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HARTINGTON – The Cedar County 4-H Sharp Shooters Archery program takes aim at helping youth learn to safely and responsibly handle a bow and arrow.

LINCOLN – Nebraska’s pheasant, quail and partridge seasons are here.

LINCOLN – Wheat and milo stubble left tall following harvest provides excellent cover and hunting opportunities for pheasants and other wildlife. The 2023-2024 Stubble Access Guide displays these and other adjacent habitats open to pub lic, walk-in hunting across portions of western Nebraska.

HARTINGTON – Hunters can finally go out for the Midwest pheasant season.

LINCOLN – A donation will help bring archery to more Nebraska schools this year.

LINCOLN – Nebraska youth got to experience a pheasant hunt as adult mentors took them afield for the state’s Special Youth Hunt on Oct. 21-22.

WAYNE – The Wayne Area Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will host its 19th annual Auction and Member Banquet fundraiser for wetlands and waterfowl conservation on Nov. 3.

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LINCOLN – Nebraska Game and Parks Commission customer service offices will be open on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 10.

HARTINGTON–TheLewisandClarkNaturalResources District(LCNRD)providescostsharetosealunusedorabandoned irrigation or domestic wells. If you have a well that is no longer serviceable and needs to be permanently removed, LCNRD can help protect your property and groundwater by having it properly sealed.

HARTINGTON–TheLewisandClarkNaturalResourcesDistrictandtheNaturalResources Conservation Service are offering water nitrate testing for domestic well water.

HARTINGTON – What is the Emerald Ash Borer?

HARTINGTON–Easternredcedar(Juniperusvirginiana) is one of 13 juniper species native to the United States. It is the most widespread tree-sized conifer native to every state east of the 100th meridian. First accounts of Nebraska vegetation mention eastern redcedar as a native species, primarily along thesteepvalleyoftheNiobraraRiverinnorthernNebraska,as a minor component in deciduous forests in eastern Nebraska,andasadominantspeciesoncanyonsidesinthe rugged Loess Hills region of central Nebraska. Today, native stands of eastern redcedar can be found on most grasslands throughout central and eastern Nebraska and much of the Midwest.

HARTINGTON – A Louisiana man’s murder case will continue into next year.

HARTINGTON – A local woman who is slated to have her home razed, gave an impassioned speech to the Hartington City Council Monday in an effort to save it from the wrecking ball.   false      

LINCOLN – Restoring adequate funding for a network of weather monitoring stations across Nebraska, which was once a model for the nation, is gaining some momentum.   false

LINCOLN – Highway 20 traffic through town has been reduced to one lane yet again as crews complete repair work.

OMAHA – A new Census-based report revealed a dramatic swing in what is driving Nebraskans to leave the state: Housing, namely the challenge of finding it, leapt past jobs as the top reason.

HARTINGTON – Nebraska Extension is excited to team up with Lied Randolph and Hartington Public libraries for programs this fall.

WAYNE – It’s been a long wait, but the new main entrance of Providence Medical Center (PMC) is complete and ready to be used by patients and visitors on Monday, Oct. 30.

HARTINGTON – The Village of Coleridge and the Cedar County Historical Society recently received grant awards from the Cedar County Tourism Board.