HARTINGTON  — A 30-minute bus tour will be used to show-off the city of Hartington Thursday afternoon in hopes of receiving a grant to help with the revitalization of the downtown area.

The city tour through Hartington will drive by the schools where it will be noted a new street is going to be built and will also include a trip through the Industrial Park.

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.

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Economic Development has awarded $400,000 in Nebraska Affordable Housing Trust Funds to the City of Hartington to develop infrastructure and seven homes within Phase 1 of the new Westfield Acres residential housing subdivision.

Four of the units within the subdivision will be built for four qualified low- to middle-income homebuyers earning at or below 100 percent of the Area Median Family Income.

Homebuyer assistance will be available to those applicants selected for the project.

HARTINGTON   —  The cricket population has increased dramatically in the last few weeks.

Large numbers of crickets are showing up around homes and businesses in areas in Cedar and Knox counties.

Weather conditions are right for the large number of crickets people are seeing according to Tom Hunt, Extension Entomologist at the Haskell Ag lab, Concord

“It doesn’t surprise me,” Hunt said. “It is normal to start seeing crickets this time of year. With the moist weather we have had – there is lots of food for them to eat.”

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.

HARTINGTON — The Holy Trinity Catholic Church rectory, which has stood here since construction first began on the building in 1911. Plumbing and Electric Service began knocking the building down at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. The structure was completely razed two hours later and the debris hauled away by the end of the day.

PENDER — Hartington will open the 2010 State American Legion Class C State Tournament Saturday with a 2:30 p.m. game against Elkhorn Valley League foe Crofton.

Hartington, 20-5, owns two wins over Crofton this season. Here is a look at the 2010 Class C State schedule.

Juniors state tournament

Dave Nitzschke Field, Pender
Saturday, July 24
Noon — Game 1: Valparaiso vs. Davenport-Edgar
2:30 p.m. — Game 4: Hartington vs. Crofton
5 p.m. — Game 2: Mt. Michael vs. DCB
7:30 p.m. — Game 3: Pender vs. Overton.

Over 190 tractors rolled through Hartington Saturday as part of the Old Iron Association Tractor Ride. The event brought the tractors down from Yankton, then on to Hwy 12 before connecting up with Hwy 57 and driving in a miles long caravan to Hartington. The tractor drivers then took a food break at Felber Park before heading back to Yankton.

— News photo by Andrew Dickinson

tion. Besides the fireworks display, the event also featured old fashioned carnival games, volleyball, food and  friends.

HARTINGTON  —  A proposed road project involving the city, county and two schools has several road blocks to get through before it can become reality.

Cedar County Commissioner Dave McGregor, County Road Supt. Kathy Uhl and Engineer Jeff Waggner met with the Hartington City Council concerning access to 882 Road, which is on the south edge of Hartington.

Discussion on problems, solutions, curb and gutters, assessments, legalities, deadlines, public hearings, liabilities, engineering costs and speed limits along with “who will pay for what” took up a large part of the  council meeting Monday night.

HARTINGTON  —  City Council members addressed concerns they have for the fields at the Community Complex and tabled a request from the Hartington VFW Club.

Council members upped the price for Cedar Catholic Jr.-Sr. High School to use the practice/soccer field at the Community Complex for one more year.

Cedar Catholic Principal Terry Kathol asked the Council if Cedar Catholic football players could use the practice field at the Community Complex for one more year.

The school’s plan to have their own practice field in place before school started has fallen through.