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OMAHA – Macie Koch, Wynot, represented Cedar County 4-H at this year’s Omaha Fashion Week’s Spring 2024 season of fashion and audacity. The show kicked off with the future generations of fashion showing nearly 200 creations, featuring high school-age programs from around the state and students in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design Program.

HARTINGTON – Candice Backer wants to bring a health and wellness facility to the center of Cedar County.

The human body changes as it ages.

Pneumococcal pneumonia can disrupt your life for weeks and, in some cases, be serious or even life-threatening. To help adults understand how they can help protect themselves against pneumococcal pneumonia, the American Lung Association and Pfizer are partnering to share important information and patient insights about the disease.

There’s no one-size-fits-all strategy when it comes to calorie consumption, and that can contribute to some confusion as adults try to achieve and maintain a healthy weight.

“No man is an island, entire of itself, every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” This is the beginning of a poem from 1624.

It is common knowledge that enjoying a well-rounded diet of foods that boast diverse nutrient profiles can help give the body what it needs to stay healthy.

Healthy eating is important at any age and can set the course for a life of vitality and wellness. Sufficient nutrition can help prevent chronic illnesses and make sure that growing bodies develop properly. As one ages, various changes take place in the body, making healthy eating even more essential.

Around 80 percent of the United States population consumes caffeine regularly, according to data from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

There are many muscles in the body that people desire to exercise so they can look and feel their best. However, one of the most important muscles may be overlooked in terms of healthy living plans.

Winter weather is here and will be here for awhile longer.

LAUREL – After nearly 40 years as an employee of the city of Laurel, Mark McCoy has announced plans to retire on Feb. 29.

Commissioners get an update on area bridge inspections

HARTINGTON – A judge ruled certain evidence inadmissible in the case of a Louisiana man accused of murder at a Hartington worksite last year.

LCC students came out in force last week to root on the Bears during Sub-District basketball action in Hartington

Shortly after the first of April 1943, people living along the Missouri river in Cedar county were facing what was predicted to be the worst flood since 1881. Water was flowing over Homewood Park north of Wynot and a number of families living on low ground were forced to evacuate.

LAUREL – The next Laurel Community blood drive is scheduled for Tuesday, March 19.

Staying busy

LAUREL – The decision by Laurel-Concord-Coleridge and two other area schools to leave the Lewis and Clark Conference is causing a bit of a domino affect.

HARTINGTON – The LCC Bears showed Thursday they never give up – no matter how bad things look.

NIOBRARA – People may experience the sharp-tailed grouse mating dance from a new viewing blind at Niobrara State Park.