The Northeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership will hold the Plainview WIC and Immunization clinic on Wednesday March 26th, 2025, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Plainview.
For an appointment or for more information regarding the WIC or Immunization Programs please call (402) 385-6300.
Plainview Public Schools has announced the student athletes honored with the first ever Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference All-Conference Basketball selections. This year includes 4 of Plainview’s basketball players from this past season.
Pirate sharpshooter Karter Lingenfelter was the only Plainview athlete named to All-Conference for his superb shooting in this senior campaign.
The Lady Pirates had an honorable mention with sophomore Riley Miller. The Pirates had several honorable mentions with Kohen Lingenfelter, Jacson King, and Wyatt Schroth.
The 2025 Plainview Arts Council presentation of a Murder Mystery Community Theatre event and dinner was held last weekend, with a full house on the case.
This year’s production was “Malachi Stout’s Family Reunion.”
The audience was able to suss out the culprit, who was “Grandma Winifred.”
The event was held in the back room at Mary’s Restaurant in downtown Plainview, and this year’s director was Courtney Retzlaff.
The Plainview Pirate Speech team traveled to Laurel for the Greater Nebraska Activities Conference (GNAC) conference speech meet on March 10, coming home with a host of medals and an eye on Districts on Wednesday.
The Pirates tied in the overall rankings in second with Atkinson’s West Holt, and trailed only the first-place Hartington-Newcastle. Laurel got fourth, Lutheran High Northeast was fifth and Summerland and Elkhorn Valley tied for sixth.
The 2025 Plainview Alumni basketball and volleyball tournaments will be held on Saturday, March 22.
The rules for competition have changed slightly in that only one alumni needs to be on each team to qualify to play.
Teams should contact Whitney White at 402-525-6580 or by private message. Alumni are asked to include their graduation year, and as the event is a fundraiser for a scholarship, there is a fee per player to sign up.
Additionally, there will be a Trivia Night event held at Mary’s Restaurant that evening as well, which will also serve as part of the weekend events.
The trivia event will start at 7 p.m., include four six-person teams, and there will be four rounds of trivia including a bonus round. Food is included in the registration price, there will be raffle prizes, and a cash prize for the top two teams.
To register a team, contact
White as well.
The Plainview Public Library will having a “great jigsaw puzzle race” from March 3rd to March 31st.
Form a group of one to six friends and/or family, and come to the library to race to be the first team to complete the same 300-piece puzzle.
Space will be limited to five teams at one time. All ages are welcome.
Please have a team member call the library at 402-582-4507 to register and reserve a time or anyone may stop in the library and register.
There will be times in the morning, afternoon, evenings, and the weekends.
The Plainview Pirate speech team traveled to Laurel-Concord-Coleridge for an invitational last weekend, picking up a host of medals.
The Pirates medaled in every Oral Interpretation of Drama group, along with a number of singles throughout the 10 categories they entered participants in.
To keep updated with the speech team, stay tuned to the Plainview News! https://www.theplainviewnews.com/o/the-plainview-news/page/subscriptions
The Plainview 5-6th Grade Girls continued their tournament season with a second place finish in Verdigre last weekend.
The team, comprised of Aliyah Pelc, Bentley Dougherty, Bethany Krause, Breanna Hallock, Cara Hoffman, Emalee Mosel, Grace Krause, Jayda Koenig, Jocelynn Buck, Lauryn Krause, Rae White, Shay Miller, and Swayzey Alexander started their season with the Elkhorn Valley League.
The Plainview boys basketball team finished up its regular season with a contest on the road against the Humphrey-Lindsay Bulldogs on Friday, Feb. 21.
Fortunately, the Pirates defense was able to stand strong as time ticked down, and the Bulldog comeback was stifled. When the final buzzer sounded, the Pirates had earned a 54-45 victory in their final game of the season.
With that victory, the Pirates officially closed the book on the 2024-25 regular season. With a record of 15-7, the Pirates have earned the number two seed in the Class C2 Subdistrict Four basketball tournament, which will be held at Summerland High School.
The Plainview Pirate speech team won 5th place overall at the Battle Creek Braves Classic with 46 team points on Saturday, Feb. 22.
Battle Creek won their own invite with 137 team points, Boone Central’s Cardinals were second with 133, David City finished the top three with 127. Schuyler was fourth with 51 points. Other schools were O’Neill, West holt, Stuart, O’Neill St. Mary’s, Valentine, Archangels Catholic, Pierce and Creighton.
To keep updated with the speech team, stay tuned to The Plainview News! https://www.theplainviewnews.com/o/the-plainview-news/page/subscriptions
Plainview FCCLA members celebrated FCCLA Week by creating different activities throughout Feb. 10-14th that members, all students and staff, and community could participate in.
Members used the proceeds from the candy grams to set up a “Kment Strong Gas Credit Account” at Steinkraus Service in Plainview. Anyone wanting to contribute to the account in the following weeks can stop by Steinkraus’s and do so.
As of March 4 the Plainview food pantry will be making some changes.
The Plainview Ministerial Association will be making the food pantry more accessible to those in need of food.
As of March, the food pantry will be open on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
The food pantry is located in the basement of the Plainview Manor.
When coming to the pantry, come to the lower level, outside and wait until someone comes to open the door. Those coming will need to bring a box or something to put groceries in. The person getting food will sign in and be allowed one visit per month.
The pantry will be “manned” by the various churches in the community.
If anyone would like to become a volunteer to help man the food pantry or is in need of the pantry’s supplies, please contact one of the local pastors.
Phone numbers and pastors of local churches can be found on the ‘church page’ of this week’s edition.
The Plainview Lady Pirates basketball team finished up its regular season with two hard-fought contests over the course of the past week, including a win over Creighton and a loss to O’Neill.
In their most recent contest, the Pirates wrapped up their regular season with a battle against the Creighton Lady Bulldogs on Friday, Feb. 14 in Plainview.
To keep updated about Pirates sports, stay tuned to the Plainview News! https://www.theplainviewnews.com/o/the-plainview-news/page/subscriptions
On February 5, the State Auditor released a letter to the City of Plainview and the Plainview Manor indicating that the Auditor’s office had “received concerns regarding possibly unapproved bonuses” and that it had done a preliminary examination of the facility’s records to see if a full audit would be necessary.
According to the Auditor’s report, the full audit will not be needed, but “the APA noted certain issues that merit corrective action.”
There were no decisions made, the APA’s recommendations are provided only as guidance, and there are no pending continuances of any of the items mentioned below. There was no legal action taken against anyone involved, and, as the situations are remedied as mentioned in the City’s response, the APA typically does not pursue any course of action.
To read more about the report, check out this week's edition of the Plainview News! https://www.theplainviewnews.com/o/the-plainview-news/page/subscriptions
Makenzie Mosel etched her name in the Plainview High School history books with her performance at the 2025 NSAA Class B District Three girls wrestling invite in Pierce on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7 and 8.
While this alone would be an accomplishment worth celebrating, it’s the fact that Mosel is the first Plainview High School girls wrestler to ever qualify for the state championships that makes this all the more special.
Mosel will compete in the 2025 NSAA Class B Girls Wrestling State Championships on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 18 and 19 at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha.
To keep updated with how Mosel does, stay tuned to the Plainview News! https://www.theplainviewnews.com/o/the-plainview-news/page/subscriptions
Northeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership (NENCAP) will hold the Creighton WIC and Immunization clinic on Tuesday February 18th, 2025, from 10:30am to 2:30pm at the NENCAP Building 808 Chase Ave., Creighton, NE 68729.
For an appointment or for more information regarding the WIC or Immunization Programs please call (402) 385-6300.
The Nebraska Library Commission recently awarded Nebraska Library Internship Grants totaling $20,000 to 16 Nebraska public libraries, including the Plainview Public Library.
These internship grants will support public library interns who will contribute to the scope and value of the diverse programs and activities in Nebraska’s public libraries.
The Plainview girls’ basketball team saw its record move to 1-13 after back-to-back losses against Stanton and Bloomfield on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 16 and 17.
To keep updated with Pirates' sports, stay tuned to the Plainview News! https://www.theplainviewnews.com/o/the-plainview-news/page/subscriptions
On Thursday, Jan. 9, John Steinkraus of Plainview as sworn in as the newly-elected Pierce County Commissioner for District 1. He is pictured here by Clerk Magistrate Kristina Sehi.
On January 4 and 5 Tate Frahm attended Winter Nationals at the Ralston Arena in Omaha.
This wrestling tournament consisted of 1,225 kids from all across the U.S.
Frahm wrestled in the 11-12 year old division at 130 lbs and finished with second place.
Results:
1st round: Tate Frahm defeated Rylan Gohan from Moen Wrestling Academy 17-0 TF.
2nd round (Qtr Finals): Tate Frahm defeated Carter Allsup from Moyer Elite 12-3 Maj.
3rd Round (Semi-Finals): Tate Frahm defeated Braxx Zimmerman from Ironhawk wrestling academy 9-2.
Finals: Luke Van Vlymen from Brookings Wrestling Academy defeated Tate Frahm 5-0.
True 2nd: Tate Frahm defeated Emmet Corns from Team North Stars 8-4.
