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HARTINGTON – Several village boards will be seeking new people to step up as the incumbent filing deadline has now passed for this year’s election.

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Every candidate for governor always promises two things – to cut property taxes, and eliminate the “waste” in state spending.

TABOR, S.D. – The Wynot Expos hit the road for three games in South Central South Dakota Amateur Baseball Action over the past week.

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PENDER – The Northeast Nebraska Public Health Department is alerting the public that the first pool of mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) has been found within the health district of Cedar, Dixon, Thurston, and Wayne counties for the 2024 season. West Nile Virus is present in Northeast Nebraska.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington- Newcastle School Board Monday approved a late change to its teaching roster.

I’m extremely confident we have chronicled the fact the Darling Wife, although a wonderful spouse, Mother, Nana and gardener, is not so gifted in the kitchen area.

HARTINGTON – Prosecutors trying a Laurel man in a quadruple murder case intends to use evidence from the victims’ security system.

While it is a relatively drought-tolerant forage, alfalfa does not have specific growth stages when it is less sensitive to water stress. If water is not available, the plant will slow or stop growing and go dormant. Then, when water becomes available, growth resumes. Dormant plants can be harvested or grazed with relative safety, but many not be worth the time or cost.

Five-day Cedar County Fair opens Wednesday night

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Politicians and advertisers and media outlets always seem to talk as if all of life can be framed as two sides (us vs. them), and vastly complex issues can be reduced to 30-second sound bites. Those voices like to tell us who we’re allowed to care about, and who we must not.

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HARTINGTON – A Norfolk lawyer has been appointed as the new Cedar County attorney.

ACTIVITIES Wednesday, July 17: Catholic Communal Services, Garden Club, Current Events, Open Centers, Puzzle Time.

A big crowd came out to the historic Skylon Ballroom Saturday night for a dance that was deemed as the 'Grand Finale Final Dance' for the famed facility. Hartington voters rejected a bond proposal in May that would have moved the Skylon to a new location and put a new addition on to it. The building's owner needs the lot to expand his business, so the facility will most likely be torn down. There is a chance the building can still be saved, however, as several local residents are still trying to find a way to move it through a combination of fundraising and local support.