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Omaha World Herald Feature

  • May 7, 2018
  • 1 min read

Updated: Nov 12, 2018


2 Holt County friends craft copper mugs, sell them online, forging potential path for rural Nebraska.


They roll out of bed hours before dawn, bleary-eyed and grumpy, as Holt County farmers have since horses pulled plows and roosters doubled as alarm clocks.


Except Michael Stepp and Matt Dennis aren’t planting corn or feeding cattle. Instead, the friends drive their pickups to a shop on the outskirts of town to chase a different small-town dream, a uniquely 21st century dream — a dream that doubles as a potential path forward for small-town America.


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Electric Man
Jan 23

It makes me wonder, on my coffee break, about the daily energy management needed; it's almost as strategic as mastering timing in an electric man tournament to avoid getting overwhelmed, isn't it?

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Plants vs Brainrots
Jan 22

Those Holt County friends Michael Stepp and Matt Dennis, still getting up pre-dawn to craft copper mugs online, wow, I'm always so impressed by folks chasing a '21st century dream' in rural Nebraska, even if it's not a full-on plants vs brainrots scenario!

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Guest
Dec 11, 2025

They roll out of bed hours before dawn, bleary-eyed and Smash Karts 76, as Holt County farmers have since horses pulled plows and roosters doubled as alarm clocks.


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