January 19, 2021
The City of Crofton was recently notified of the award of a grant to the City from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality for the local recycling efforts and expenses. T...
January 18, 2021
From the NCDHD:
By the end of the week, North Central District Health Department (NCDHD) will move to COVID-19 Vaccination Phase1B in Antelope, Brown, Boyd, Cherry, Holt, Key...
January 17, 2021
From Senator Tom Briese’s Office
Nebraska District 41
One of the most popular legislative bills in recent memory is coming back for 2021: Ending the twice-yearly chan...

January 17, 2021
NOTE:
In our ongoing series called, “Veteran Stories,” this week we feature Father
William Cappius, who was born in Westphalia, Germany, and emigrated to the U.S.
He was orda...

January 12, 2021
NOTE:
In our ongoing series called, “Veteran Stories,” this week we feature Norbert
Francis Guenther, who served in West Germany from 1954 to 1956 with the 34 th
Field Artil...
January 11, 2021
From the Nebraska School Activities Association
Circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic are constantly changing and vary from community to community. Difficult decisio...

January 5, 2021
NOTE:
In our ongoing series called, “Veteran Stories,” this week we feature Michael
D. Schmitz, or “Father Mike,” as he is known to most Crofton area residents.
Before his or...
January 3, 2021
Governor Pete Ricketts announced late last week that the State is moving from the “yellow” to “blue” phase of its coronavirus pandemic response plan.
As a result, the State of ...

December 30, 2020
NOTE: In our ongoing series called, “Veteran Stories,” this week we feature Harry T. Smith, who served with the 34 th Infantry, known as the Sandstorm Division, in World War I,...
December 29, 2020
From the DHHS
As of this morning, 8,985 Nebraskans have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine since the first shipments began arriving in the state a week ago, accord...

December 22, 2020
NOTE: In our ongoing series called, “Veteran Stories,” this week we feature Richard Edward Loyd West, who served with distinction in World War I, and went on to found West Lumbe...
December 20, 2020
From the DHHS
The first doses of the much anticipated COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Nebraska today. The State is expected to receive 4,875 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end...

December 16, 2020
NOTE:
In our ongoing series called, “Veteran Stories,” this week we feature Francis
Mueller, Sergeant First Class in the trenches along the DMZ on the front lines
in Korea fr...

December 9, 2020
NOTE:
In our ongoing series called, “Veteran Stories,” this week we feature James
P. Kohles, Airman First Class involved in electronic countermeasures during the
early days o...
November 24, 2020
By Pam Bergstrom
Forester
Nebraska Forest Service
"Oh Christmas Tree! Oh Christmas Tree! Where Did You Come From?” So, when the Christmas Trees start to go up, or ge...

November 21, 2020
NOTE:
In our ongoing series called, “Veteran Stories,” this week we honor LeRoy
Lockman, who served with Company B, 116 th Infantry during the D-Day
invasion of France.
...

November 17, 2020
Submitted Article
Over the past year, since Veterans Day 2019, the Journal has run a feature called, “Veteran Stories,” each week in these pages.
Mostly, these features...

November 16, 2020
NOTE: In our ongoing series called, “Veteran Stories,” this week we honor Gerard “Jake” Van Heek, who served with the 160 th Infantry, 40 th Division in the Korean War from 19...
November 11, 2020
By: Jackie Steffen, Nebraska Extension Educator
Classes all across northeast Nebraska participated in Jumpstart’s Read for the Record program presented by Nebraska Extension Le...
November 8, 2020
The Crofton Senior center, normally the center of activity for many residents, has been closed to in-house meals and social activities since mid-October. Since manager Mary Sawat...