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Local early childhood provider recognized for Quality Child Care

Local early childhood provider recognized for Quality Child Care

COLERIDGE – Cedar County Communities for Kids is proud to spotlight Carol Benson. She is the owner and operator of Carol’s Child Care, LLC, and has been recognized by Nebraska Step Up to Quality for her commitment to quality child care and education. She completed a rating review and her program earned Step 3. Step Up to Quality programs go beyond state licensing requirements to better serve the needs of young children and their families and to prepare them for success in kindergarten and beyond. 04/10/2024 12:00 AM

Steffen, Lueth join graduating class of 2023-24 Early Childhood Policy Leadership Academy

Steffen, Lueth join graduating class of 2023-24 Early Childhood Policy Leadership Academy

GRAND ISLAND – The Nebraska Early Childhood Policy Leadership Academy, the state’s premier, early childhood leadership initiative, recently wrapped up its 2023-24 program in Grand Island. Jackie Steffen, Nebraska Extension Early Childhood Educator of Hartington and Jessica Lueth, Cardinal Kids Early Learning Center Director of Randolph, completed the six-month program alongside 22 other advocates representing early childhood and higher education, public health, nonprofits, civic organizations, businesses and economic development entities. Steffen and Lueth join a network of nearly 150 PLA alumni working in communities throughout the state to strengthen Nebraska’s early childhood systems. 04/10/2024 12:00 AM

Wynot Prom 2024

Wynot Prom 2024

Air Pro Heating & Cooling Anderson Body Arbor Care Center Art Kathol Appliance Auto Hospital/AJ Auto Used Cars B & B Locker - Wynot Bank of Dixon County Bank of Hartington Becker Body Shop Becker Flying Service, Inc. 04/10/2024 12:00 AM

Area Senior Menus

Area Senior Menus

ACTIVITIES: Wednesday, April 10: Catholic Communal Services, Chair Exercises, Dominoes, Current events, Open Centers, Puzzle Time. 04/10/2024 12:00 AM

Area Senior Menus

Area Senior Menus

ACTIVITIES: Wednesday, April 3: Bible Study, Chair Exercises, Current Events, Open Centers, Puzzle Time. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

HNS Academic All-State

HNS Academic All-State

Six Hartington-Newcastle students received Academic All-State honors. They are (back) Alexus Hans, speech; Dayton Sudbeck, boys basketball; Cole Heimes, boys basketball; (front) Kennedy Gotch, speech; Maddie Steffen, girls basketball; and Olivia Grutsch, girls basketball. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

WPS Girls State

WPS Girls State

Wynot Public Schools students Joslyn Hochstein, Eliza Lange and Kallie Steffen have been named American Legion Girls State recipients. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Work will begin on Hwy. 84 east of Bloomfield

Work will begin on Hwy. 84 east of Bloomfield

BLOOMFIELD – Weather permitting, work will resume the week of April 8 on Highway 84 at the Hwy. 81-84 junction. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Husker hero is preparing to graduate from high school

Husker hero is preparing to graduate from high school

LINCOLN – Pinnacle Bank Arena roared. No buzzer beater had been hit, no court had been stormed, in fact no game had been played at all. Yet the arena was the epicenter for what must have felt like an earthquake of cheers and applause. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Area students receive RHOP status at Wayne State College

Area students receive RHOP status at Wayne State College

WAYNE – Wayne State College announced that two Hartington Cedar Catholic High School students, Ella Bowers and Annika Kuehn, have been chosen for the highly selective Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) for the Fall 2024 semester. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Good Friday

Father Owen Korte led local residents through the streets of Hartington for Holy Trinity Catholic Church’s annual Good Friday Stations of the Cross observation. Over 100 area residents gathered for the event, which started at the church then headed down Broadway before turning at Centre Street and back toward the church. Several different volunteers carried the cross during the ceremony. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Jarvi retires after 44 years at Haskell Ag Lab

Jarvi retires after 44 years at Haskell Ag Lab

CONCORD – Mary Jarvi is retiring after 44 years of going to work each morning at the Haskell Ag Research lab. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Benedictine Center to host lecture by Sister Sutera

Benedictine Center to host lecture by Sister Sutera

YANKTON, S.D. The Benedictine Peace Center and the Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery will be hosting a lecture by Sister Judith Sutera, OSB, April 19, at 7 p.m. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Mark your calendars for the upcoming area blood drives

Mark your calendars for the upcoming area blood drives

DES MOINES, Iowa – April donors bring May lives saved! This month, roll up your sleeves and save lives with LifeServe Blood Center. LifeServe Blood Center is calling all community members to participate in blood donation drives throughout the month of April, in your neighborhood. Each donation bolsters the blood supply for local hospitals, and LifeServe aims to emphasize the crucial role that each donor plays in supporting healthcare services within their own communities. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Time, funds running out for lawmakers’ priorities

Time, funds running out for lawmakers’ priorities

LINCOLN – In the waning days of the Nebraska Legislature’s 2024 session, lawmakers are grappling with dwindling time and not enough funds for pet projects they’d like to see funded. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Beckman warns to look out for grass tetany in new spring grasses

Beckman warns to look out for grass tetany in new spring grasses

Fresh spring growth is a welcome site for producers looking for animal forage. However, lush spring growth may be the perfect condition for a case of grass tetany. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Unicameral makes headlines for all the wrong reasons

Unicameral makes headlines for all the wrong reasons

Editorial 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Legislature approves budget adjustments

Legislature approves budget adjustments

Last week, the Legislature gave final round approval to the two mid-biennium budget adjustment bills: LB1412 and LB1413. The two bills will increase the state budget by 2.7 percent in this two-year period which is up from the 2.3 percent approved last year. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

The flood of 1943 was among the worst ever in Cedar County

The flood of 1943 was among the worst ever in Cedar County

While people in much of Cedar County were battling grass fires, some of the people in the northern end of the county were more concerned about flooding. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

OK, Nebraska DOT, you asked for it

OK, Nebraska DOT, you asked for it

I get literally thousands of emails each week. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM

Laurel man part of campaign to get abortion initiative on the ballot

Laurel man part of campaign to get abortion initiative on the ballot

LINCOLN – A Laurel man is part of a group of Nebraska medical professionals seeking to present a different abortion-related constitutional amendment – billed as a “better choice” – to voters in November: banning abortions after the first trimester. 04/03/2024 12:00 AM