WYNOT — The Wynot Blue Devils dug themselves a huge hole in the first half Friday and never were able to recover as the top-rated Elgin Eagles rolled over the home team 50-12.
Elgin senior quarterback Andrew Bauer led the Eagle attack as he rushed for a pair of touchdowns and threw a pair of scoring strikes to carry his team to the lopsided victory.
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HARTINGTON — The Holy Trinity pre-school opened its doors for its first-ever classes last week.

Michelle Koch is the director, assisted by Kristi Wintz.

HARTINGTON —  A disturbing trend is continuing as area schools got underway last week for a new year.
Most of the schools in Cedar County have seen a drop in enrollment from the previous school year.
Wynot is the only school that has seen an increase in K-12 students – going from 144 students last year to 146 students this school year.
Coleridge Community School has seen a slight increase in enrollment in middle school although there are 17 less students in the total K-12 school enrollment from last year.

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Family Members Celebrate One of County’s Oldest Homsteads

HARTINGTON — Monte and Diane Morten opened their home to 158 relatives for a Morten 150th anniversary this month.
Relatives traveled from across the U.S. as well as from Scotland and England to gather at the family farm, which is the site of the original homestead site.
The descendants of Henry Morten were honoring his pioneering efforts when he came to America from England over 150 years ago.
They also had a chance to visit and share stories with relatives – some of whom they had never met before.
Dave and Rachel Martin came over from Scotland – Dave wore a kilt to the reunion.
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HARTINGTON — The Hartington City Council continued to look for cuts as they tried Monday to prepare the new fiscal budget.
Council members looked at budget figures for streets, water, a new police car, equipment for the Fire Department, improvements at the park and funds for economic development before shaving off $83,000 from the proposed figures that were reviewed at the last budget workshop.

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WYNOT — The Wynot Blue Devil football team will open the new season Friday against one of the best eight-man teams in the state in 2007 state runner-up Elgin.
The Blue Devils are led this year by first-year head coach Steve Wieseler, who took over for long-time coach Ron Rolfes.
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BEAVER CITY — Ivan Christian Borgman, 90, Beaver City, died Aug. 21, 2008, at Beaver City Manor.
A memorial service will be held Aug. 30, 2008, at First Christian Church, Beaver City, with Pastor Philip Olsen and Pastor Keith Theobald officiating.
Graveside Inurnment service will be held Aug. 31, at 5 p.m., in the Emerald Cemetery, Emerald.
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Bloomfield — Elinor M. Bingham, 73, Bloomfield, died Aug. 22, 2008, at Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City.
Visitation was Aug. 26 at Brockhaus Funeral Home, Bloomfield.
Funeral services will be Aug. 27, at 10:30 a.m. at First Trinity Lutheran Church, Bloomfield, with Rev. Duane Fahr officiating.
Burial willl be in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Yankton, S.D.

Coleridge — Mildred Schrieber, 84, Coleridge, died Aug. 24, 2008, at Park View Haven Nursing Home, Coleridge.
Visitation and a prayer service were Aug. 26 at the Wintz Funeral Home, Coleridge, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church Wednesday.
Funeral Services will be Aug. 27, at 10 a.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Coleridge, with the Rev. Andreas Stein officiating.
Burial will be at the Lawn Ridge Cemetery, Coleridge.
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Sioux City, Iowa — Berniece Joslin, 85, Sioux City, Iowa, died Aug. 24, 2008, at Countryside Retirement Home, Sioux City.
Visitation will be Aug. 27, from 3-8 p.m., with the family present from 6-8 p.m. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m., followed by an Eastern Star Service by Silver Azure Chapter, at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, Sioux City.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Aug. 28, at Wesley United Methodist Church, Sioux City, with Rev. Merrill Muller officiating.
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Hartington — Melbert C. Rasmussen, 98, Hartington, died Aug. 19, 2008, at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Visitation and a prayer services were Aug. 21 at the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington, and continued one hour prior to services Friday at the church.
Funeral Services were Aug. 22 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Hartington, with Rev. Bob Bryan officiating.
Burial was in the Obert Cemetery.

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