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.

In hopes of attracting more students to apply for the Lois Wegner Memorial Scholarship, the Cuming County Board of Supervisors’ committee overseeing the funds has made a change in who can apply.

West Point’s John A. Stahl Library is planning another Polar Express story hour to be held Monday, Dec. 16, beginning at 7 p.m.

A new resource has made its debut in Cuming County to give residents a simple and anonymous way to report a tip to local law enforcement agencies.

Sunday brings with it the first day of December, meaning the month for holiday programs will have arrived. Here is a rundown of the local schools’ Christmas events.

A few years ago, 2008, West Point Community Theatre members were meeting in the party room at Pizza Ranch. They had a problem. They needed one more actor to fill the cast for the West Point melodrama. Just one more actor.

The annual Veterans Day program in West Point will take place Monday, Nov. 11, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at West Point-Beemer H.S. This year’s guest speaker will be Master Sergeant Anthony J. Modlin of Omaha.

The Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity was founded November 9, 1869, in Manitowoc, Wis.

The annual St. Mary’s Catholic Church Family Fun Day will be held Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Guardian Angels Activity Center.

Entrepreneurs and business owners in the West Point area are invited to a series of workshops focused on small business training.

Witches’ brew is in the cauldron, and the Hide-away Grill in West Point will be serving it Monday, Oct. 21, for the “Witches’ Night Out,” a fundraiser for Relay For Life of the Cuming County Area. The fun begins at 6 p.m.

For West Point residents looking for a touch of rustic charm, Shelley Westerman’s new Craft Nook may be able to provide, but only for a few months.

The Cuming County Public Power District Operation Round Up® board met recently and awarded $5,385 in grants.

Donna Meyer, an event planner with Faith Ambassadors Lutheran Parish (a five-site parish that shares clergy), wanted to host a fun and informative evening focused on cancer awareness.

It’s a late summer evening with a chilling breeze, the full moon peeks past the distant trees as the sun starts to set and for the first time at St. Michael’s Cemetery, five spirits have risen from their graves.

Eagle Distributing has donated several pallets of water that were available to West Point residents. There have also been calls from other businesses, individuals, and organizations who would like to donate water to West Point for its residents.

Cuming County 4-H members had another very successful year at the 150th annual Nebraska State Fair.

West Point Public Schools band director Cindy Sellhorst was awarded the Helen Pouch Memorial Classroom Fund Grant for $500.

The Cuming County Extension staff took time during this year’s Cuming County Fair to publicly present Ina Glaubius with the Nebraska 4-H Lifetime Volunteer of the Year Award she received in May.

West Point-Beemer High School athletes were put through a more intense workout than they expected last week when they showed up for pre-season conditioning.

Everyone is invited to attend the tenth anniversary celebration of Rev. Judith Johnson’s ordination to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and the 13th anniversary of her ministry partnership with Elim and St. Paul’s Lutheran Churches, bot…

Robert D. (Dick) Moodie, was honored by Olive Branch Masonic Lodge No. 274 on being presented with the Bronze Jordan Medal.

Mitchell Lierman of West Point capped off a successful high school journalism career with a third place finish in journalism at the National Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Conference held recently in San Antonio.

Approaching 273,000 total miles travelled on bikes, German Rev. Hans Myors came through West Point Tuesday during his most recent mission trip.

The next West Point American Red Cross Blood Drive will take place Monday, Aug. 5, from noon to 6 p.m. at the Nielsen Community Center.

The Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA) held their 52nd Annual Awards Banquet in Lincoln on Sunday, July 21.

The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity are celebrating the 150th Anniversary of their founding this year.

Cuming County 4-H members had another successful year exhibiting their livestock at the 89th annual Fremont 4-H Expo held July 11-13 at Christensen Field in Fremont, according to Extension Assistant Melissa Nordboe and Extension Educator Larry Howard.

A group of young people from all over the country came to West Point last week to help with two projects lined up through the office Rebuilding Together Platte Valley East.

Bill Stokely spends a lot of his free time on his patio or porch in the family’s West Point backyard, and never thought that would be something that may make him sick.

Wilma French hasn’t kept track of how many wedding receptions she has catered, but she knows how many more she will be in charge of.

A local high school graduate and current college student, Leigh Jahnke, will be competing on NBC’s hit show, “American Ninja Warrior.” Jahnke was recently taped at the Oklahoma City location and the episode she is on will air Monday, June 17, at 7 p.m.

A local high school graduate and current college student, Leigh Jahnke, will be competing on NBC’s hit show, “American Ninja Warrior.” Jahnke was recently taped at the Oklahoma City location and the episode she is on will air Wednesday, June 12.

For parents looking to bolster their children’s reading habits while school is out, John A. Stahl Library in West Point is again offering a free summer reading program.

The Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze at Camp Fontanelle has set the theme for the 2019 corn maze design. It is #Nebraska-Strong– a salute to first-responders.