Try searching the McDonald’s website for the restaurant closest to ZIP code 69152, and you’ll receive an apology: no restaurants in that area. Try the same search for a Walmart, and you’ll receive a similar message.
ZIP code 69152 belongs to Mullen, Nebraska, a village of roughly 465 residents tucked into Hooker County, population 698. Located in the western part of the state in the Nebraska Sandhills, the closest McDonald’s and Walmart are a three-hour roundtrip away.
And yet, Mullen is home to a miraculous feat in the world of local news: The Hooker County Tribune, the area’s only formal source of local news, has more subscribers than there are people who live in the county.
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