By KIM SCHMIDT Hub Staff Writer KEARNEY — The Central Nebraska Veterans’ Home at Kearney already has its first two residents: a turtle and a bullfrog in the fishing pond. Although they’re both hibernating for the winter, Alex Willford, currently administrator of the Grand Island Veterans’ Home, said some veterans have already specified their preference […]
The annual “Give Where You Live’ event will be December 1, 2016. This year, the Nebraska Veterans First group hopes you can make a trip down to The American Legion to enjoy soup, conversation, and to offer your donation to support their cause. Your tax deductible donation will go to support the new Central Nebraska […]
KEARNEY — A charity golf tournament earlier this month raised more than $18,000 for the memorial at the Central Nebraska Veterans’ Home at Kearney. The 32-team, four-person scramble kicked off the fundraising campaign for the memorial, which will be at the entrance to the vets home. Bids still are being accepted to construct the project, […]
Service and sacrifice. This week, we honor our nation’s current and past members of the military during annual Veterans Day observances across Nebraska and the United States. In the past year, we’ve seen terrible acts of terrorism at home and abroad, and now more than ever we owe our Nebraska soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen and […]
By Steve Liewer / World-Herald staff writer An Omaha-based nonprofit is ready to fire up jets Red, White and Blue and send three more planeloads of Nebraska Vietnam veterans on a trip to Washington, D.C. next spring. Bill and Evonne Williams of Patriotic Productions have set May 1, 2017, as the date for the […]
It’s a new look for a veteran’s service organization in downtown Kearney. Sunday, officials from VFW Post 759 admired the new mural that was painted on last week by Derek Rusher. They said the upgrade has already helped recruit a new member, started conversations with others about the post and is a way to bring […]
By KIM SCHMIDT Hub Staff Writer KEARNEY — Ground has officially been broken in northeast Kearney for construction of the Central Nebraska Veterans’ Home. Hundreds turned out for the event under blue skies Wednesday morning near 56th Street and Airport Road. Gov. Pete Ricketts said veterans will be taken care of appropriately at the […]
Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 8:21 am | Updated: 3:11 pm, Tue Dec 1, 2015. By Martha Stoddard / World-Herald News Service LINCOLN — State officials took another step Monday toward starting construction of the new Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney. The Nebraska Department of Administrative Services Building Division has released information about the […]
Posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 11:09 am KEARNEY — Give Where You Live, the Kearney Area Community Foundation-sponsored giving day, will be Thursday. The communitywide event will benefit more than 145 charitable causes. Last year was the second year for the event, and it raised more than $420,625. Every donation made during Give Where You […]
Posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 11:32 am | Updated: 11:15 am, Tue Nov 17, 2015. By AMANDA BRANDT Hub Staff Writer KEARNEY — Complete plans for a youth softball and baseball complex were made public Tuesday night, just more than one year after Kearney voters OK’d a restaurant tax to fund the project. The plans […]
