KEARNEY – Kearney High School won Class AA, the Sweepstakes Trophy and was named the top band overall at Saturday’s 2018 UNK Band Day Parade competition. The KHS Bearcat Band swept all top honors, as it also was recognized as the outstanding drum line and outstanding color guard winner. Eighteen Nebraska bands marched in the University of Nebraska at Kearney parade, which celebrated its 60th year. Grand Island Northwest won Class A. Other first-place honors went to Holdrege, Class B; … [Read more...]
UNK freshman from Germany Lena Janssen finds second home in Kearney
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Lena Janssen loved Kearney so much she couldn’t stay away. The city is a home away from home for the University of Nebraska at Kearney freshman who grew up in Papenburg, Germany, a similar-sized community located near the Netherlands. Her unique connection to Kearney was developed in high school, when she was an exchange student of sorts while spending a year with UNK economics lecturer Theresa Yaw and her husband Brent. The Yaws … [Read more...]
