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HARTINGTON – First-year Cedar Catholic principal and longtime Cedar Catholic athletic director Chad Cattau has announced the hiring of four new teachers to complete the certified teaching staff at the high school.

HARTINGTON – What do Coleridge’s picnic tables, Bow Valley’s community hall and Randolph’s Honey Fest have in common?

Marilyn C. Sudbeck

PONCA – Aaron Bensen age 53, Ponca, died unexpectedly July 1, 2023, at Unity Point Health – St. Luke’s, Sioux City, Iowa.

July 3, 1913

HARTINGTON – The construction of Cedar County’s new emergency communications tower has been completed, but work at the site continues.

PAPILLION – An outside investigation of populist-fed fears about voting problems, funded by Sarpy County taxpayers, found no evidence of voter fraud and only a handful of mistakes by poll workers, none of which changed an election outcome.

HARTINGTON – Some Hartington area residents thought Jim and Jeaneen Kuehn were crazy when they launched a new business 50 years ago this week.

HARTINGTON – The competition takes place Saturday to see who will represent Cedar County as its Rodeo Queen.

Capitol View

For the folks who know my wife of 36 years, this next statement won’t come as much of a surprise.

Warm weather has returned and with it, the possibility for heat stress in animals. At especially high risk are animals on feed, like feedlot cattle, that are near harvest weights. While long lasting heat events can be deadly, with appropriate action, warm weather can be handled without too much issue.

HARTINGTON – A man is back in jail three months after a judge gave him probation - again with allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington Navy Pony League team used a great pitching performance from Grady Haberer to sink Creighton 2-1 in a game played on June 29 in Hartington.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington American Legion Senior baseball team is set to host the Area 1 Tournament at Felber Park this month.

Big Swing

WYNOT – After defeating the Yankton Tappers just under two weeks ago, the Wynot Expos dropped a 14-5 South Central South Dakota League contest Thursday with the visitors from the north.

WAKEFIELD – The Hartington Post 4 Junior American Legion baseball team dropped the title game on July 1 in the Ralph Bishop League finals for its second loss of the entire summer in a well-played game fitting of a finals match-up at Eaton Field in Wakefield.

HARTINGTON – With an additional week to prepare for the Class D part of the 2023 USA Softball of Nebraska 18U State Tournament, the Hartington 18s softball team has done the best it can to prepare for its second straight trip to the most important tournament of the year.

LINCOLN – Two Nebraska efforts aimed at grassland and wildlife conservation through conservation assistance for farmers, ranchers and tribes will benefit from a financial boost recently announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.