Taylor Street, south of Crete’s city reservoir, was approved to be vacated during the July 16 City Council meeting. The street is one block long and has a building and the city’s water …

Blue Valley VFW Auxiliary Post 4959 received awards at the Department of Nebraska convention in Kearney. Awards received were for Youth Activities in the Get Excited for the Red, White and Blue …

At its July 19 meeting, the Crete City Council: • approved the city’s share of financial support in the amount of $8,007 for Saline County Aging Services. Director of Saline County …

A Crete High alumnus and recent graduate of Buena Vista University in Iowa has created a documentary highlighting the sport of girls wrestling and the mindset its athletes have. Clayton Van Horn, …

The Crete Club, which was founded by Dutch Ator in 1952, got together for lunch at the library on July 22 to celebrate group member JoEllen Wright’s 93rd birthday. All the group members …

France Day 10 - July 23 Reims to Paris We left Luxembourg this morning and headed to Reims for two stops. One was a museum that houses the room where it happened, as Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote, …

France Day 9 - July 22 The 35th Infantry, Bastogne and Luxembourg American Cemetery We’ve been following the 134th Infantry 35th Infantry Division in its march across Europe. Today we …

France Day 8 - July 21 Lorraine to Sugar Loaf Hill Today didn’t have as much on the agenda. This morning started at the Lorraine American Cemetery. Among the graves we visited was that of …

France Day 7 - July 20 We started the day at Flavigny Bridge, a site where the Americans took the bridge and then were annihilated by the Germans. Two plaques adorn the bridge, one on each side. …

Day 6 - July 19 We spent most of today in the bus, traveling from Caen to Nancy (pronounced non-SEE as far as I can tell). We did make two amazing stops though. Our first was in Amiens, …