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Hartington Dayz 08/16/2023 12:00 AM

Coleridge Area Fund awards four grants to worthy causes

Coleridge Area Fund awards four grants to worthy causes

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. 08/16/2023 12:00 AM

Northeast volleyball team is set for a new season

Northeast volleyball team is set for a new season

NORFOLK – The Northeast Community College volleyball team has a roster filled with 16 Nebraskans and has what they hope to be a perfect mix of newcomers and returners. The eight freshmen and eight sophomores will hit the court for the first time in a competitive game together at 9 a.m. Friday in Garden City, Kan. when they will take on Frank Phillips College in the Scooter’s Coffee Invitational. 08/16/2023 12:00 AM

Fordyce family receives Pioneer Family Farm A

Fordyce family receives Pioneer Family Farm Award

HARTINGTON – A rural Fordyce family has been honored for owning its farm for more than 100 consecutive years. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

Stewart sisters really know how to show their animals

Stewart sisters really know how to show their animals

HARTINGTON – The Stewart sisters took the Cedar County 4-H livestock showmanship competitions by storm this year. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

Preliminary hearing held in child abuse case

Preliminary hearing held in child abuse case

HARTINGTON – A Hartington man’s case proceeded to Cedar County District Court after a preliminary hearing in the lower county court last week. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

Property taxes too high? Pillen has a committee for that

Property taxes too high? Pillen has a committee for that

Capitol View 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

Getting crops to market required good roads, rails

Getting crops to market required good roads, rails

In 1872, Cedar County commissioners purchased a pile driver and began improving roads and bridges. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

Columnist debates short words — lazy or efficient?

Columnist debates short words — lazy or efficient?

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. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

Randolph native is first to receive new Nebraska National Guard Heroism Medal

Randolph native is first to receive new Nebraska National Guard Heroism Medal

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. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

Hartington Dayz will make its return here on Aug. 12

Hartington Dayz will make its return here on Aug. 12

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. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

New generation in the mix at Steffen Drug

New generation in the mix at Steffen Drug

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. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

2008: Bernecker says Hartington was the right fit for him

2008: Bernecker says Hartington was the right fit for him

Aug. 13, 2003 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

1983: Grindvold scores a double eagle at local course

1983: Grindvold scores a double eagle at local course

Aug. 10, 1983 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

1943: WWI Navy vet Jordan joins the army to fight in WWII

1943: WWI Navy vet Jordan joins the army to fight in WWII

Aug. 12, 1943 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

1963: Hartington area received over six inches of rain in July

1963: Hartington area received over six inches of rain in July

Aug. 20, 1953 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

1933: Beer taps are once again flowing in Hartington

1933: Beer taps are once again flowing in Hartington

Aug. 10, 1933 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

1923: Hartington will hold memorial service after President Harding’s death

1923: Hartington will hold memorial service after President Harding’s death

Aug. 13, 1908 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

Getting ready

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. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

New state aid formula equals huge increases for area public schools

New state aid formula equals huge increases for area public schools

LINCOLN – Public school districts across the state will benefit from a new state aid-to-education formula approved this year by the Nebraska Legislature. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM

Christensen family entrenched in well-drilling

Christensen family entrenched in well-drilling

HARTINGTON – A rural Hartington company known for drilling water wells has hit its golden anniversary. 08/09/2023 12:00 AM