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GOTHENBURG – Will Feilmeier and Aiden Collier recently competed in the Nebraska Middle School State Track and Field Meet in Gothenburg.

(top) Braeden Reifenrath fields a grounder during recent American Legion action. (above) Hartington Seniors pitcher Dylan Taylor fires the ball toward home plate, while teammate Koby Detlefsen gets hit by a pitch to reach base during baseball action at Felber Park. The Seniors were 2-0 on the season heading into weekend action.

FORT CALHOUN – Celebrate Fort Atkinson State Historical Park’s revamped visitor center with a living history weekend June 3-4 at the park in Fort Calhoun.

Adalyn Reifenrath Vivian Stencil Bryar Hans Taya Gowery Layla Lenzen Mya Pinkelman Maleah Heimes Sophie Nelson Reagan Heimes Makenzie Foxhoven Team Coordinator: Nikki Pinkelman

May 23: Hartington vs Verdigre- 8u (Team 1) @ 5:00, 10u (Teams A/B) @ 6:00, 12u @ 5:00, 18u @ 6:00 May 25: Hartington @ Osmond- 6u @ 5:00 (on baseball field), 8u (Team 2) @ 6:00 (on baseball field), 10u (Teams A/C) @ 5:00, 12u @ 6:00, 18u @ 7:00 May 30: Hartington vs Wausa- 6u @ 5:00, 8u (Team 1) @ 6:00, 10u (Teams B/C) @ 7:00, 18u @ 7:00 vs Crieghton June1: Hartington vs Bloomfield - 8u (Team 2) @ 6:00, 12u @ 7:00 June 2 - 4: 18u District tune up tournament in Norfolk June 6: Hartington vs Laurel- 8u (Team 1) @ 5:00, 10u (Teams A/B) @ 6:00, 12u @ 5:00 & 6:00 (double header vs Ponca), 18u @ 7:00 June 8: Hartington @ Ponca12u @ 6:30 (double header or one longgame), 18u @ 5:00 June 9-11: Districts: 12u @ Crofton, 18u @ Ponca June 13: Hartington @ Wausa- 6u @ 5:00, 8u (Team 1) @ 6:00, 10u (Teams A/C) @ 7:00, 18u @ Crofton @ 8:00 June 15: Hartington @ Laurel- 8u (Team 2) @ 5:00, 10u (Teams B/C) @ 6:00, 18u @ 7:00 June 17: 18u League Tournament @ Wakefield June 20: Hartington vs Osmond- 6u @ 5:00, 8u (Team 1) @ 6:00, 10u (Teams A/B) @ 7:00, 12u @ 5:30, 18u @ 6:45 June 21: Hartington @ Wakefield- 12u @ 5:00, 18u triangular w/ Wakefield & Oakland (following 12’s game) June 22: Hartington @ Bloomfield- 8u (Team 2) @ 6:00, 12u @ 7:00, 18u @ 8:00 @ Creighton June 24: 8u League Tournament @ Hartington June 24: 12u League Tournament @ Crofton June 25: 10u League Tournament @ Osmond June 27: Hartington vs Wakefield- 8u (Team 1) @ 5:00, 10u (Teams A/C) @ 6:00, 12u @ 5:00, 18u @ 6:00 June 29: Hartington @ Randolph- 6u @ 5:00, 8u (Team 2) @ 6:00, 10u (Team B/C) @ 7:00, 12u @ 8:00 July 14-16: Class D State,All Ages @ Hastings

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Kiersten Hans Hadley Grutsch Nora Lange Ella Kelly Jocelyn Reyes Brooklyn Peters Shayla Heine Landry Heimes Natalee Hart Sylvie Nieman Jerze Hunt Sophie Gubbels Londynn Morten Elsie Kleinschmit Allie Freeman

Emma Hoeppner Brooklyn Lenhoff Charla Pick Brynlee Feilmeier Avery Mainquist Ella Crosley Sarah Clark Olivia Whitmire Halle Backer Maggie Lippert Clara Winkelbauer Maddie Fuller Claire Dickes Laney Mlinar Emerson O'Brien Willa Sage Harper Folkers

Mani Lange Olivia Grutsch Blair Wakeley Hadley Vanness Emilie Claussen Cohen Paden Hazel Hochstein Jocelyn Bottolfsen Alexys Hahne Jade Ford Ali Ford Lia Meisenheimer

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Memorial Day services were held at the Laurel Cemetary

HARTINGTON – Cedar and Knox counties are planning to bundle two bridge replacement projects together.

LAUREL – Veterans from across Nebraska rode into Laurel Saturday to promote the National Medal of Honor Highway, and honor the man who got the project rolling in Nebraska.

Roddy Weinandt

NORFOLK – Funeral service for Margaret Henrietta Hale, 88, Norfolk, were May 30 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Norfolk. Father Pat McLaughlin officiated the service. Interment was at the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Norfolk.

PIPESTONE, Minn. – David “Dave” Lammers, 79, Pipestone, Minn., died peacefully May 26, 2023, at the Good Samaritan Communities of Pipestone.

Linda Morris LAUREL – Linda Sue Morris, 74, Laurel, died May 25, 2023, at her residence. No local services will be held at this time. Her cremated remains will be buried with her parents in Lansing, Mich., with a date to yet be determined. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home, Laurel. Linda Morris was born Linda Dove in Lansing, Mich., May 29, 1948, to John and Gladys Dove. Her father, John, worked for Oldsmobile on the assembly line at the Fisher Body plant. She had two older brothers, Eugene, who worked as a printer for San Bernardino County, Calif., and Jack, who worked in heating and air conditioning for Kaiser Aluminum, Fontana, Calif. Linda later attended Lansing Community College, becoming a Registered Nurse, a profession in which she would serve for the next 20+ years, primarily in obstetrics, frequently delivering babies due to the doctors not arriving in time.

Another area newspaper bit the dust on Aug. 27, 1942. Under the headline “Our Obituary,” Editor Bert Rumsey announced that he was suspending publication of the Belden Progress. Rumsey said he had planned to make Belden his future home but lack of support from the public and the business community put him in the hole.