When Aaron Sterup was offered his first teaching job at North Bend Central, there was one catch.

Taylor Butterfield, a Norfolk High senior who will graduate Sunday, has learned how to overcome some challenges that not every high schooler is forced to deal with.

When Norfolk High wrestler Conner Cowling steps onto the wrestling mat, the first thing he does is position himself at the edge “to say a little prayer, and then point

Jerry Cover, a longtime educator and coach at Norfolk Public Schools, was recently inducted into the Nebraska High School Hall of Fame.

Hard work on and off the field has put the Northeast Community College baseball team in position to compete for a national championship.

In November, Oakland-Craig football coach Joe Anderson completed a rare feat after guiding the Knights to a Class C2 state football championship. You see, 24 years ago in 1995 —

Flying while pregnant is no joke, but for these dogs, it’s a matter of life or death.

National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) announced its 2020 winners of the state, section and national high school boys coach of the year awards.

NIOBRARA — In true form, Bill Mimick kept coaching.

A traffic accident Sunday evening necessitated both drivers being transported — including one by medical helicopter.

OMAHA — Jordan Metzler found herself comfortably uncomfortable competing in the 800-meter run at Saturday’s Class C girls state track and field championships.

LINCOLN — It was a busy weekend here for Tom Olson and his family.

LINCOLN — The Norfolk Catholic Knights ended their season on a high note on Thursday morning, beating the Amherst Broncos 57-39 at Lincoln High School to claim third place in

WAYNE — During the recent NCAA Division II Central Region volleyball tournament, Wayne State sports information director Mike Grosz was honored with the Golden Buddha award as the Northern Sun

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Norfolk native Luke Kluver won three state titles and helped lead the Norfolk Panthers golf team to the 2018 state championship during his high school career.

Jami Jo Thompson’s life became a whirlwind when the pandemic hit in March, and the work hasn’t stopped.

The reward factor keeps Tim Kassmeier coaching track and field at Norfolk Catholic after more than three decades.

LINCOLN — The record may be broken, but it sounds just as sweet every time for Norfolk Catholic.

WAYNE — The Wayne State College volleyball team and 19-year coach Scott Kneifl have put together a record year.

A Norfolk Catholic student was honored on Friday afternoon during the homecoming prep rally.

WAYNE — Wayne State College might look a little different these days. The campus is buzzing with more students, events and programs, as well as new buildings and renovations.

The first two American Volleyball Coaches Association first-team All-Americans for Wayne State both played on last year’s 30-3 team.

David Stoddard couldn’t pass up the opportunity.

Last season, Avery Yosten served many roles for the Norfolk Catholic girls basketball team.

“Can we hurry this along?”

LINCOLN — In his 39 seasons as a head football coach, Jeff Bellar has experienced a lot.

BRUNSWICK — A family-owned agribusiness in Brunswick is achieving a rare feat: Celebrating 100 years in business.

Next year, the Norfolk Catholic cross country team will be in an unfamiliar position after the retirement of longtime coach Doug Zoucha.

Dawson Raabe didn’t have a storybook ending to his high school athletic career.

The Big Ten Conference — known historically for having physical teams that run the ball over and over — doesn’t usually see many freshmen starting all over the field, especially

Battle Creek Superintendent Jay Bellar has been named Superintendent of the Year by the Nebraska Rural Community Schools Association.

A familiar name will be the next girls basketball coach at Norfolk High School.

It’s been a great four years for BRLD’s Lucas Vogt.

OMAHA — A season of steady improvement paid off for Norfolk Catholic’s 4x100 relay team.

BATTLE CREEK — The Battle Creek boys and Columbus Scotus girls earned championship trophies at the Battle Creek B-Club Invitational on a mild Thursday at Bob Schnitzler Field.

Nebraska Republican state Sen. Mike Flood of Norfolk will officially join the U.S. House on Tuesday when he's sworn in to fill the seat of disgraced former U.S. Rep. Jeff

OMAHA — When Norfolk Catholic's boys 4x100 relay team showed up at Burke Stadium, it did so in matching shirts that came from a Walmart. The shirts showed a pair

LINCOLN — The Nebraska wrestling team — which entered the season as the fifth-ranked team in the country — has high expectations for the season, with a former Norfolk High

PIERCE — Defending Class D state champion Jordyn Arens of Crofton appeared ready to defend her crown in a couple of weeks after dominating the girls Mid-State Conference cross country

A veteran of the Norfolk Catholic football program, Tim Kassmeier has been named the 2024 Nebraska High School Broyles Award recipient as the top assistant football coach in the state.

Jake Luhr, principal at Norfolk High School, has accepted the superintendent position at Battle Creek Public Schools.

OMAHA — Three Northeast Nebraska athletes earned gold medals on day one of the Class C girls state track and field championships on Friday at Burke High School.

One Norfolkan has an interest that few people share: a passion for reptiles.

Yovani Sanchez Carrera, a member of the 2018 graduating class at Norfolk High School, said America is the land of opportunity, a place where anyone can make it.

A new bank facility has opened in southwest Norfolk.

OAKLAND — Although Oakland-Craig girls basketball coach Scott Guzinski wasn't ready to announce his lineup when we visited with him on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, he admitted it's plausible that

Dave Nelson will be the new dean of students at Norfolk Senior High School for the 2020-21 school year.

MADISON — The Lutheran High Northeast mock trial team will compete at the state level next week, after just missing out on a trip in 2016.

OMAHA — The gold medalists in the Class D state track and field championships 4x800 girls relay were a familiar sight on Friday.

Two years ago, Dylan Kautz was one of Norfolk Catholic’s best athletes. The former Knight dominated the track and put up some of the best numbers in the area. He

WAYNE — Coming off a trip to the NCAA Division II volleyball regional tournament and hosting as the No. 1 seed, Wayne State coach Scott Kneifl gives a huge amount

LINCOLN — Norfolk Catholic stands one win away from earning its first volleyball championship banner.

OMAHA — Battle Creek led wire-to-wire on its way to its first-ever state individual wrestling title at the CHI Health Center on Saturday evening.

After coaching speech for 25 years, Peggy Belt is stepping down from her leadership role on the Norfolk High School speech team. But she sees this year as the perfect

OMAHA — Jackson Roberts of Albion Boone Central dominated and kept a tradition going to win the gold medal of the boys 300-meter hurdles on Thursday in the Nebraska Class

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol distributed nearly 100,000 face masks to truck drivers across Nebraska over a two-day span.

The Norfolk Catholic volleyball team is coming off of a state championship appearance in 2020. Early in the season, the young Knights squad has seen contributions come from new faces

HARTINGTON — There is nothing like winning a conference title to soothe the pain of defeat.

City of Norfolk officials offered cautious optimism and additional updates in the third flooding-related press briefing of the day Thursday afternoon.

You’d be hard pressed to find a more competitive person than Norfolk Catholic coach Michaela Bellar.

Playing football, even for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, is easy compared with sharing your faith in a gym filled with strangers.

Norfolk Catholic coach Michaela Bellar looked at her players on the first day of practice and thought they were young but had a lot of potential.

WAYNE — In what is more than likely just one of three or four meetings between the upper crust of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) volleyball, No. 3 Wayne State

NELIGH — A season of hard work turned into something great on Tuesday night as the Battle Creek Post 75 seniors defeated Palmer/Wolbach/Greeley 9-1 to win the Class C Area

It took time for Trent Uhlir to appreciate the sport of track and field.

Before the season started, Norfolk Catholic football coach Jeff Bellar said it would take depth and camaraderie to make a deep run into November.

OMAHA — On Friday evening, at the halfway point of the Class D track and field state championships, Plainview boys coach Jeremy Peter and his qualifiers did some math.

LINCOLN — Oakland-Craig’s three-match losing streak to close out the regular season proved to be just a road bump en route to a third consecutive appearance in the Class C2

Water is essential to life.

BATTLE CREEK — High school athletes each have their go-to snacks and food that they must have around competition, whether it is protein bars, granola bars, apples, bananas or peanut

A Mother’s Day present turned into the gift that kept on giving for a Norfolk mom and her twin daughters Saturday.