By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Music and drinking go hand in hand, right? Dave Lerbakken thinks so, and the judges at Wednesday night’s Big Idea Kearney event agreed with him. The local musician claimed the top prize in the community division of the “Shark Tank”-style competition with a business model that combines suds and songs. Guitar in a Bar is his way of making it a lot more fun and far less stressful to learn an instrument. “This was … [Read more...] about Bar soap and bar music take top prizes during UNK’s Big Idea competition
Lance Blythe
20 years ago, UNK senior Lance Blythe left college to serve his country
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Lance Blythe was a 19-year-old college freshman on Sept. 11, 2001. The Overton native was sleeping in that morning, instead of attending class at Central Community College in Hastings, when his alarm clock radio delivered the horrific news. America was under attack. Blythe raced to campus, where he watched the tragedy unfold on a TV in the student union. Four commercial airplanes were hijacked by terrorists. Two … [Read more...] about 20 years ago, UNK senior Lance Blythe left college to serve his country
