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HARTINGTON – Charleen (Feilmeier) Meyer is a longtime homemaker who has worn many hats – mother, grandmother and author.

July 3, 1999

FORDYCE – LifeServe Blood Center held a blood drive in Fordyce June 18, and had a great turnout, with 12 donors registered to donate and 15 units of life saving blood collected. The units donated at the blood drive can help save up to 45 lives.

ACTIVITIES Wednesday, June 26: Catholic Communal Services, Chair Exercises, Dominoes, Current Events, Open Centers, Puzzle Time.

HARTINGTON – The public is invited for coffee and a book signing with children’s author, Charleen Meyer, at the Hartington Public Library, from 10-11 a.m., June 28. Meyer is the author of the “Sunflower Seed Caper,” along with eight other children’s books.

HARTINGTON – America needs to improve its international trade deals if it is to find long term economic success, Third District Congressman Adrian Smith told a crowd of onlookers here Wednesday afternoon.

COLERIDGE – LifeServe Blood Center hosted a blood drive in Coleridge June 17, and had a great turnout, with 15 donors registered to donate and 15 units of blood collected. The units donated at the blood drive can help save up to 45 lives.

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HARTINGTON – Over 200 local students took part in the 2024 4-H Ag Innovators Experience - Protect the Plate Challenge through this past spring/ summer. This STEM-based activity challenges them to use their critical thinking skills to take part in solving real-world agriculture issues around food safety.

NORFOLK – The Nebraska State Patrol led a search in Cedar County last week for a man wanted on a national warrant.

OGALLALA – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission approved staff recommendations for a 2025 mountain lion hunting season at its June 21 meeting in Ogallala.

HARTINGTON – More than 6,700 Cedar County residents received notices that their property values are changing in 2024.

Continued rain this year is a blessing to keep pastures and fields growing and green. However, short drying windows may make alfalfa harvest tricky.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington City Council Monday agreed to sell its 2004 GMC garbage truck to the village of Wynot.

June 29, 1944

LINCOLN – Gov. Jim Pillen’s route to property tax reform could come through the State of Nebraska taking over all funding for K-12 schools instead of using local property taxes to pay a portion of the cost.

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. – Homes were destroyed, roads were washed out, sinkholes opened up, a railroad bridge was swept away, and rescuers worked Sunday night into Monday morning to save people from rising floodwaters in the McCook Lake area of southeastern South Dakota.

LINCOLN – Governor Jim Pillen is acting proactively to mitigate the impact of any flooding that happens along the Missouri River. Today, he declared a state of emergency for those counties that abut the river, which will immediately free up state funds and resources, should the need arise. The proclamation confers authority to Nebraska’s Adjutant General to activate those resources, to protect lives and property.

June 30, 1999

LINCOLN - More than 6,600 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans’ List for the spring semester of the 2023-24 academic year.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Heavy rains in eastern South Dakota, and parts of northeastern Nebraska and northwestern Iowa have led to flooding, road closures and evacuations.