Jan. 2, 1949 started out as a calm, almost autumn-like, morning. I was in Kindergarten at the time. The Nebraska Weather Service issued the following forecast: "Cloudy with light snow. Little change ...

Bill Dresler of Omaha clears a road across a small bridge. Pilot Joe M. Poland landed his plane on this hilltop to carry supplies to the stranded Harold Anderson family. Railroad cut near Gordon, ...

The first Dairy Queen opened in Illinois in 1940, but it wasn't until 1985 that the treat known as the Blizzard came onto the scene and changed fast food desserts forever. The name of the frozen treat ...