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March 6, 2024
HARTINGTON – Two political newcomers will face off this May for a four-year term on the Cedar County Board of Commissioners.
Mike Meier, Laurel, and John Thelen, Randolph, have both filed to fill the District 2 commission seat being vacated by Craig Bartels, Belden.
Bartels originally filed for the seat, but then decided he did not wish to run for a third term.
Both Meier and Thelen are Republicans, so they will compete in the May 14 primary election.
District 2 covers all of southern Cedar County, including the communities of Belden, Coleridge, Laurel, Magnet and Randolph.
This is the second time Thelen has filed for the seat. He challenged Bartels in the 2020 primary election.
Cedar County Clerk Jessica Schmit said there will be very few local races on the ballot.
March 6, 2024
LINCOLN — The Wynot Lady Blue Devils took on the top-rated team in Class D2 on Saturday night at the Pinnacle Bank Arena with a state championship on the line.
The Wynot Lady Blue Devils gained an early lead only to see the Overton Lady Eagles rally in the second frame to earn a three-point lead at halftime. The deciding second half was a draw and the Lady Blue Devils had to settle for runner-up honors as Overton earned the 44-40 win and the first-place trophy.
The Lady Eagle’s controlled the offensive glass as the 20-10 advantage in rebounding helped Overton to the win.
The rest of the stats were pretty even as both teams shot 33 percent from the field for the game.
Wynot was led by Kinslee Heimes with a game-high 18 points. Kenna Oligmueller was a force inside and finished with 11 points and five steals.
Overton was paced by Natalie Wood’s double-double. She connected for 14 points and grabbed 23 rebounds.
Daisy Ryan hit a trio of threepointers on her way to 11 points to help the Lady Eagles offense.
March 6, 2024
HARTINGTON - Cedar Catholic took advantage of some home cooking and defensive intensity to turn away Lutheran High Northeast, 53-48 to earn the Trojans their fourth consecutive trip to the State Tournament.
“We had a solid three days of preparing for Lutheran High over the weekend,” Cedar Catholic coach, Nick Haselhorst said. “We expected it to be a physical battle and we expected t0 get Lutheran High’s very best, it was a hard-fought game and a great atmosphere.”
“We were ready to play, we played with great defensive intensity, we weathered some foul trouble, we finished well around the rim and we were fortunate enough to get a lead and keep it”, Haselhorst said.
March 13, 2024
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HARTINGTON – The sounds of hammers and saws should be heard throughout Hartington this spring. The Hartington City Council Monday approved building permits for new houses and a new garage.
The Council granted a permit to Jon and Janet Wiechelman for a house at 308 East Main Street.
The Council also granted a permit to Fred and Hannah Schneider for a new house at 108 W. Ken Miller Circle.
Marvin Johnson was granted a building permit for a new garage.
Council members also approved sign permits for a free standing sign and for a sign to be located on the new Security Bank building under construction on south Highway 57.
March 20, 2024
HARTINGTON – The Hartington-Newcastle High School speech team’s successful season is set to continue at the State meet.
Hartington-Newcastle, which has four first-place finishes as a team out of six competitions this year, sent 19 entries to finals at the District C2-3 speech meet – and won as a team – on March 11 and has a school-record 18 State-qualifying entries this season.
The top three finishers in each event qualified for the 2024 Nebraska School Activities Association State Speech Championships for Classes C1 and C2 on March 21 at Kearney High School.
Hartington-Newcastle senior Kennedy Gotch finished second in both Informative Speaking and Program of Oral Interpretation at this year’s District meet.
This will be Gotch’s third time at State speech. Previously, she placed fourth in Informative Speaking her sophomore year in 2022 and third in Informative Speaking her junior year in 2023.
March 27, 2024
WYNOT – Agriculture is in Aurora Urwiler’sblood–andnowshegetstopass on seeds of her knowledge while growing a new program at Wynot Schools.
The 24-year-old Laurel native, who beganworkingatWynotinJanuaryasthe new agriculture education and industrial technology teacher, credited fellow instructor LeeHeimesandhisbrotherRyan Heimes for helping to rebuild the school district’s industrial technology program.
“The ag program is a new program at Wynot and it is exciting to see the kids learn and use the knowledge they have and build on it,” she said.
March 27, 2024
KEARNEY – The voices of the Hartington-Newcastle High School speech team have led to a first-place victory at the State meet.
HNS won the Class C2 team title at the State Speech Championships on March 21 in Kearney.
Hartington-Newcastle sent 11 of its school-record 18 entries to finals and had three event State champions to win the team title.
DEATHS: March 7, 2024
Wendy Pick Kenneth Joseph Kathol Vernon Haberman
March 13, 2024
Mary Lee Koch Clair Alton Ohlrich Maureen Kathol Mary Lee Cannon Allen “Joe” Barnes Shirley Wells
March 20, 2024
Joseph Mark “Trojan Joe” Hish Bernard “Benny” Kaiser Jane Rupiper
March 27, 2024
Allen “Joe” Barnes Doris J. Noecker Steve Shank Karlyn E. “Connie” Lewis Geraldine “Gerry” Schumacher Glen E. Anderson Kevin M. Kruse Norman Gerald “Doc” Sudbeck Gerald “Jerry” Schmidt Kevin Paul Kruger
