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June 25, 2003
COLERIDGE—A tornado cut a wide path through Coleridge Monday night, killing one man and destroying several homes, farms and businesses.
June 25, 2003
HARTINGTON—Hartington Public School Board President Kevin Christensen has resigned his position from the school District Board.
June 25, 2003
HARTINGTON—Twisters that killed one person and left nearly a dozen more without homes here Monday have brought out the best in area residents.
June 25, 2003
HASTINGS—Justin Hans of Wynot High School earned the distinction of being named Offensive MVP at last weekend’s Sertoma 8-Man All Star football game which was played at Hastings College Saturday afternoon.
June 25, 2003
CROFTON—The Wynot Expos downed the Crofton Crows 8-4 to earn the championship trophy for the Mid Season Tournament Sunday.
June 25, 2003
HARTINGTON—The Hartington Senior Legion team notched another win and a loss in regular season play last week.
June 27, 2018
HARTINGTON — Area residents’ fears of a dry June quickly disappeared this month.
Once the skies started to open up here in June, it seems the rain never stopped.
According to statistics from the High Plains Regional Climate Center, Hartington typically averages 4.37 inches of precipitation in June each year.
The area came very close to reaching that mark on a single day this month.
As of Monday at midnight, the Hartington area had recorded a record 15.52 inches of rain for the month of June.
Several precipitation records have been set this year.
Prior to 2018, the wettest June ever recorded here was in 1967 when 11.06 inches of rain fell on the Hartington area.
Over an inch of rain fell here on three different days in June.
The wettest day of the month was Monday, when 4.05 inches of rain fell here, breaking the old record for that day of 2.85 inches of rain set in 1985.
Another record was set June 17, when 2.88 inches of rain fell here. The previous high water mark for that date was 2.65 in 2014.
To date, precipitation has been measured on 21 different days so far this month.
Other communities around the area received varying amounts of rain during Monday’s storm. Randolph recorded 3.75 inches of rain. Coleridge had 3.30 inches of rain. One of the hardest hit areas of the county was between Belden and Randolph, where rain gauges there recorded over five inches of rain. The Wynot area also had rainfall totals of nearly five inches.
All of the rain is putting a strain on area creeks and sanitary sewer systems. Several county and state roads had to be closed Monday as water washed over them.
Cedar County Commissioner Dave McGregor said the rain has taken a toll.
“We have some roads and box culverts currently under water,” he said Tuesday morning.
