During his update to the Cuming County Board of Supervisors last week, Cuming County Economic Development (CCED) Executive Director David Branch gave a wrap-up to the recent “Give, Get, Grow Cuming County” promotion.

West Point News was honored for general excellence and placed third overall in its division in this year’s Nebraska Better Newspaper Contest, results of which were released last Thursday.

A lifelong tie to agriculture was instrumental in Dirk and Jan Petersen’s decision to invest in the Nexus project at Northeast Community College.

Nebraska has provided updates on several new grant programs. Combined, the programs will award $387 million in grants, using federal coronavirus relief dollars, to help get the Nebraska economy growing in the coming weeks and months.

The Relay for Life of the Cuming County Area will no longer be held July 12. As of last week, the Relay was considering holding the event with the Cuming County Fair, but that decision hadn’t been finalized.

COVID-19 has changed life as we know it, and everyone has felt the affects of the virus. TeamMates Program Coordinator Addisen Johnson can attest to that.

It’s time to sign up for the 2020 John A. Stahl Library Summer Reading Program. This year will bring new changes to the traditional program of the past. This year participants can use an online program to sign up and keep track of their reading progress.

The next American Red Cross blood drive in West Point is scheduled for Monday, June 1 from noon to 6 p.m. at the Nielsen Community Center.

“2020... Focus on the Future” was the theme for the Cuming County 4-H Public Speaking and PSA contest.

Never would I have thought a pandemic would hit my senior year. It is not the end of the world, but it is a real disappointment to have it ripped from my grasp.

As our days in self-isolation progress, we are running out of things to do. I can’t hang out with my best friend, and I can’t go out to eat.

Protecting lungs from risks such as chemicals and dust is critical to keeping agricultural producers healthy. Despite current shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers and agricultural workers still need respiratory protection for many tasks in agriculture.

The doors at the John A. Stahl Library remain closed but people are still able to check out all library material.

At this hard time dealing with COVID-19, I have missed my friends and family, but to me, this is a great way to find other things to do with all the time I do have now.

At his daily coronavirus press briefing Tuesday, Governor Pete Ricketts thanked CHI Health for swiftly setting up a laboratory to help run coronavirus tests for Nebraskans.

After COVID-19 spread across the world and changed lives, it also changed how people go about their day.

During this time of global pandemic, keeping yourself busy everyday as a high school senior can be a great challenge. If the coronavirus hadn’t attacked our country two months ago, we would be living our normal lives and attending school.

I am a CNA employed at two different facilities, and I think that it is safe to say that COVID-19 has drastically affected my job.

Twenty-two West Point-Beemer H.S. students won medals in this year’s Nebraska School Activities Association’s State High School Journalism Contest, helping WP-B score 220 team points to finish 6th in Class B.

The Relay For Life of the Cuming County Area still plans to hold this year’s Relay on July 12, organizers said this week.

The drive-in church service that was to have been held Easter Sunday but postponed because of the weather will take place this Sunday, April 19. It begins at 10 a.m. at the Nielsen Community Center.

The national crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic is not just affecting physical health; it is also negatively impacting mental health, according to Pam List, APRN, psychiatric nurse practitioner with the Dinklage Medical Clinic in West Point.

The great-granddaughter of Karl Timmermann, Hero of the Rhine, graduated from basic military training on the 75th Anniversary of the capture of the Ludendorff bridge in Remagen, Germany, which Timmermann played a lead role in.

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) county offices are open in Nebraska by phone appointment only until further notice, and FSA staff are available to continue helping agricultural producers with program signups, loan servicing and other important actions.

With West Point’s annual Easter egg hunt not being held this spring, the community is hoping to provide an alternative way for kids to safely hunt for eggs.

Anna Wooldrik, a senior at Guardian Angels Central Catholic High School, has been named a National Merit Finalist. She learned of her status in February as one of 15,000 students be chosen.

The University of Nebraska Kappa Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR) celebrated its 103rd Pink Rose banquet. Chancellor Ronnie Green, keynote speaker, spoke on “What AGR Means to Me.” He challenged the current active members to live up to and beyond the rich history of the Kappa Chapter in the …

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Nebraska Extension is fully committed to the health and well-being of Nebraskans. In a disease situation like COVID-19, the principle of social distancing is one of the main methods that can be used to help reduce the spread of the disease.

There are people who have helped shape a community in a quiet, selfless way. Members of the West Point Chapter of P.E.O. recently put their memories of one of those special people together.

There are people who have helped shape a community in a quiet, selfless way. Members of the West Point Chapter of P.E.O. recently put their memories of one of those special people together.

Relay For Life of the Cuming County Area will hold a Team Captain & Committee meeting Monday, March 16, at 5:45 p.m. at the Pizza Ranch in West Point. This year’s theme is: “Through the Looking Glass - Very “Cure”ious.”

The West Point Food Pantry has had a strong few months, with support coming from many different corners of town. Michelle Gerths, who runs the food pantry as a volunteer with her mother and sister, took over the food pantry a year and a half ago and has continued to manage it since.

The Kornhusker Kids 4-H Club agronomy team placed first in the 8th annual Innovative Youth Corn Challenge.

People across Nebraska can fight back against cancer and share hope for those facing the disease by supporting the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days®.

The oldest piece of St. Paul Lutheran School’s layout remains in heavy use by students every single day. It’s the gym and locker room area.

West Point-Beemer Elementary School students are using a Super Bowl challenge to collect food. Students are tasked to make their Super Bowl picks by donating food to the box for the Kansas City Chiefs or the one labeled San Francisco 49’ers.

After 25 years of searching for her birth mother, it was a home DNA test kit that proved to be the turning point for Teena Andersen. Andersen’s search was met with obstacles on more than one occasion, but her persistence eventually led to a phone call that was met with apologies, enthusiasm,…

The Animal Manure Management team is busy preparing for the annual Land Application Training days that are scheduled across the state Jan. 27 through Feb. 7.

Health care as an issue landed with a thud in late December as members of Congress packed up and went home for the holidays. Two important pieces of legislation for patients didn’t make it to the finish line. Passage of either measure next year is a crapshoot since it’s an election year.