By Julia Bertino
Mar 4, 2021
(Undated) One of the major ice jams on the Platte River has broken apart, but another one still remains. The ice jam near Schuyler, that shut down Highway 15 earlier this week, has broken up and is no longer a threat to that area. However, the National Weather Service still has flood warnings in place in south-central Dodge County and north-central Saunders County due to another ice jam. The flood warning for those areas is set to expire at noon Friday.
“Flooding has been ongoing in the area for weeks,” the NWS alert states. Thursday’s NWS alert listed specifically affected areas as State Lakes south of West Military Avenue, Lake Leba, Leisure Lake, Rainbow Lake, Lakeview Woods, Summer Haven Lake, Fremont Lake, and Cynthia Lake. The alert also noted that water remains over Big Island Road, and at the Intersection of South Ridge Road and Ridgeland Avenue.
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Dedicated in 1913, the Lincoln Highway officially U.S. Highway 30 connected the United States from New York to San Francisco as the nationâs first transcontinental highway. Crossing through 13 states and covering more than 3,300 miles, plenty of cities along the way sought to be included on the highway. In Nebraska, the Lincoln Highway traverses more than 450 miles from Blair to Kimball. While itâs undergone changes over the years originally including Omaha before being rerouted through Blair today, the Lincoln Highway is home to interesting and historical attractions and delicious restaurants.
Courtney Bierman reports on the 2021 sandhill crane tourism season and accompanying pandemic restrictions.
With spring approaching, the sandhill cranes are making their way to breeding grounds in Canada and Alaska. Six-hundred-thousand of them will make their famous pit stop in Nebraska along the Platte River. Their gathering is a sight to behold.
Dusty Barner owns outdoor adventure outfitter Dusty Trails in North Platte. He founded the business about 15 years ago to provide activities like horseback riding and river tubing.
“The nighttime, in the blind, it s almost a religious experience, Barner says. You re sitting in there, and it s dark, and it s quiet. And just the sound and the vast numbers. I mean, it just it feels like you are sitting in the hand of God right there.”