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Every two seconds in our country, someone needs blood. Whether the cause of the need is a traumatic life event, accident, pregnancy, or other medical matter, LifeServe Blood Center in Sioux City helps to assist with those blood donation needs.  “LifeServe is one of our country’s 15 largest community blood centers. We are a non-profit […]

The passing of time can give a person perspective. When you drive the same way to work and have the basic responsibilities for 25 years at one place of employment you tend to get comfortable. As I write that, I fully understand that is both a good statement and a dangerous one. Every day at

Hello, my name is Elizabeth Alcala, Liz for short. I am a first-generation daughter of Mexican immigrants. I am the eldest of five children, so I was my parents’ first connection to the outside world. I started translating for them at the young age of seven, but I also had to find resources and ways

The mustard seed that initiated this organization was planted in Monique Scarlett’s heart after the world witnessed the slaying of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012. Monique sat at home, watching the news with the rest of the world, wondering how to keep this from happening in her community.  “I sat crying in my

The life of a law enforcement officer is one of service. It’s complicated, challenging, and even self-sacrificing. We will never fully understand what it would be like to stand in their shoes. Not even their spouses can fully comprehend their lived experiences and complex emotions. But in talking with Sandra Mueller and Jennifer Braunschweig, two

I am a sucker for motivational artwork. For more than a decade in my office at work, I had a silhouette of a Husker football player with the heading DETERMINATION. Below it read something like “Out-hustle others who don’t have your work ethic,” or perhaps it read, “We used to be really good for three