![Volunteers, races and onlookers continue to grow each year with the Dam Race’s popularity.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_2681ca63-6d87-4a37-879f-514aaf234f4e.png)
August 4, 2023
With times all under or around 1 hour, 30 minutes – the top three finishers in the individual category of Crofton’s Dam Race polished off the annual triathlon in good fashion last ...
![Crofton Seniors Fall In Nine-Inning Final Game](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_e82df13e-33a0-425f-b5c3-2a4aca264309.png)
August 2, 2023
The Crofton Senior Legion team made a strong run at the C-1 Seniors Area Tournament that ended for the local boys on July 24 with their second loss in the double-elimination tourna...
![Quiet Riot, Chris Cagle headliners at Fair](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_8c881fb9-311f-496c-b6d6-17ee04a883bb.jpeg)
July 31, 2023
The 2023 Knox County Fair is coming up, starting next Wednesday, August 9, at the fairgrounds near Bloomfield – with musical headliners Chris Cagle and Quiet Riot headed to the sta...
![Crofton Dam Race](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_c41099b8-4e48-45bc-9872-55a38b53deef.jpg)
July 28, 2023
Racers, runners, bikers and kayakers will arrive from "most" corners of the earth this weekend for the 2023 Dam Race in Crofton. As of Tuesday, July 25, with just three days left t...
![Dr. Brown joins Jessen's Family Dentistry](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_0ca6cf0c-669d-4a76-85bc-04bdd7e9c5b4.jpg)
July 26, 2023
Family Dentistry and Dental Hygiene of O’Neill and Spencer announces Dr. McKenzie Brown has joined Jessen’s Family Dentistry & Dental Hygiene effective July 10th, serving in both t...
![300 participate in 4-H Aerial Ag event](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_1db3767b-1970-4e24-9b12-2d0fc561d109.jpg)
July 24, 2023
Over 300 Knox County youth used their critical thinking skills to take part in solving a real-world agriculture challenge through the 2023 4-H Ag Innovators Experience (4-H AIE) Ae...
![Crofton Legion Juniors celebrate and hoist their Area tournament plaque after receiving the championship award from American Legion Post 128 commander, Shane Wieseler following a dramatic 8-7 victory over top seeded Hartington.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_8b2860c6-94be-47a2-bd67-099d34e73815.jpeg)
July 21, 2023
Lots of drama. There is something about the Crofton Legion teams. They seem to always hit their stride in dramatic fashion when it counts - Area tournament time. Last week, Croft...
![The 10/12-and-Under boys team, top row: Brayton Mueller, Blake Connot, Jake Johnson, Gavin DeShazer, Ben Arens, and Gavin Mueller; middle: William Babcock, Levi Kolterman, Seeley Thunker, Carter Morrison, Easton Foxhoven, Nash Drotzmann, Caden Luebbe; and bottom: Joe DeBlauw, Henry Bonertz, Rex Lancaster, Kyan Stender, Evan Connot, Tristin Leader, Bentley Eilers, and Carter Connot](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_4b22a6c9-13b2-4444-a572-7e539aadb527.jpg)
July 19, 2023
Crofton held local baseball and softball camps for area youth from late May through June. The camps were well attended on both the boys’ and girls’ sides and were a lot of fun. S...
![Crofton honors ‘82-’83 teammates](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_89765b95-e184-4539-ab78-c57d363e252a.jpg)
July 17, 2023
It was a night of celebration in Crofton. Many gathered to watch a 13-inning classic South Central League baseball contest between Crofton and Wynot before the lights went out and ...
![Child Center Moves Ahead With Name, Plans](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_e4d20396-a45e-4155-9c1d-6b070b15e26b.png)
July 12, 2023
The Crofton Community Childcare Center committee held a meeting last month and updated some of the group’s specifics, with plans to do a community survey, create a non-profit and t...
![Tyler Koch drives a pitch into right field for a hit in the second inning of Monday's 7-6, 13-inning win for the Jays.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_6e43ca45-7d1b-4f56-9be2-d92b2c04ce58.jpeg)
July 10, 2023
It was one for the books. Among the dramatic finishes experienced between the Bluejays (4-6) and Highway 12 South Central League rival, Wynot (4-6) in their annual Independence wee...
![Students measure the width and depth and location of where specimens were found at an archaeological site near Lynch. Center, Dr. Doug Bamforth. Photo shows three levels over a 100-year time span. People lived in the upper terraces, gardens were on the flood plain below.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_814f7901-413d-4f7d-a75d-3ba01381dde0.jpg)
July 6, 2023
A large crowd attended Dr. Doug Bamforth’s presentation at the Lynch Community Hall, June 18, during Lynch’s JuneFest weekend. Bamforth showed pictures of the archaeological diggin...
![ames Kaiser takes a big swat at a pitch in last Thursday's home game against Freeman.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_a44695ef-da4a-4bda-8f59-9699b8641ce3.jpeg)
July 5, 2023
Maybe it was the fact that they were on the road or maybe it is that the Crofton Bluejays (3-6) are starting to gel, but the past week was good for the Jays. After starting the se...
![12U wins league tourney](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_7f95f43b-54b5-4534-b5f7-e5ee93429990.jpg)
July 2, 2023
The Crofton Lady Warriors hosted the 12 and Under Softball League tournament on Saturday, June 24th at Crofton Volunteer Fields. The Lady Warriors competed in three games and even...
![CJ’s at the Lake donation](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_36c16729-00bc-4adb-9103-35df8f78ff9f.jpg)
June 30, 2023
Mayson Ostermeyer, former Crofton Track and Field standout (class of 2022) and current member of the Concordia University Track and Field team, raised $404 for the Crofton track pr...
![Brooklyn Guenther](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_68ba8aa7-08b3-468f-a468-6e349c6411c8.jpg)
June 28, 2023
On Thursday, June 15, at the 2023 National Contest awards ceremony, held in person for the first time in four years at the Xfinity Center at the University of Maryland, National Hi...
![Emma Morrison doing the coin flip as Ella Lacroix calls it in the air.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_c08a03b9-766e-4e31-b87d-121727c6c030.jpg)
June 26, 2023
The Crofton 12 and unders softball team earned their way to the Gold Division of Yankton Girls Softball Association’s 31st annual softball tournament on June 16-18 at Sertoma Park....
![Bob Hegge’s (at right), friends, family and co-workers rode this horse-drawn wagon around the community following his last shift at the Crofton Post Office.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_efb99eda-6301-4141-971e-7359be63ed71.jpg)
June 23, 2023
Long-time United States Postal worker, Bob Hegge of Crofton, “licked his last stamp” at the Crofton office, officially retiring after 32-plus years of service to the community and ...
![Main Street benefits main street, Crofton](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_273d03a4-89f2-43b4-9560-c3ce29d3572c.jpg)
June 21, 2023
Main Street Treasures exceeded the $200,000 giving amount at the end of 2022, and has already started 2023 with a number of large donations to the community, and work being around ...
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June 19, 2023
The City of Crofton, the Crofton Police Department, and the Mayor of Crofton were notified on June 9 by correspondence that the community had been awarded funding from the Crime Co...