As Crete continues to add housing amid a shortage of available homes, several newly constructed properties are now on the market. Four new three-bedroom, two-bath townhomes on Jasmine Avenue in …
A year ago, Jerome Kalkwarf was mowing the lawn at his Crete home. On Sept. 11, 2025, shortly after waving to a neighbor and walking up his front steps, Kalkwarf collapsed. A neighbor found him …
A Mexican game that combines colorful cards, friendly competition and a little luck is coming to the Crete Public Library. The library will host an adult game night featuring lotería at 5:30 …
For Carlos and Yecenia Palacios, the choice that changed everything started as a joke. When the couple first started dating, Carlos would tease Yecenia about her old Windows phone. One day, he …
A home-based business may start with a passion, but growing it can require a different set of skills. The new Rural Nebraska Makers Series is here to help. The series, from Nebraska Extension …
Before Czech President Petr Pavel arrived in Wilber to see firsthand how generations of Czech Nebraskans have preserved their heritage, his day in Nebraska showcased relationships between the state …
The Friends of the Crete Public Library will host music bingo at the Crete Public Library on Friday, Oct. 23. The event will start at 5:30 p.m. with an open house of the library, and then …
First-time candidate Margo Masters says she is running for mayor of Crete to push for changes in infrastructure, transparency and community unity that she believes have been overlooked for years. …
Proteus wants to know what stands between Nebraska’s agriculture workers and the health care they need. The organization’s Nebraska Farm and Meat Processing Worker Health Survey is available …
For the second year in a row, Crete was selected to give a group of international visitors a firsthand look at how a Nebraska community operates. Four municipal leaders from Hungary toured Crete …
A decade of rising property tax collections in Jefferson County has become an issue in the race for Nebraska Legislative District 32, with candidates Shay Smith and Mark Schoenrock offering different …
The ramps filling the Crete High School gymnasium Monday morning were the first clue that this would not be a typical school assembly. Within minutes, professional BMX riders were flying through …
When Sue Placek got the call telling her she had been inducted into the Sokol Omaha Polka Hall of Fame, she thought the honor was meant for someone else — her dad. Placek had nominated her …
As part of Doane’s 2026 Homecoming festivities, four individuals with longstanding connections to the university and the Crete community will be recognized at Doane’s Alumni Awards Ceremony on …
Local FFA students showed off their livestock projects at the 2026 Nebraska State Fair from Aug. 28 to Sept. 7. Among those competing with Exeter-Milligan-Friend’s Future Farmers of America …
After a significant increase a year ago, Saline County commissioners approached this year’s budget with a different goal: Keep the county’s property tax levy from climbing again. The result …
Twenty-five years ago, Ed Fye sat in a cramped office at Doane University watching a tiny television as the world changed. Fye was an assistant track coach then, working out of what he remembers …
A colorful display at the Crete Public Library is bringing together art, creativity and community. The Blue River Arts Council, Crete Public Library and Apace worked together to create a diamond …
Keeping kids safe on the road starts before a car ever leaves the driveway. The Crete Police Department and Public Health Solutions’ Safe Kids Coalition will host their second annual free car …
For one day, 14th Street will become a gathering place for food, fellowship and a whole lot of flavor. Sacred Heart Catholic Church’s annual Food Festival will begin at 10 a.m., following the …
Downtown Crete will soon be filled with straw, pumpkins and plenty of creativity as the annual scarecrow competition returns to welcome the Crete Pumpkin Festival. The contest, which is free to …
Remembering Julie Geis means remembering much more than how she died. It means remembering who she was. Julie Geis was bright, determined and a hard worker. She was a small-town girl who went on …
The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, began as an ordinary Tuesday in the United States. There was a moment on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when Americans did not yet know their country was …
Amber Frew knows what it takes to grow a mum. It starts in June with a starter plant barely an inch tall. Frew plants each one in its final pot, sets it outside and spends the summer tending it …
Bobbie Irvin Jr. once told himself he couldn’t go back home. More than 40 years later, that decision has taken him from inner-city Kansas City to the Marine Corps, through a 26-year career as …