Confluence, the firm hired by Crete to complete a comprehensive plan for the city, met with city council and the planning commssion in a joint meeting on April 18. The meeting was not open to …
Crete Public Schools hired a new Chief Academic Officer who comes with a long history in the education field. Brittany Hajek of Crete, currently the director of curriculum at Norris Public …
Crete High School athletes have been handing out trading cards of themselves since the spring of 2022 for the purpose of bringing younger kids to sporting events and getting them interested in …
Staff at the Seward Newspaper Group earned 26 awards at the Nebraska Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. The group includes the Seward County Independent, Crete News, …
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a citizen on April 11 at 9:40 a.m. that there was a deceased human body in the ditch approximately one-half mile south of Highway 33 …
After missing the 2021-22 season due to injury, a Crete boys’ basketball player was able to get back into the sport and help the Cardinals make it to the state tournament. Junior Ben …
The Crete City Council approved a motion by Dan Papik to approve the application made by Blue River Arts Council’s (BRAC) LB840 municipal economic development application for economic …
With a theme like “All Together Now,” libraries have a lot of options for their 2023 summer reading programs. Maridza Vasquez, youth services librarian at Crete Public Library, …
Crete High School will add part of a new program starting in the fall of 2023 to help students be more prepared after graduation. Superintendent of Crete Public Schools Dr. Josh McDowell said …
The Crete City Council voted 4-0 on March 21 to approve on its third reading and enact ordinance 2164 to annex area #6 into the corporate limits of the city of Crete. This parcel is located east of …
One may be too focused on conquering the nine holes of rolling fairways and avoiding the picturesque trees to realize they are standing on a piece of Crete history at College Heights Country Club. …
Crete Public School’s practice field project is underway, located just north of the high school on Iris Street. “The practice fields accomplish two goals for us,” …
Crete High School student Glen Clouse earned certification from the Center for Energy Workforce Development by successfully completing the Energy Industry Fundamentals training, aligning to Tiers …
After receiving an email asking how to donate money to fund tickets for students to go to state basketball, a group of Crete basketball moms was able to raise enough money to buy over 450 tickets for …
The Crete City Council voted Feb. 21 to approve the amended Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Program for 2022, 2023 and 2024 and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement required by the Federal …
Diane (Gerdes) Hansmeyer has retired from the Crete Public Schools Foundation Board after joining in 1995, just three years after the board formed. Crete Public Schools Foundation is a …
Crete Reads is an annual, year long community event hosted by the Crete Public Library uniting the community by reading a single book over the course of the year. The two goals of the program are to …
Crete High School will be hosting its musical, “Beauty and the Beast,” on March 17, 18 and 19 for the public to come to see. The musical consists of students 9-12, one sixth grader …
A Concordia University, Nebraska, sophomore and Crete High School graduate has made nationals for indoor track and field twice in the high jump after hitting the “A” standard this year. …
