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June 5, 2024
HARTINGTON — The wheels are now in motion to replace the outdated Hartington city shop.
In May, voters approved bonding $1.3 million to build a new shop to replace the outdated facility the city is currently using.
In that same election, voters rejected a plan to move and refurbish the Skylon so it could be used as a community center. Hartington Mayor Mark Becker said community leaders will now have to come up with a new plan for a community center.
The new city shop will be designed to house the city’s fleet of vehicles, equipment and supplies, and will have plenty of room to work on equipment as well.
Becker said city officials are currently examining possible sites for the new seven-bay structure.
The City Council last week met with a representative of D.A. Davidson, an Omaha firm which specializes in helping municipalities set up and sell bonds.
The company will act as the underwriter and will then sell the bonds for the city.
The Council approved an ordinance to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds “not to exceed $1.3 million.”
The bonds will not exceed 5.5 percent interest, and the bonds must be fully paid off within 20 years.
June 12, 2024
HARTINGTON — The Hartington City Council Monday cleared the way for a local business to begin an expansion and renovation project.
The Council approved a zoning change for Farmer’s Union Co-Operative Gas & Oil Company.
The downtown business wants to expand, but first must get its property rezoned.
Current plans call for the house immediately to the west of Farmer’s Union to be razed and the ground leveled out this year.
Farmer’s Union manager Roy Carl said it is hoped a three-bay garage can then be built on the site next year. The current repair shop would then be set up in the new building.
Eventually, Carl said, they would like to make it even easier for diesel trucks to pull in and fill up at their pumps and for those trucks to be serviced at Farmer’s Union.
The long-term plan, he said, is to move the gas pumps to better accommodate trucks. They’d also like to renovate their current 96 year-old structure so large trucks could be serviced, he said.
In order for any of this work to begin, though, the Council first had to rezone the lot immediately to the west of the business from residential to business, which they did.
June 19, 2024
HARTINGTON – Cedar County Commissioners are considering how much money the Hartington, Laurel and Randolph public libraries will each receive from the county for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
The commissioners discussed the topic at their June 11 meeting, after previously hearing a presentation from Hartington Library Board president Joan Brodersen on May 28.
Brodersen noted the library was requesting the commissioners to consider having the county fund about 10 percent of the library’s current budget, or $18,000, which she said “is far less than the county gave 30 years ago, in current dollars.”
“We think this request is fair, overdue, and I hope you will give it your serious consideration,” Brodersen told the commissioners on May 28.
“That’s a lot of asking for this library here,” Board Chairman Dave McGregor said on June 11. “We can’t give everybody that much money.”
Commissioner Craig Bartels agreed, saying, “We can’t give everybody more and more. We just can’t do that. I can’t believe they’d even ask for that.”
The commissioners previously approved $6,500 for each public library in the county for the 202223 and 2023-24 fiscal years.
June 26, 2024
HARTINGTON – The Cedar County Ag Society earned a $50,000 Hometown Grant from T-Mobile.
The funds will help the Fair Board improve and expand the grandstand area at the fairgrounds.
This will include the purchase of new permanent bleachers and making Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades to seating, to increase accessibility, safety and inclusivity.
DEATHS
June 5, 2024
Sandra Kay Berger, Laura D. Nelson, Ronald G. “Ronnie” Sudbeck,
June 12, 2024
Cynthia “Cindy” Hans, Kathleen M. Glasl, Susan Johnson Olson, Paul Bonertz, Leigh Harlan Lorenson, Quinten Tramp, Randy L. Graf, Joan Maurer Westadt, Donna Beaudette, Cheryl A. Meier,
June 19, 2024
Elton Rokusek.
June 26, 2024
Jean Ann Willms Haws, Yvonne B. Akers, Elaine A. Van Holland, Mary Clare Haberman, Doris Elaine Nelson.
