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Missouri Shaping the Metro Extended Conversation

This is the extended conversation on how the Missouri River shaped the Omaha metro area including why Iowa's Carter Lake is in Nebraska and Nebraska's former Lake Manawa in Iowa.

Special thanks to local historian Troy Stolp for sharing this story.

David started in broadcasting at his hometown radio station in Holdrege, Nebraska while still in high school. He went on to earn journalism and law degrees from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and has worked for a number of radio and television stations around the United States. He is a big advocate for community media and loves being a part of the local fabric of NPR. He also has a cat.