Laurel Advocate

LAUREL – After nearly 40 years as an employee of the city of Laurel, Mark McCoy has announced plans to retire on Feb. 29.

KEARNEY – The 66th Nebraska Agri-Business Exposition was held recently in Kearney.

HARTINGTON – With only a few days left to file, only one person has put his name in to succeed Craig Bartels as the District 2 Cedar County commissioner.

NIOBRARA – People may experience the sharp-tailed grouse mating dance from a new viewing blind at Niobrara State Park.

LAUREL – The decision by Laurel-Concord-Coleridge and two other area schools to leave the Lewis and Clark Conference is causing a bit of a domino affect.

LAUREL – The next Laurel Community blood drive is scheduled for Tuesday, March 19.

HARTINGTON – A judge ruled certain evidence inadmissible in the case of a Louisiana man accused of murder at a Hartington worksite last year.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy has sent invitations to schools across the state, seeking student entries for the 2025 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It!” environmental calendar.

LAUREL – Days off, early dismissals and late starts due to winter weather in January forced the incorporation of another school day into the calendar and the approval of remote learning in the future.

After a lengthy detour through the history of the old lumber yard and the arrival of natural gas, this week’s column returns to the spring of 1943.

LINCOLN – Several area students were among the more than 6,800 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students to be named to the Deans’ List for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year.

WAYNE – Wayne Public Schools won the Wayne State/Wayne High Invitational Speech Tournament held Feb. 3 on the Wayne State College campus. More than 320 entries from 19 schools competed in the event. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge took part in the event, finishing 39th.

WAYNE – Laurel-Concord-Coleridge’s Kassidy Koch was one of more than 250 high school vocal students representing 50 high schools from Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota to showcase their talent during Wayne State College’s Honor Choir concert held Feb. 2.

2024 State Cheer and Dance

LAUREL – The City of Laurel continues its search for a new source of drinking water.

Celebrating 100 days

WAYNE – Several Laurel area students were recently named to the Wayne State College Dean’s List.

COLERIDGE – Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Middle School students are taking part in the Lego League competition.

LAUREL – LCC’s Dylan Taylor has decided to continue his football career with the Mount Marty University Lancers.

OAKLAND – Laurel-Concord-Coleridge traveled south to Oakland for the C2-6 SubDistrict Tournament Feb. 13 and 15.