September 29, 1873 - In September 1873, the first of many Germans from Russia settled in Nebraska, starting in Sutton. The immigrants were descendants of Germans who were invited to Russia under the ...

LINCOLN — A pair of Germans forced to land their balloon in a Nebraska soybean field because of bad weather have learned why Nebraskans are considered nice. Heinz-Otto and Marion Lausch were one of ...

May 2, 1944 - German prisoners of war were sent from Camp Atlanta to help farmers finish the previous year’s corn harvest in May, 1944. In O’Neill, the snow storm led some of the farmers in the area ...