![The L&C honor choir](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_e1697715-da1c-4b0a-ba9a-e62f8eee2891.jpg)
November 9, 2023
On Monday night, November 6th a Lewis and Clark Conference Lewis Division choral concert was held at Emerson-Hubbard Schools in Emerson. The students spent the day learning from ...
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November 2, 2023
Recently the Lady Trojans volleyball team’s season came to an end in the second round of the sub-district tournament against Oakland-Craig. Although the season didn’t end as well...
![The ballot envelope](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_df6289a1-6972-4c17-9ed5-91c3a0cafc9d.jpg)
October 28, 2023
Ballots for the Wakefield Community Schools $46.8 million bond special election were set to go out this week, and should be arriving in registered voters’ mailboxes yet this week....
![Michael Dickens](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_4824d81b-7e08-4dcd-91d6-059609b4d25f.jpg)
October 26, 2023
Pictures can be found here!: https://paperandink.smugmug.com/.../FB-TCNE-Playoffs-1st.../ The Tri County Northeast Wolfpack saw their season come to an end on Thursday, Oct. 19...
![The Riewers along with Governor Pillen at the ribbon cutting for the Exchange](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_5f3a3eb2-e9e5-45bf-86bd-8c16b063db73.jpg)
October 21, 2023
The Community of Wakefield, Wakefield Progressive and a number of community supports played host last week to a celebration of sorts for recent community housing projects that are...
![The Lady Trojans](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_9dd1e945-8f33-4348-b9b3-b2a196b065bd.jpg)
October 20, 2023
The Wakefield Lady Trojans improved their record to 20-7 with wins over Tri County Northeast and Elkhorn Valley this past week, with one game at home and one on the road. The wee...
![Members of the Allen and Wakefield Fire Depts fighting the fire](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_d2b23923-8ad2-4282-9684-9685997fc439.jpg)
October 19, 2023
Wakefield’s Volunteer Fire and Rescue was dispatched at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 17th north of town to Gardner Grower 2 where a fire had broken out in one of t...
![The Trojans stopping a Warrior run](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_e9045c9d-1bec-4429-a0dc-6a2f0bfee148.jpg)
October 19, 2023
More pictures can be found here! https://paperandink.smugmug.co... The Wakefield Trojans fell to the Crofton Warriors in their final game of the season on Friday, Oct. 13 by a...
![A Fun Pianos show](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_ee79f303-750f-483d-9aec-ee18ee281a7c.jpg)
October 12, 2023
Gather your friends and family as The Wakefield Civic Center is being turned into a rollicking piano bar for one night only, on Thursday, October 26th. The event promises to be a ...
![Katelyn Pommer and Elizabeth Carlson](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_dca9236d-81ab-4584-92cb-87a196b7ba4e.jpg)
October 12, 2023
The Garden Public Library in Wakefield has hired Katelyn Pommer as its new full-time director. Her first official day was Oct. 3. “We’ve got such a wonderful library and an amazin...
![Daveigh Munter-McAfee](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_05ce7833-e5bc-4522-9d88-7904e9504769.jpg)
October 5, 2023
Wakefield began their week with a clean sweep on the road, finding triumph on the road over Hartington-Newcastle and Wausa on Tuesday, Sept. 26 to improve their record to 16-6. Th...
![2023-2024 budget explanation](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_1171fbff-59a9-4c25-b436-130688afd2ce.jpg)
September 23, 2023
From Matt Farup Wakefield Schools Superintendent
The 2023 Nebraska Legislature passed a historic amount of new legislation affecting public schools, including 29 new mandates....
![Trojans making a tackle.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_11c7f5f7-0e05-411d-a089-8134b81b5c36.jpg)
September 22, 2023
The Trojans were host to Dixon Count rivals the Tri County Northeast Wolfpack on Friday, September 15th at Gardner Field. The game started off promising for the Trojans with an ea...
![Jordan Metzler and Sierra Kaufman](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_25306f0f-27ab-47b4-9ee0-86ed0d48282f.jpg)
September 21, 2023
Vs. Howells-Dodge The Wakefield Lady Trojans volleyball team hosted a contest with Howells-Dodge last Tuesday, Sept. 12, taking a 3-0 set game over the Jaguars. The Wakefield girl...
![The Board of Education will be asking the public for enough bond funds to cover additions, renovations, and repairs to the school under the proposed plan, should it pass with the needed number of votes.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_d1d48219-d395-4d0f-ba69-69cc7a48b574.jpg)
September 17, 2023
The Wakefield Board of Education was expected to vote on a special meeting agenda topic for a resolution to file for a special election on November 14 to request a $46.8 million b...
![Lady Trojans celebrating beating Ponca](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_60fb8950-6223-4ffd-abf7-4602ddf1fa42.jpg)
September 14, 2023
The Wakefield Lady Trojans finished up the annual Wakefield Invitational Tournament over the weekend, piling five games into Saturday’s competition, and taking second place overal...
![Issac Walsh #7 with a touchdown](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_9dccfa75-e83f-46e9-9b51-ffae5ea8ca99.jpg)
September 8, 2023
The Wakefield Trojan football team took to the road this past week for a Sept. 1 contest against Bancroft-Rosalie and suffered a loss, 34-16 to the home team. All-purpose yards to...
![Lady Trojans celebrating beating G.A.C.C.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_8c5453f0-5d57-42e4-8df1-d1541e3db7c4.jpg)
September 7, 2023
The Wakefield Lady Trojan Volleyball team opened strong this season, and are currently sitting at 4-3 headed into their eighth regular game of the season on Sept. 5. The team wil...
![Trojans storming the field](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_a1f2fa1d-d788-40d4-8bac-8921b9168fdb.jpg)
August 31, 2023
The Wakefield Trojan football team hosted the Plainview Pirates for their first game of the season at Gardner Stadium, and following a rough first quarter, the Trojans fell to the...
![Lady Trojans celebrating a win](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/paper_%26_ink_ar/article/image/large_4901ad8d-4802-4b4d-b36f-061d1f66f3c8.jpg)
August 31, 2023
The Wakefield Lady Trojans volleyball team took a 5-game series from the Plainview Lady Pirates when the teams faced off in Plainview last week on Aug. 24. The Lady Trojans took t...