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Feb 28, 1990
HARTINGTON — Cedar County Courthouse among buildings listed as National Historic Places.
The Cedar County Courthouse has been officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The listing was published on Jan 10.
The National Register is the nation’s inventory of properties considered to be worthy of preservation, according to the letter to Hartington Mayor Gerald Miller from the Nebraska State Historical Society.
Feb 28,1990
HARTINGTON — The Hartington City Council Monday approved the formation of a Tree Board and appointed three individuals to serve on it.
Appointed were Ken Hochstein, Tom Moser and Duane Arens.
The board was formed to enable the city to take advantage of grant funds come through the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. The Arboretum will disburse $500,000 along with technical assistance to Nebraska communities in the program. The Council passed a resolution to donate use of railroad property on the south edge of town for a nature trail. Hartington Public School instructor Jess Wolf is coordinating the project.
Feb 28, 1990
HARTINGTON — The curtain came down on Hartington High’s basketball season Feb. 20 at Randolph when the Wildcats lost to Coleridge, 61-44. It was the fifth time Hartington has faced Coleridge this season, and the out come of each meeting was the same.
Feb 28, 1990
HARTINGTON — Cedar moved to the finals with a 72-61 sub-district win over Bloomfield.
Cedar was led in the contest by Marche Noecker’s 32 points and nine rebounds.
Ryan Samelson dropped in 17 points to aid the cause.
Wynot turned back Coleridge to move to D-1 District final.
Feb. 22 1995
HARTINGTON — Clean up continues at the Hartington Hotel after a fire heavily damaged the nearly 90 year-old facility earlier this month.
Fire officials blamed an electric blanket for a blaze that damaged the Hartington Hotel Wednesday morning.
Quick response to the fire is credited with keeping the blaze contained to the southwest end of the historic three-story facility.
Three rooms in the 24-room facility were completely gutted by the fire. The rest of the building suffered heavy smoke damage.
All 12 people staying in the facility were evacuated safely. No one has been allowed to inhabit the facility since the fire. The Nebraska Fire Marshall’s office is mandating that several changes be made before the facility can be opened again. Hartington Hotel owner Jean Larson said she was awakened at about 6:30 Wednesday morning by her father, who said his electric blanket was on fire.
She called 911, then attempted to douse the flames herself using a fire extinguisher. The Hartington Volunteer Fire Dept. responded to the fire and immediately started working to make sure everyone was out of the three-story brick building.
