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Seward welcomes thousands for sprawling 4th of July celebration
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Every year, a Fourth of July celebration sweeps over the entire city of Seward, which is considered a national and even international destination during the holiday.
A whole year of planning goes into upholding old traditions and creating new ones.
“It takes a village to put on this celebration,” Clark Kolterman, the chair of the Seward 4th of July Celebration Committee, said.
The celebration is also a boon for Nebraska businesses.
“We just love the atmosphere here,” Linda Whited, a crafter from Omaha, said. “It’s really nice. And we do sell a lot of things.”
Around 200 vendors—peddling everything from clothes to crochet animals—lined the Seward County Courthouse lawn, which meant a lot of money changing hands.
“My husband and I are crafters; we run a business,” Culleen Bauer, who helps put on the craft show, said. “We depend on this show to bring this 100,000 people into town to keep our small business going.”
The day featured a host of events, including the time-honored apple pie eating contest and a massive parade.
Pie eating champion Brian Coffin, from Kansas, has made Seward his Independence Day destination for more than three decades now. People came from as far as South Korea and Australia, according to Kolterman, and he said he’s glad to see the festival grow into what it did.
“It’s our identity,” Kolterman said. “You know, Wilber is the Czech Capital. Ogallala is the Cowboy Capital. Lincoln is the Star City. Seward was looking for an identity.”
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Multiple agencies responded to a burning mobile home early Monday morning in central Nebraska.
The fire broke out about 5:40 a.m. south of St. Paul, according to the St. Paul Volunteer Fire Department. St. Paul is about 20 miles north of Grand Island.
The mobile home was abandoned, the fire department said, but the fire spread into the yard.
Dannebrog Fire & Rescue, Boelus Fire & Rescue, the Farwell Volunteer Fire Department, Elba Fire & Rescue and the St. Libory Volunteer Fire Department helped extinguish the blaze.
The Nebraska governor, Jim Pillen, was injured on Sunday after being bucked off a horse and is expected to be hospitalized for several days.
Pillen, a first-term Republican, was with his family when he was thrown off a new horse and injured, according to the governor’s office. He was taken to a hospital in Columbus, Nebraska, and then transported to the University of Nebraska medical center in Omaha.
The governor’s office said Pillen was conscious and alert and has been in touch with his staff. He is expected to remain at the Omaha hospital for several days.
Pillen, 68, was elected governor in 2022. Before becoming governor, he worked as a veterinarian and owned a livestock operation.
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