February 28, 2021
The Crofton Girl Scouts will be selling seven varieties of cookies as their annual fundraiser through the month of March. The Crofton troop meets twice a month under the leadersh...
February 16, 2021
The Crofton Elementary students collected cans of food for the Yankton Contact Center on the week of January 25. The entire school collected 620 cans of food. Each class had a con...
February 9, 2021
Junior Crofton/Bloomfield wrestler, William Poppe, marked his 100th career wrestling win at the MidState Conference tournament last week in the 138 lb. weight class.
February 7, 2021
By: Quinn Schieffer, CCS Journalism Crofton High School Sophomore Madisen Petersen represented the Crofton-Bloomfield Wrestling Team at the NSWCA Girls State Wrestling Tournamen...
![Winter hits Crofton (again)...](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_e4b10756-634a-4b57-98fb-9d95a4f88f3f.jpeg)
February 2, 2021
Crofton, and much of Nebraska overall, saw snow on Monday, accumulating Monday afternoon and evening to around four to six inches across most of the area. Starting in again on Tue...
![West Hodson under new management](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_85e27664-50a3-45c5-a813-c476973087d0.jpg)
January 26, 2021
John Stanosheck of Osmond will be taking over as manager of West-Hodson Lumber and Concrete in Crofton as of Monday, January 18. Brett Schmidt (right) of Crofton, has managed the ...
January 25, 2021
Crofton Community School recently released their “Student of the Term” award notifications for the second term of the 2020-2021 school year.
“This program has been a great succ...
![Phillip Merchen served as a carbine expert with the 5th Armored Division in Central Europe during World War II, landing on Utah Beach six weeks after D-Day and driving across France, Belgium and Luxembourg. His Division was the first Allied force to enter Germany in the waning days of the war.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_f676c615-2686-45e6-a969-ab170bcadf87.jpg)
January 24, 2021
NOTE:
In our ongoing series called, “Veteran Stories,” this week we feature Phillip
W. Merchen, who served with the 5 th Armored “Victory” Division in
Central Europe during ...
![Nebraska and South Dakota collaborate for tourism](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_f1092a4b-033d-43d2-94b0-d1999d0426db.jpg)
January 19, 2021
Kasi Haberman of the Yankton Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) spearheaded a round table discussion on regional tourism at the Crofton Haymarket on Wednesday, December 16. Thi...
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...
![Father William Cappius served as a chaplain during World War l. He was pastor at St. Rose parish from 1932 until his death in 1945.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_f5213bc7-9f42-46a0-85cc-d455d43a95c5.jpg)
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...
![Norbert Guenther served in West Germany from 1954 until 1956 with the 34th Field Artillery Armored Battalion as a tank gunner.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_a56615e4-1386-4f2f-a393-571e1f70378e.jpeg)
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...
![Before being ordained as a Catholic priest in 1996, Father Mike Schmitz served at Offutt AFB, in Germany and Vietnam, as well as at Andrews AFB for Air Force One.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_cde19c19-9989-4091-8e75-456057333c53.jpg)
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 ...
![Veteran Stories: Serving with the Sandstorm Division](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_b17f7585-8af8-48c6-837b-b8245bc55e56.jpg)
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...
![R. E. Loyd West is known as the founder, with his wife Theo, of West-Hodson Lumber and Concrete Company. Before he owned and operated a lumber yard, West served with distinction as a telephone lineman with the Second Division in numerous battles in France in World War I. He earned the Silver Star and a citation from the people of France for his gallantry under fire.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_9566ab66-9612-410a-9d01-efbbc688609e.jpg)
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...