KEARNEY, Neb., Oct. 12 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney issued the following news release:
By TYLER ELLYSON
UNK Communications
On the west edge of Central City, the landscape surrounding Merrick Medical Center leaves little doubt about the kind of community it serves.
Cornfields stretch across three sides of the modern medical facility, with a farm equipment dealership neighboring to the east. During fall harvest, freight trains rumble along the nearby Union Pacific Railroad tracks while semitrucks travel U.S. Highway 30 through the heart of ag country.
It's a familiar setting for Brianna Wood.
She grew up about 10 miles away in Hordville, a Hamilton County village with roughly 130 residents. Her father operates an 80-head dairy ...