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HASTINGS – A Magnet man received the maximum sentences allowed under the law for an Adams County sexual assault incident.

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WAYNE – The Northeast Nebraska Public Health Department is alerting the public that the first pool of mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile Virus has been found within the health district of Cedar, Dixon, Thurston and Wayne counties for the 2023 season. West Nile Virus is present in Northeast Nebraska.

CROFTON – The 2023 Life Chain for this area of Nebraska will extend from St. Rose of Lima parish, Crofton, to the extreme eastern boundaries to Holy Family parish, near Bow Valley on Highway 12.

ACTIVITIES: Wednesday, Sept. 27: Catholic Communion, Board Games, Linen Helpers, Open Centers, Card Club, Social Time.

HARTINGTONNEWCASTLE SCHOOLS Thursday, Sept. 28: Breakfast: French Toast, Fruit/Juice, Milk; Lunch: Cheesy Chicken Sub, Chips, Fresh Veggies, Mandarin Oranges, Milk.

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HARTINGTON – Enrollment at Cedar County's public schools declined this school year, with two schools experiencing double-digit decreases.

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HARTINGTON – It’s Homecoming week at Hartington-Newcastle.

HARTINGTON – The newest “branch” of Security Bank opened its doors for the first time Sept. 13.

LINCOLN - A new judge has been appointed to serve Cedar County Court.

The Trinity Lutheran Bell Choir perforins as Nebraska Synod Bishop Scott Alan Johnson and Pastor Amanda Talley prepare to start services Sunday in recognition of the local church’s 150th anniversary. The event drew in people from around the country. Former Trinity Lutheran Pastors Bob Bryan and Paid Reimers also attended the event. For more photos, check the www.hartington.net photo gallery.

HARTINGTON – The Bow Creek Watershed Project will be hosting a workshop that will present the principles and benefits of perennial grassland and annual forage crop grazing systems from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Sept. 22, at the Hartington Golf Course, Ralph Tate, HMI Certified Educator, will lead a discussion on grazing management systems in the morning.

HARTINGTON – The $32.2 million Cedar County budget was approved along with the tax asking for the 2023-24 fiscal year at the board of commissioners' meeting on Sept. 12.

HARTINGTON – Cedar County’s total property valuation for 2023 was tabulated and sent to budget-setting entities in late August.

HARTINGTON – For the second straight year, pink postcards are piling up in Cedar County residents’ mailboxes.

The 1950s were a wild time. Everything was in black and white, there weren’t any footprints on the moon and no one had even heard of Taylor Swift. Can you imagine what that must have been like?

T he history of Trinity Lutheran Church in Hartington dates back to before the community was even named and platted.