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LEXINGTON, Va. – Abbe Morten, Hartington, served as a concurrent session presenter at the 2023 Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Conference, held Nov. 17-19, at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga.

WAYNE – Cedar Catholic got past Laurel-Concord-Coleridge in the semifinals before falling to Wayne in the finals here at Rice Auditorium in the 2023 Elkhorn Valley Bank Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout Dec. 29 and 30.

NEWMAN GROVE – These Cedar Catholic wrestlers don’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon.

HUMPHREY – The Wynot Lady Blue Devils got back on the winning track on Saturday afternoon when they pulled away from the Humphrey St. Francis Lady Flyers 45-32.

Lange and Steffen pace offense

Cedar Catholic’s Braeden Reifenrath goes up for the dunk during action against Winnebago in the first round of the Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout at Wayne State College on Thursday. Cedar Catholic defeated Winnebago 71-49 to move on to the semi-finals where they knocked off Laurel-Concord-Coleridge. Wayne then ended Cedar’s title run in Saturday’s championship game. Cedar has a rematch with LCC this Thursday and will face Wayne again later this month.

STANTON – The Hartington-Newcastle offense received a boost of confidence in the consolation finals of the Stanton Holiday Tournament here Dec. 29 as they turned away the host Mustangs 52-28 after dropping a tough-opening round match up with undefeated Lutheran High Northeast.

WAYNE - Cedar Catholic used a stingy defense to grab a lead over Winnebago here in the opening round of the Elkhorn Valley Bank Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout at Rice Auditorium.

WAYNE - The Cedar Catholic Lady Trojans basketball team took care of the challenge in the opening round of the 2023 Elkhorn Valley Bank Northeast Nebraska Shootout here on the campus of Wayne State College and at Rice Auditorium.

WAYNE - After a semifinals loss to the eventual champion, Pender, the Cedar Catholic Lady Trojans earned third place in the Elkhorn Valley Bank Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout with a win over Plattsmouth on Dec. 30 here at Rice Auditorium.

HUMPHREY – The Wynot Blue Devils and the Crofton Warriors battled to determine the championship of the Humphrey St. Francis Holiday Tournament on Saturday night.

HARTINGTON – In 2023, the Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District board of directors implemented conservation practices, projects, and services in Northeast Nebraska to benefit local natural resources. LCNRD activities are led by a board of eleven locally elected directors: Carolyn Heine, St. Helena; Russ Schmidt, St Helena; Jeff Steffen, Crofton; Marcel Kramer, Crofton; Chris Johnson, Bloomfield; Dave Condon, Creighton; Carly Christensen, Hartington; Dan Kollars, Hartington; Matt Weinandt, Wynot; Curtis Armstrong, Ponca; and currently vacant, Subdistrict 5 seat.

LINCOLN –For the past 50 years, the University of Nebraska- Lincoln’s nitrogen application calculator has been used by producers to calculate the appropriate amount of nitrogen to apply to their corn crop fields. The calculator aims to help producers understand the 4Rs system when using nitrogen. The 4 Rs include Right source, Right rate, Right placement, and Right timing. These 4Rs work together and are adjusted based on the producer’s choices.

HARTINGTON – The Northeast Nebraska Prescribed Burn Association was given the Lead Ignitor Award at the 2023 Prescribed Fire Conference Dec. 5 in Kearney. The NNPBA was recognized for being a significant supporter of prescribed burning within their community for conserving native grasslands, wildlife, and ranching heritages.

NORTH PLATTE – The land John Childears farms near North Platte is sandy, not particularly fertile, less than ideal.

This March 29, 2023, photo depicts one of the biggest news stories of the year in Laurel, which is the ongoing addition and renovation project at Laurel- Concord-Coleridge School. Dirt work began in late March at the front of the school building. School officials say the construction project is moving along right on schedule.

HARTINGTON – For the first time in nearly 40 years, Cedar County will have a new clerk.

Gibson Roberts splashes three to extend game

WAYNE - The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Lady Bears basketball team split the first two games of the Elkhorn Valley Bank Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout here at Rice Auditorium Dec. 28 and 29.

HARTINGTON – With the arrival of 2024, Dave Dowling has decided to be the Cedar County clerk no more.

RANDOLPH – On Dec. 29 and 30, the Osmond-Randolph Hawks competed in the Randolph Holiday Tournament, and brought home the silver medal after defeating the Winside Wildcats and falling to the Stuart Broncos.