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LAUREL – Faculty, staff, administrators, students and parents may describe Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School as “good,” “great,” or even “excellent.”

HARTINGTON – The Cedar County Fair has once again booked some big name entertainment for its Cedarstock summer concert series.

RANDOLPH – Daniel B. “Dan” Meyer, 67, Randolph, died Dec. 17,

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CROFTON – Karen Donner, 71, Crofton, died Dec. 17, 2023, at her residence under Hospice care. Funeral services are pending at the Wintz Funeral Home, Crofton.

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LAUREL – Laurel-Concord-Coleridge’s school board members may make a decision on pursuing membership in a new activity and athletic conference at its next regular meeting.

LAUREL – The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge boys basketball team split two games over the past week with a 57-44 loss to Ponca for LCC’s first loss of the season and a 51-45 win over Plainview in overtime.

LAUREL – The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge girls basketball team earned two more wins in the young season to improve to 5-1 with just one game remaining on the pre-holiday slate before the moratorium.

It wouldn’t be the holidays without music to help set the mood and the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge elementary kids did their best to do just that at the LCC annual holiday concert. Students Aleithia Quanbeck, Rylen Christiansen, Hadassah Kossler and Alma White (top left) performed as a quartet, while (above) Brooklyn Lawyer, (back) Lena Brummels and Elizabeth Kneifl (front) supplement on the tambourine. Crew Koch, Taylor Funk and Colt Thompson (left) sing and dance their way to the holidays.

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LAUREL – Neal M. Stone, 86, Laurel, died Dec. 4, 2023, at Bryan Medical Center West Campus, Lincoln, ending his courageous battle with dementia. He was surrounded by his loving wife and children.

RANDOLPH –It was a busy weekend for Randolph wrestling as both the boys and girls were able to partake in plenty of contentious tournaments.

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HARTINGTON – Faculty, staff, administrators, students and parents may describe Hartington-Newcastle Public Schools as “Good,” “Great” or even “Excellent.”

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BELLEVUE – Paul Frederic Jansen, 91, Bellevue, a man whose life was a testament to resilience, hard work, kindness, faith and an unwavering love for family, peacefully died Dec. 4, 2023.