Ben Lampman

Dear readers, While most Lincolnites know of the major tourist attractions in the city — and all of my friends know how to get to Hi-Way Diner — it seems like a shrinking proportion of Lincoln citizens and visitors are aware of the large and beautiful swaths of saline wetland nearby. In light of this, I would be remiss if I didn’t use my small platform to humbly request that you check them out this spring and summer — and hopefully after that.

Dear readers, Following the news this past week has been a little strange. The U.S. military downed three “unidentified flying objects” over the span of three days, following the downing of a Chinese surveillance balloon the week before. The White House has been sparse with details, though they have since denied an extraterrestrial connection. “Again, there is no indication of aliens or [extra]terrestrial activity with these recent takedowns.

Michael Kroger, an Omaha resident, is somewhat new to hosting traveling bicyclists. Being a traveling bicyclist himself, he joined a reciprocal hospitality app in 2019 that connects bicyclists with food, a place to sleep as well as other traveling necessities, with the bare minimum being a warm shower. He said in his time hosting in Omaha, there haven’t been many traveling bikers due partially to the pandemic and a lack of major bike routes going through the state.