Body As a young reporter, I got the opportunity to cover, and learn a few things, from maybe the greatest state senator ever, Jerome Warner.

Body It’s hard to overstate the impact agriculture has on the State of Nebraska.

Body On Saturday morning, even though I was going to spend the day covering high school wrestling, before I headed out the door, I threw on some Husker gear.

Body Nebraska, I’ll bet, is the only state in the union where the retirement of the volleyball coach is frontpage news. And where the installation of a new coach is covered live on television with the governor in attendance.

Body If you are traveling around the upper Midwest, particularly at night, and are getting a bit homesick, there is always an easy respite. All you must do it turn your radio over to the AM dial, and find 880, KRVN.

Body The last two years have been a struggle for the Mark and Rachel Sazama family of St. Paul, but they have prevailed and their son, Elliot, is now a lively, healthy two-year-old.

Body I have no doubt that, for many of Nebraska’s young people, it is a tale as old as time. It was late, I was hungry, and I needed a place that was still open and serving something that didn’t come out of a tap.

Body I really enjoyed the film, “Groundhog Day.” It starred Bill Murray— who is generally hilarious—as a television weatherman covering Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, home of the famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil.

Body Since just about everybody and their dog is currently feeling under the weather, last week I decided that, even though I was feeling great, I should still schedule a routine check-up with my doctor.

Body George Norris must be rolling over in his grave. Norris, the father of the one-house Nebraska Unicameral Legislature and one of the greatest United States senators in history, sought a political body that would not be dominated by political parties.