Both sandhill cranes, which ...

Like the cranes, the volunteers are back to Rowe Sanctuary in Gibbon
23/03/2022

Like the cranes, the volunteers are back to Rowe Sanctuary in Gibbon

GIBBON — Just like the sandhill cranes, Nancy Schmidt couldn’t wait to return to Rowe Sanctuary this year. It took her 23 hours to get here from her home in Guelph, Ontario, including a detour around the truckers’ blockade on the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit. It...

Elimination of UNK philosophy major signifies broader trend
21/03/2022

Elimination of UNK philosophy major signifies broader trend

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents’ decision last month to eliminate the philosophy major at the University of Nebraska at Kearney falls in line with a trend that has been seen across the country. Steven Volk, the co-director of the Consortium on Teaching and Learning with Great...

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