Paul Hammel

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LINCOLN — Mushroom picking season has begun, with morels now emerging in eastern Nebraska's river bottoms.

Passage of LB 1402 sets up likely legal challenge or a second referendum, or both, from state teachers union

Morel mushroom hunting has started with this hunter showing morels collected along the Missouri River. (Courtesy of Nebraskaland Magazine/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission)

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Mushroom picking season has begun, with morels now emerging in eastern Nebraska’s river bottoms.

We'll soon know whether documents have survived after being buried inside a concrete monument erected by poet/author John Neihardt 100 years ago.

Paul Hammel LINCOLN — We'll soon know whether some documents buried inside a concrete monument erected by poet/author John Neihardt 100

We’ll soon know whether some documents buried inside a concrete monument erected by poet/author John Neihardt 100 years ago survived three floods and decades of harsh winters on the plains of northwest South Dakota.

A “reveal” of what a Nebraska poet hid inside a lonely monument a century ago revealed more of what Mother Nature could wreck in 100 years.

WAYNE— A “reveal” of what a Nebraska poet hid inside a lonely monument a century ago revealed more of what Mother Nature could wreck over the span of 100 years.