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COLERIDGE – The Coleridge Area Fund Advisory Committee recently awarded four grants from its Unrestricted Endowment Account to local worthy causes that are improving quality of life for those living in the Coleridge area.

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HARTINGTON – Dr. Jack Steffen wants to be a jack-of-all-trades pharmacist as he follows in his father's footsteps down the same career path.

HARTINGTON – A rural Hartington company known for drilling water wells has hit its golden anniversary.

LINCOLN – Public school districts across the state will benefit from a new state aid-to-education formula approved this year by the Nebraska Legislature.

Area school employees are working to prepare their facilities and classrooms for the start of a new school year. Most area students will begin classes next week. (left) Hartington-Newcastle second-grade teacher Kelsey Fincher puts numbers on a calendar in her room on Thursday as she prepares for the start of school. (below) Cedar Catholic custodian Jeff Andrews works to polish a floor in a hallway at the high school on Thursday.

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HARTINGTON – A rural Fordyce family has been honored for owning its farm for more than 100 consecutive years.

HARTINGTON – The streets of downtown Hartington will come to life this Saturday when the Hartington Area Chamber of Commerce puts on the second annual Hartington Dayz event.

LINCOLN – A Randolph native’s example of selfless service and unhesitating decisive actions in response to a 2019 fatal vehicle crash earned her the first Nebraska National Guard Heroism Medal.

Americans like being the best at things. We’re the best at baseball, jazz, freedom, national parks – pretty much anything Ken Burns has already covered. Yes, living in the Land of Opportunity is glorious. Now, I’d like to award us (and, by us, I mean U.S.) a super-sized gold medal for smashing words together more efficiently than anyone else in the world.

In 1872, Cedar County commissioners purchased a pile driver and began improving roads and bridges.

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HARTINGTON – A Hartington man’s case proceeded to Cedar County District Court after a preliminary hearing in the lower county court last week.

HARTINGTON – The Stewart sisters took the Cedar County 4-H livestock showmanship competitions by storm this year.

COLERIDGE MEALS ON WHEELS Wednesday, Aug. 9: Fiesta Hamburger Steak/Spanish Rice, Chuckwagon Corn, Cinnamon Apples, Bread/Butter, Milk.