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NORFOLK – Northeast Community College, Norfolk, has released the President’s Honor List and Dean’s Honor List for both full– and part– time students for the Fall 2023 semester.

Jan. 1: Rescue unit called to Randolph facility for woman with medical issue, transported to Osmond hospital.

HARTINGTONNEWCASTLE SCHOOLS Thursday, Feb. 1: Breakfast: Banana Bread, Fruit, Juice, Milk; Lunch: Chicken Nuggets, French Fries, Fresh Veggies, Peaches, Milk.

HARTINGTON – Nebraska American Legion Baseball recently announced the sites and dates for the summer of 2024 for all three classes of Legion baseball across the state.   false

Up and over

HARTINGTON – The Hartington-Newcastle Wildcat basketball team is heating up at the right time of the season as they won a couple of games over the past week before heading into the Lewis & Clark Conference Tournament this week.

WYNOT – The Ponca Indians came to Wynot on Thursday and brought with them hopes of keeping their perfect win streak alive. The Indians were able to accomplish that goal but it would take double overtime to do it.

HARTINGTON – The Cedar Catholic Trojans hosted the Wynot Blue Devil in a make up game that had been postponed due to adverse weather conditions.

PLAINVIEW – The Cedar Catholic wrestling team is moving forward like a locomotive without brakes as the season moves closer to the postseason.

NIOBRARA– The Wynot Lady Blue Devils built a 20-point advantage over the first three quarters and withstand a late rally to pick up a 57-44 win over Niobrara-Verdigre Monday.

WAYNE – On Monday, the Hartington-Newcastle bowling teams headed to Wayne for the SubDistrict meet with state hopes in hand.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington-Newcastle Lady Wildcat basketball team ran into tough stretch of teams last week, dropping regular season games to Plainview and Winnebago before losing in the opening round of the Lewis Division of the Lewis & Clark Conference Tournament to Wakefield, 48-38 on Jan. 27.

NIOBRARA – The Wynot Blue Devils ventured west Monday to take on the Cougars of Niobrara-Verdigre. The Devils mauled the Cougars to the tune of 69-23.

WAYNE –A season of progress and growing promise ended up paying dividends for the Hartington-Newcastle boys bowling team.

LAUREL – The Wynot Lady Blue Devils went into the Conference Tournament as the number two seed and that matched them up against the seventh-seeded Ponca Lady Indians in a game that was moved to Laurel due to the school fire at Wynot.

WYNOT – The Wynot Lady Blue Devils hosted the Ponca Lady Indians in a Lewis and Clark Conference game on Thursday night.

HARTINGTON – The Cedar Catholic Trojans dropped a 50-36 contest last week to undefeated Ponca.

HARTINGTON – The static water level of 34 irrigation wells from selected locations throughout the Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District is measured in the fall and spring each year. The summer of 2023 was the second season of higher than usual irrigation demands and lower than usual rainfall amounts. Many of the wells measured in local aquifers showed average water levels higher than the fall of 2022 with 21 of 34 wells indicating moderately higher water levels. Spring water levels are the primary gage for evaluating aquifer response because water levels have recovered from the pumping season the prior year.

HARTINGTON – Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District held the second annual LCNRD Amateur Photography contest, which encouraged residents to get out and capture the natural wonders of the district.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Chemigation Act was passed in 1987 to help ensure that the backflow of chemicals would not contaminate the ground and surface waters of the state from irrigation water application systems used to apply crop nutrients and pesticides (chemigation). The law requires producers who plan to apply fertilizer or pesticide through an irrigation system to be certified by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEE). Certification is valid for four years, and training is provided through UNL Extension.

HARTINGTON –The Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District (LCNRD) provides two $1,000 scholarships to outstanding high school seniors living within the LCNRD boundary.