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HARTINGTON – A tough football schedule just got tougher for Cedar Catholic, thanks to cooperatives, consolidations and declining enrollment.

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.

CONCORD – Mary Jarvi is retiring after 44 years of going to work each morning at the Haskell Ag Research lab.

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.

ACTIVITIES: Wednesday, April 3: Bible Study, Chair Exercises, Current Events, Open Centers, Puzzle Time.

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.

Wynot Public Schools students Joslyn Hochstein, Eliza Lange and Kallie Steffen have been named American Legion Girls State recipients.

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.

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.

HARTINGTON – Over 60 early childhood professionals from seven counties in northeast Nebraska gathered at Nissen Winery March 23 for the first-ever Cedar County Early Childhood Education Conference. Sponsored by Cedar County Communities for Kids, the event aimed to enhance the early childhood workforce and offer a valuable local professional development opportunity for individuals who work directly with young children.

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.

OMAHA – Omaha Westside senior Lakelyn Joslin has committed to Lake Erie College to play lacrosse and basketball.

A proposal to sell water from the city of Hartington to Cedar-Knox Rural Water Project could be a win-win for everyone involved.But did the proposal come too late? 

Several Cedar Catholic High School students have been named as recipients of Academic All State honors. They include, (back) Alex Elks, bowling; Maverick Heine, wrestling; Alex Kuehn, boys’ basketball; Elizabeth Rokusek, speech; Braeden Kleinschmit, wrestling; Grace Wortmann, girls’ basketball; (front) Dary Myo, bowling; Morgan Kuchta, girls’ wrestling; Benjamin Kleinschmit, bowling/speech; Samantha Pick, girls’ basketball; and Madison Kuchta, girls’ wrestling. Not pictured is Ty Thoene, boys’ basketball.

KEARNEY – Isabelle Heimes has talked her way to an individual State speech title.