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.

HARTINGTON — Results, photos and feature stories from the 2010 Cedar County Fair can now be found in Cedar County’s four Northeast Nebraska News Company newspapers.

Northeast Neb. News photographers took hundreds of photos during the annual five-day fair. Those photos can now be found on this website – hartington.net. Just click the link below to access the pages.

http://web.mac.com/ccnews/iWeb/Cedar%20County%20Fair%202010/Aksarben.html

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.

BLAIR — Area students now have one less option when it comes to attending a small, in-state college.

Located in Blair, Dana College announced June 30 it would be closing its doors to faculty, staff and students following 126 years of service. After a group of investors made plans to buy the school four months ago, the Higher Learning Commission denied its request for accreditation, which forced the college to shut down.

“This takes away one opportunity for local students to choose a smaller-sized post-secondary educational institution,” said Ken Kneifl, Guidance Counselor at Hartington Public School. “A lot of kids look into those types of places because that’s what they’re used to. They want to feel comfortable and find the right fit.”

Dana had experienced financial problems for several years by accumulating a high number of deficits. Looking to get back on track, the investors who bought the college hoped to convert it to a for-profit enterprise.

HARTINGTON — The land transfer between Hartington Public and Holy Trinity Schools which will allow the street between the two schools to continue on south and exit onto 882 Road will finally become a reality.

“We have all of the details worked out with Holy Trinity so we can go ahead with the legal documents,” Board member Colin Kathol told Hartington School Board members on Monday night.

HARTINGTON — Five local high school students recently returned home from the trip of a lifetime.

The group packed their bags and left the country, headed for Spain from May 28-June 5.

Along the way, they experienced a different culture, aged architecture, and engrossing cuisine.

HARTINGTON — The Hartington School Board accepted the resignation Monday of board member Wendy Sudbeck.

She has served on the board for close to four years. Sudbeck was appointed to finish out a term when a vacancy occurred and then was re-elected to a four-year term.

Sudbeck said it had been an honor to serve with the other members on the school board.

HARTINGTON — It’s now official.
All area high school members of the Class of 2010 have now all graduated from high school.
Cedar Catholic was the last area high school to hold commencement ceremonies.
The big event was held May 14 in the Msgr. Werner Activity Center.
For photos from that event and from Hartington High School and Wynot High School, please check out the new link to our photo site sponsored by Cedar Security Bank of Wynot, Fordyce and Hartington.
http://web.me.com/ccnews/Graduation_2010/HPS_Class_of_2010.html

CROFTON — A Crofton teenager died Wednesday morning in a one-car accident.

Aon April 21 at 7:18 a.m. the Cedar County Sheriff’s Department was called to the scene of an accident four miles south of Crofton on 552 Ave.

The 2005 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Shawn Potts, 17, Crofton, was discovered at the scene. Potts was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other occupants in the vehicle.

HARTINGTON — A land swap between Hartington Public School and Holy Trinity School is becoming a reality.

The agreement will allow for the construction of a street between the two schools to help eliminate traffic congestion. It will also give Holy Trinity a better location for a football practice field, and provide a spot for the Hartington School to have a parking lot.

School board members put their stamp of approval on a memorandum of understanding for the land swap between Holy Trinity and Hartington Public School at the April 19 board meeting.

The street will make a bend in order to allow the portion of land where the catholic convent was previously located to remain under the ownership of Holy Trinity Church.

Each school will own land to the center line of the street, which will exit onto 882 Road.

“It will probably be a one-way street,” said board member Colin Kathol. “It’s to eliminate traffic congestion and for the safety of the students.”

The engineer will meet with the members of the committee within a few weeks, according to Hartington Supt. Randy Anderson