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UNK Dining Services provides relief, 1,400 hot meals for flood victims

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By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The UNK Dining Services staff arrived at work that morning expecting to serve about 175 youths participating in volleyball and band camps on campus. Then the phone rang. Michael Christen, director of business services at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, had an unexpected request. The July 9 flooding that inundated much of south Kearney had forced a number of local residents out of their homes and led to the … [Read more...] about UNK Dining Services provides relief, 1,400 hot meals for flood victims

Kearney couple celebrates emotional wedding day with help from UNK

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“It makes me tear up. Kearney is just an amazing community. I’m overwhelmed by the generosity.” - Megan Woeste By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Megan Woeste couldn’t hold back the tears as she walked into the Ponderosa Room inside the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Nebraskan Student Union. They were tears of relief. “It’s emotional,” Woeste said Friday afternoon after getting her first look at the beautifully decorated space that would host her … [Read more...] about Kearney couple celebrates emotional wedding day with help from UNK

Flood victims transitioning from UNK residence halls on Monday

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By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is transitioning flood victims out of its residence halls into other housing in the community, while continuing its work with travelers and hotel guests who were evacuated and are now returning home. UNK will close Centennial Towers West to guests at 11 a.m. Monday (July 15). The university also is reducing its cafeteria hours over the weekend and will offer only brunch and dinner to … [Read more...] about Flood victims transitioning from UNK residence halls on Monday

‘That’s how Kearney people are’: Evacuees staying at UNK grateful for local response

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By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Bob Sulser didn’t plan on spending part of his summer vacation on a university campus, but he was making the most of the experience. “This is my first chance to stay in a college dorm, so it’s kind of neat,” Sulser said as he and his wife Jan shared a laugh. The Madison, Wisconsin, couple were exceptionally upbeat considering just 24 hours earlier they were forced from their Kearney hotel by rising floodwater from the … [Read more...] about ‘That’s how Kearney people are’: Evacuees staying at UNK grateful for local response