The Good Life List: Nebraska Life is starting the new year with a new tradition. In our first issue of the year, we’ll highlight why we love Nebraska and think it’s a special place. From kolaches to cranes, dark skies to a “capitol” guy, we celebrate our state. Story by Megan Feeney / UFOs in Nebraska: Are we alone, or have extraterrestrials visited the Cornhusker State? In this reprint from our archives, updated with a new sidebar about drone sightings, Nebraskans claim to have witnessed some unexplainable phenomena in the skies above. Story by Alan J. Bartels and Lauryn Higgins, Illustrations by Anthony Kuhlmann / Rez Ball: In a Cinderella story, the underrated Winnebago girls basketball team went to the state tournament for the first time in three decades. Two seasons later, they’re still taking their shots. Story by Tim Trudell /Fort Robinson War Dogs: During World War II, Fort Robinson became the leading K-9 Corps dog training center in the U.S., training animals to attack enemies, alert troops to dange