HARTINGTON — Students are back in the classrooms across Cedar County.

Student enrollments for the 2010-11 school year stayed nearly the same as the numbers for the previous school year in Cedar County.

An inter-local agreement has brought 429 students in grades K-12 from Laurel-Concord and Coleridge schools together.

HARTINGTON — Students are back in the classrooms across Cedar County.

Student enrollments for the 2010-11 school year stayed nearly the same as the numbers for the previous school year in Cedar County.

Cedar Catholic/Holy Trinity Schools, K-12 grade, opened its doors to 350 students this fall. Last year’s enrollment was at 351.

COLERIDGE  — A Laurel man died Thursday as the result of a farm accident.

Nicholas Waterbury, 28, Laurel, died as a result of the accident which occurred at 2:45 p.m. on a farm north of Coleridge.

Waterbury was working in a pit at a feed mill on the farm when he was electrocuted, according to Cedar County Sheriff’s Dept. reports.

Coleridge EMTs worked on the scene to revive Waterbury. They then transported him to the Coleridge football field where he was picked up by a helicopter ambulance and transported to a Norfolk hospital.

LINCOLN — Common sense, along with an ability to work face-to-face with clients, seem to be lacking in regulations being adopted by the Neb. Dept. of Health and Human Services, a group of area residents say.

“Common sense appears to have dried up in Lincoln,” said Fred Steffen, Crofton.

A special investigative legislative hearing was held in Lincoln Aug.12 to address the recent action of HHS and the Developmental Disabilities Services in Nebraska which affects several NE Nebraska families

At the end of a nearly four-hour public hearing, the committee chairman pledged to meet with state officials to seek  a compromise.

COLERIDGE —  The Coleridge School Board tabled making any decisions Thursday concerning the 2010-11 inter-local agreement with the Laurel-Concord School District.

Board members are waiting until after Nov. 16 to make any decisions concerning the next school year.

Tbat’s when the Laurel-Concord School board will have the option of voting whether to commit to a Middle School at the Coleridge location, or keeping their current system intact.

“It will be on the agenda – but it could be tabled,” said Supt. Rich Patton. “If a decision is made to go ahead there will be a ton of decisions to make. Some will have to be done by the school boards and some will be done at the site.”

COLERIDGE  —  A National American Legion Commander spoke at the Coleridge High School Veteran’s Day Assembly on Nov 4.

Clarence Hill, from Jacksonville, Florida, talked about the important job members of the military have.

“The Armed Forces carry the responsibility of defending this nation – what a responsibility that is,” said Hill. “It involves ordinary people doing extra-ordinary things.”

Those who have been willing to serve their country have been found on our streets, in our shops, on the farms or running a business – they are ordinary people doing extra-ordinary things.

HARTINGTON — Law enforcement officers are still investigating two area break-ins.
A theft at Steffen Drug, Hartington, took place some time around 3 a.m., Oct 14.
A 911 call came into the Cedar County Sheriff’s office at 6:40 a,m. Wednesday reporting the front door at Lonnie’s Bar and Grill, Coleridge, was broken.
Law enforcement officials are not saying if the break-ins are related, but in both cases, entrance was gained by throwing an object through the front door of the establishments.
Cash, checks, controlled substances and Sudafed were taken from the local drug store, said co-owner Brenda Steffen. Family members spent much of Wednesday doing inventory to determine exactly what was stolen.
“They knew what they were looking for – they went to the back and took controlled substances,” said Steffen. “All of the Sudafed is gone.”
It appeared the robbers had tried to get through the back door first and then went to the front of the building and threw a brick through the door.
Cash and cigarettes were missing from Lonnie’s. No other details on that break-in were known at press time.
Law enforcement officials refused comment, saying the case is still under investigation.

COLERIDGE —  Coleridge School Board members took action last week to make sure local athletes can play football next year.

Two applications for a two-year football co-op, one with Laurel-Concord and one with, “another adjoining school district,” will be filed with the Nebraska School Activities Association before Nov. 6, the Coleridge Community School Board decided at its Wednesday meeting.

“The school will have until the end of November to withdraw one or both of the applications,” said Craig Frerichs, who is the Administrative Director for both schools.

COLERIDGE — Immanuel Lutheran Church in Coleridge will be marking its 125th anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 6.
The Q125 Celebration will be a day to celebrate the past as well as the future according to Pastor Andreas Stein.
The theme of the morning worship service at 10 a.m. is “Lord, where are you leading?”

Coleridge SWAT Call Leads to Suspect Arrest

COLERIDGE — A Coleridge, Nebraska is in jail after a more than five hour standoff with authorities following a domestic disturbance.
Shortly after 9 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 12, Cedar County Dispatch received a call of a domestic disturbance involving a weapon at a residence southeast of Coleridge, in Cedar County, Nebraska.

HARTINGTON —A petition filed in District Court to stop a 5,000 head feedlot from being located within one mile of the Village of Coleridge has been thrown out.
District Judge William Binkard has issued an order to dismiss a petition filed by the “Concerned Citizens of Coleridge,” which asked the Coleridge Village Board to reverse their decision on the conditional use permit for the feedlot.