Sheryl Schmeckpeper

6 days ago | norfolkdailynews.com | Sheryl Schmeckpeper

PILGER — Patience and perseverance are attributes needed by people who like to uncover bits and pieces of the past by digging in the dirt. For the few days, a contingent of archaeologists and technicians with those attributes have been searching for clues to the past at a former homestead site just north of Pilger. The plot of land along Highway 275 was homesteaded in 1865 by Charles Sharp.

1 week ago | norfolkdailynews.com | Sheryl Schmeckpeper

For 25 years, the building with the blue roof has sheltered sculptures and paintings, hosted workshops and receptions and welcomed burgeoning and professional artists, musicians and craftsmen. But the Norfolk Arts Center — which showcases modern architecture with its atrium and galleries, in addition to classrooms and offices — is showing its age, and the community's help is being sought to help continue to provide opportunities and exposure to the arts.

1 week ago | norfolkdailynews.com | Sheryl Schmeckpeper

For almost 50 years, employees of the Northeast Nebraska Economic Development District (NENEDD) have been working to improve the lives of people in the state by providing a host of services. In 1965, Congress enacted the Public Works and Economic Development Act for the purpose of restoring the economic health of areas experiencing high unemployment and low family income. To do so meant improving living conditions by bringing business and industry to the area.

1 month ago | norfolkdailynews.com | Sheryl Schmeckpeper

PIERCE — Eating lunch — or supper — in a refurbished grain elevator may not be on everyone's list of things to do, but for people who want an unusual dining experience, it's worth a try. Northeast Nebraskans now don't have to drive far for such an experience.

1 month ago | norfolkdailynews.com | Sheryl Schmeckpeper

Creating an environment that attracts young people to not only visit, but also study, work and live in Norfolk is the goal of the Growing Together initiative. So far, the effort is working. Testament to that are the 75 students from Wayne State College who will move to Norfolk late this summer to finish their education while working for a variety of industries, businesses and organizations. They are part of the initiative’s co-op scholarship program, which is just one element of Growing Together.