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  • 1 week ago | 3newsnow.com | Mary Nelson

    LA VISTA, Neb. (KMTV) — "Amazing." "Strong." "An inspiration."These are the words Shirley Nickel's students use to describe her. She's years beyond the average age of retirement. At almost 69 years old, Nickel teaches three regular Jazzercise classes each week and often substitutes. Nickel recalls how it began, saying, "My first class as a student, I came out nearly in tears.

  • 2 weeks ago | 3newsnow.com | Mary Nelson

    OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Luxury candles poured by hand in Omaha can also teach us about the global supply chain. Nic Bianchi started Bianchi Candle Brands more than a decade ago - when he was just 12 years old. Today, he employs 147 people. The estimated 53 million candles Bianchi will manufacture this year are a mix of his own brands, as well as private labels for major retailers.

  • 2 weeks ago | ktvz.com | Mary Nelson

    By Mary NelsonClick here for updates on this story    OMAHA, Nebraska (KMTV) — Wild ducks will make their way to Lake Cunningham, near Highway 36 and 96th Street in Omaha, but domestic ducks sometimes show up there, too. Unable to fend for themselves completely, that’s where our neighbors come in. A woman named Maureen told us about Scott Hunter. She described him as the Duck Whisperer at Cunningham Lake. What 3 News Now discovered? “Duckos! Duckos!,” Hunter shouted. He doesn’t whisper so much.

  • 2 weeks ago | 3newsnow.com | Mary Nelson

    OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Wild ducks will make their way to Lake Cunningham, near Highway 36 and 96th Street in Omaha, but domestic ducks sometimes show up there, too. Unable to fend for themselves completely, that's where our neighbors come in. Scott Hunter is known as the lake's Duck Whisperer. He and his wife, Eileen, are among the crew who feed the ducks specialty chow several times a week.

  • 2 weeks ago | 3newsnow.com | Mary Nelson

    OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Just as Nebraskans and Iowans are working to understand how tariffs or other economic pressures might influence the decisions they make, at 3 News Now, we're doing the same - as we think through stories from our neighborhoods. Mary Nelson talked to Sol's Jewelry & Loan General Manager John Dineen, who started with the company 32 years ago, about what he's seeing in real time - serving business owners and shoppers alike.

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