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NORFOLK – Several Cedar County athletes took part in the Northeast Nebraska All-Star basketball game Friday at Northeast Community College.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington Post 4 Junior Legion baseball team dropped a tough, hard-fought 6-3 game to Wayne on May 29,then responded with a 22-3 shellacking of South Sioux City on June 3 to improve to 2-1 on the young season.

YANKTON, S.D. – After three losses to open the American Legion baseball season, the Hartington Post 4 Legion Baseball Seniors broke through with back-to-back wins in a tournament in Yankton, S.D., over the weekend to stay alive in the competition until Sunday.

CREIGHTON – After defeating Creighton in Hartington on May 23, 5-0, the Hartington Pony League had little trouble against the Quad County League rivals, winning 20-0 on May 28 in a game played in Creighton.

WAUSA – The Hartington Penguins 18U softball team split a doubleheader at Wausa May 30, winning the first game 10-6 and dropping the second game 4-0.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington 12-and-under Red team defeated Hartington 12U Navy 3-1 in baseball action here May 29.

HARTINGTON – The Cedar County 4-H Presentation Contest was held May 28 at the Cedar County Extension Office. 4-H members gave presentations using multimedia illustrations. An Illustrated Presentation is a live talk where participants use visual aids (such as props, posters, computer-based visuals, handouts, video, etc.) to demonstrate and explain a topic.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington City Library will be hosting “Adventure Begins @ Your Library,” for the Summer Reading Program this year. Participants will be sent romping though rainforests, combing beaches, climbing mountains and hanging out under the stars.

(above) View from the west showing LCC’s new building with the new entrances for the high school and the Fitness Center. (bottom right) An additional window was added to theelementarybuildinginmid-May.(bottom left) The new elementary entrance is taking shape.(middle)Thenorthdoorsoftheschool alsoreceivedanewlook.Schoolofficialsare hoping to have the entire project done prior to the first day of school on Aug. 14.

HARTINGTON – The Cedar County Board of Commissioners recently received an update on the out-of-state trips Cedar County Transit Manager Nikki Pinkelman has been taking for work training.

HARTINGTON – A Laurel woman wants statements she made to law enforcement to be excluded from her murder trial.

HARTINGTON – A Laurel woman wants statements she made to law enforcement to be excluded from her murder trial.

YANKTON, S.D. –The body of a missing Yankton, S.D., man was recovered Sunday from the MIssouri River where he went msising the week before.

RANDOLPH – Randolph’s aging swimming pool has been leading the city’s public works crew into troubled waters and putting swimmers in a holding pattern waiting for opening day.

A captive audience

LINCOLN – The Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation kicked off the 2024 WanderNebraska Travel Adventure Program on Memorial Day weekend with many updates for its third year.

75 Years Ago - June 9, 1949 RANDOLPH – Billy Walz, 16, Randolph youth, was one of eight hostages taken the first of the week by three Minneapolis gunmen, who used seven cars and covered parts of four states in 72 hours, while groups of policemen and patrolmen threw up road blocks and conducted exhaustive search.

WAUSA – A recent board discussion about Wausa Public Schools partnering with Osmond Community Schools on a junior high basketball cooperative agreement turned into a larger conversation about the future of the rural districts.

YORK – Mike Trader’s Annual Mid-America Basketball Camp will conduct five individual sessions this summer, including a day camp in Norfolk.

Randolph’s summer youth baseball and softball programs are off and swinging, with games held nearly every night of the week. Olivia Rayford (above) stretches off base, ready to run during action against Osmond last week. Colton Winkelbauer (left) grabs his glove and heads off into the ballfield in action against Neligh at home last week.

HARTINGTON – A judge won’t make a ruling on whether or not a Laurel man suspected of murder can waive his appearance at his own trial until he can fully advise him of his rights.