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DAVID CITY – Cedar Catholic football hit the road Friday for the second time this season and came away with a 25-13 fourth-quarter win over Aquinas Catholic in David City.

WYNOT – After opening the season with three straight losses, the Hartington-Newcastle volleyball team has won three matches in a row, including last Thursday’s Wynot Quadrangular.

HUMPHREY – In a battle of state-rated football teams, the Wynot Blue Devils downed the Humphrey St. Francis Flyers 14-6 Friday night on the road.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The transition to college can be difficult for many students.

BEEMER – The Hartington-Newcastle cross country teams brought home five medals from the Wisner- Pilger Invitational held at Indian Trails Country Club near Beemer on Aug. 31, with both the Wildcats and Lady Wildcats winding up fourth in the meet in their respective divisions.

WYNOT - Wynot hosted its own quadrangular on the volleyball court and split two matches to go to 3-1 in the early season.

STANTON – The Cedar Catholic girls’ golf team placed third in the Stanton Invitational recently held at the Elkhorn Acres Golf Club after carding a teamtotal of 456.

HARTINGTON – Hartington-Newcastle dropped its home opening game on the gridiron on Sept. 1 with a loss to Plainview, 42-6, to fall to 0-2 on the 2023 season.

NORFOLK – The Cedar Catholic volleyball team used a sweep over an old rival and a win in one-of-two matches in the Scotus Central Volleyball Tournament in Columbus to go .500 during a busy week after opening the 2023 campaign with three wins.

RANDOLPH – Nearly 100 people attended a joint meeting between Randolph and Osmond’s school boards to discuss a potential high school football cooperative between the two schools for the 2024 season.

LINCOLN – There are more than a million acres of publicly accessible lands throughout Nebraska. The recently published 2023-2024 Public Access Atlas identifies and consolidates these public access resources for the benefit of Nebraska’s hunters, trappers and anglers.

LINCOLN – Visitors to Johnson Lake State Recreation Area will notice the lowering of the lake level this fall. The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District will lower it in preparation of an outage at the Johnson No. 1 hydroplant.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will conduct its annual grouse wing collection during the upcoming upland season starting Sept. 1.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has announced plans for a fall renovation of the Lake Ogallala fishery. Deteriorated aquatic habitat conditions and declining sportfish populations have prompted this renovation. To ensure safety, some temporary closures will be implemented.

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LCC Board gets a look at new budget

LAUREL – Laurel-Concord- Coleridge’s school enrollment decreased by double digits when compared with last year’s numbers.

It’s that time of year when area farmers start cutting for silaging. The crop must be cut at the right stage for the best feed quality possible. Outside of Laurel on land owned by Rich Erwin, amidst the cutter and the constant flow of trucks this yearly event is taking place.

Area governmental entities plan hearings

LINCOLN - A state lawmaker's multi-year eort to allow the concealed carry of handguns without a permit or training took eect Saturday, with Ne braska’s largest cities issuing guidance just before the law was enacted.

LAUREL - Wisner-Pilger handed Laurel-Concord-Coleridge its first regular season gridiron loss Friday since the last game of the 2021 season.