It is one of just a handful of daily newspapers in the country owned and managed by an individual family.

[4][2] William Huse, who started the first newspaper in Northeast Nebraska at Ponca in 1871, purchased the Norfolk Daily News with his son, W.N.

After acting as editor of the paper Gene continued to found the radio station WJAG in Norfolk, which received its license in 1922.

[3] Jerry Huse, Gene's son, became publisher of the Daily News in 1956 and president in 1961.

The newspaper's city editor in 1922, Karl Stefan, anchored the station's first news report and served as chief announcer until his election to Congress in 1935.