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“When there’s a will, there’s a way.”

I’m trying to stay hep or hip with my fashions, and now I’m feeling insecure.

While it can bring other problems, abundant rain produces abundant grass. If this describes your grasslands, let’s find a way to take best advantage of this blessing; haying, stockpiling, and grazing.

OMAHA – High interest rates, along with weak farm commodity prices and equipment sales, helped push a regional “rural mainstreet” economic index tracked by Omaha’s Creighton University to below growth neutral for the loth month in a row.

LINCOLN – The former city clerk in Ponca now stands charged with three criminal offenses for allegedly destroying several years worth of the city’s financial records just prior to her dismissal 16 months ago.

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ATLANTA – A team of Northeast Community College students took top honors at a national career and technical education skills competition and leadership conference.

Wednesday, July 10: Catholic Communal Services, Garden Club, Current Events, Open Centers, Puzzle Time.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington Penguin 18U softball team got together with Crofton July 2 to play a doubleheader as the teams prepared for the upcoming state tournaments.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington Dolphins swam past the competition in their own meet here Tuesday, July 2 outdistancing the Wayne Dolphins, 749-591.

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WISNER – The Hartington Post 4 Junior American Legion baseball team made it to the finals of the Ralph Bishop League Tournament with wins over Crofton and Wayne to take the North Division of the league then fell 7-3 in the championship game to Pender Post 55 here on July 6.

CROFTON – The annual emergence of mayflies at Lewis and Clark State Recreation Area near Crofton means the insects are plentiful near and around the lake as they swarm to lights from the marina, cabins, facilities and campers.

LINCOLN – Residents may buy any available deer and antelope permits, within permit limits, starting at 10 a.m. Central Time.

WYNOT - The Wynot Expos snapped a 3-game losing steak with a 6-5 win over the Freeman Black Sox here July 7 to improve to 4-10 on the 2024 season. Earlier in the week, the Expos lost on the road to the Crofton Bluejays, 10-2 on July 3.

The team of Brandy W. was the champion of this year’s St. Helena coed softball tournament played on the 4th of July. The team won their first three, lost their first game in the double elimination, and came back to win the championship. The team enjoyed a pan full of chicken as the champions. Team members include (back row) Brandy Wiebelhaus, Olivia Whitmire, Hazel Hochstein, Taylor Alexander, Hudson Whitmire, Dalton Gobel holding Kayden Gobel, Kelia Barta and Sam Wiebelhaus; (front) Megan Pallas, Don Whitmire, Jared Wiebelhaus, Dain Whitmire and Breiton Whitmire.

LINCOLN – Bird-watching enthusiasts and families enjoyed new adventures all throughout the month of May while competing in the second Nebraska Birding Bowl.

TEAM RESULTS

Area residents flocked to the Dixon County Fairovertheweekend.TheFairstartedFriday and wraps up Wednesday night. (right) Alex Uthof of Ponca, Brooke Hansen of Laurel, and Maya Brummels of Coleridge, wait with their cattle for the showmanship portion of theopencattleshowtobegin Sunday.(below) Onedrivergetsalittlehelpfromatrackofficial during the Power Wheels demolition derby Saturday. (middle, right) Naomi Badley, 8, Laurel, snuggles with a baby pig in the petting zoo Saturday. (bottom, left) Brooke Hansen, Laurel, leads her animal at Sunday’s Dixon County Fair open class show.

COLERIDGE – Laurel-Concord-Coleridge’s middle school campus in Coleridge has utilized grants to boost its STEM technology with 3-D printers, programmable robots and other tools.

HARTINGTON – Candidates are still needed for several area village board positions.