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The Lincoln Ledger: April 25th, 2025

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The Lincoln Ledger
April 25, 2025

Happy Friday Ledgers,

Movies have a way of shaping what’s cool (ie. food, fashion, hobbies). ET made everyone crave Reese’s Pieces. Mean Girls brought mini-skirts and kitten heels back to school hallways. Twisters? It’s apparently ignited Lincoln’s passion for storm chasing.

New storm chasers will tell you it’s about a love of science. But we all know it’s really because of Glen Powell’s charisma. ("If you feel it, chase it!")

In this week’s issue:

  • What To Do: Husker Games, Zen Coffee, and Indie Bookstore Day

  • Sportz: And with the first pick of the 2025 NFL draft…"

  • Neighborhood Watch: Cabin in the woods plains

Don’t put away that cozy sweatshirt just yet, you’ll probably need it this weekend. And maybe an umbrella too.

- Landon

WHAT TO DO

Husker Games, Zen Coffee, and Independent Bookstore Day 📖

Inaugural Husker Games ⭐️
Tomorrow, you’ll head to the first-ever Husker Games. What used to be the Spring Game is now a full afternoon of Nebraska fandom → football, volleyball, and soccer all rolled into one (basically the Disney Channel Games, but for Husker Nation).

Gates open at 12:30 PM, with scrimmages, events, and even a wing-eating contest happening throughout the day.

TLDR: Big Red energy all day long (as in red hot dogs, red hot wings, and a red alert to all nearby public restrooms) 🚨

☕️ Zen Coffee
Weekend forecast: mildly dreary, highly caffeinated. You’ll try out Zen Coffee (not to be confused with Zyn + Coffee, the official sports drink of Gen Z) and have the Berry Blossom Cold Brew and a Toast Flight (because one toast is for quitters). Grab a monkey bread for the road, you’ll need it to fuel your weekend long rot session.

📚 Independent Bookstore Day
Independent Bookstore Day is here, and no, scrolling Amazon doesn’t count. You’ll swing by Francie & Finch, A Novel Idea, or Bluestem Books, where the real plan is to judge every book by its cover and maybe (finally) grab the novel you’ve been “meaning to read” since 2021.

Pro Tip (courtesy of my book-obsessed sister): Emily Henry’s new book just dropped. Apparently, it’s a very big deal if you’re even remotely romance-inclined.

SPORTZ

Sporting headlines from around the capital.

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

Cabin in the woods plains

Craving something off the grid, but still need a dishwasher and a strong Wi-Fi signal for your daily doom scroll?

Welcome to your 3,000+ sq. ft. log home fantasy, nestled on 10 private acres of rolling Nebraska landscape. Built in 2003 (a good year), this 3-bed, 3-bath log cabin comes with vaulted wood ceilings, a massive stone fireplace, and enough mounted antlers to qualify as a woodland summit. Think Yellowstone pilot episode, minus the family drama (unless you bring it with you).

And then come the plot twists:

  • A frisbee golf course: because you haven’t truly lived until you’ve aggressively tossed a disc through a pine grove

  • A pond: perfect for your pet’s modeling career, emotional resets, or just muttering “how did it come to this” into the wind

Privacy? Check. Space for a rustic-chic wedding venue with hay bales and whiskey cocktails? Absolutely. Looking for a daily chance to lean against a fence with a blade of grass between your teeth, staring into the distance like you’re carrying three lifetimes’ worth of secrets?.. This one’s calling your name.

The Details:

  • 3 beds, 3 baths

  • 3,296 sq/ft

  • 10.12 acres

  • Built in 1985

  • Pending Sale (but you never know…)

❤️ KEEP:
The pond, the two extra garages (because maintaining 10 acres takes gear), the vaulted ceilings, the outdoor seating area made for sunset beers, and the unapologetic commitment to log cabin energy.

🗑️ TOSS:
The floors, the kitchen countertops, the wall-to-wall carpet upstairs, and, if you’re not into having a small audience of ever-watching deer heads, maybe rethink the taxidermy situation.

CHECKLIST

An over-ambitious weekend to-do list.

  • Hose down your AC unit to give it a fighting chance at keeping you cool this summer

  • Empty all the crumbs out of your toaster

  • Delete apps on your devices that you never use. Don’t pay big tech for space

  • Swap your smoke detector batteries

  • Vacuum under that piece of furniture that hasn’t moved in two years

HEADLINES

More news from around the capital.

🐯 Weekly Wildcard:
One headline (or post) we never saw coming.

Cat Lady: An award-winning cheetah conservationist visited Lincoln

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