Archive for category: Hartington

/ April 26, 2013 4:28 pm

Hartington FFA chapter holds annual banquet

Hartington FFA officers hang up their jackets as new officers take their ranks

/ April 24, 2013 6:01 pm

Life on the prairie characterized by hard times and a sense of togetherness

HARTINGTON —No trees, roads or people, just seemingly endless rolling prairie. For people like Mariah and Patrick Monahan, traveling from their homestead in eastern Nebraska to the Sandhills of western Nebraska left many doubtful that they could survive in the “new country.” Cherrie Beam-Clarke, Humanities Council speaker, vividly brought these stories of hardship to life in her presentation of “The

/ April 24, 2013 6:00 pm

Arbor Day tree planting set for Friday

HARTINGTON — Arbor Day will be celebrated this Friday by the fourth grade classes of both Hartington  elementary schools. The students and their teachers will be participating in a tree awareness and planting exercise hosted by the Hartington Tree Board annually. It’s one of the annual events here that has helped Hartington earn the designation as a Tree City USA

/ April 24, 2013 6:00 pm

Area man uses solar panels to reduce energy consumption

HARTINGTON —   Martin Kleinschmit has taken some extreme measures to cut his electric bill. Kleinschmit, rural Hartington, had a 36-panel unit of solar photovoltaic (p.v.) panels installed last October with the goal of cutting his electricity bill in half by October 2013. This project is certainly not his first nor will it be his last in the renewable energy

/ April 24, 2013 6:00 pm

City agrees to more street improvements

HARTINGTON — The City Council agreed Monday to make some much-needed improvements to some city streets this summer. The Council agreed to pave East Court Street from Lemon Avenue to Portland Avenue and they also agreed to pave West Felber Street from Robinson Avenue, also known as Hwy. 57, to Summit Street; Cedar Street from Felber Street to West Goetz

/ April 17, 2013 6:48 pm

Hartington students walk down Yellow Brick Road at Prom

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/ April 17, 2013 6:01 pm

Hartington Public Prom

Hartington Public students enjoyed a journey down the yellow brick road for Prom this year. Racheal Lewis and Monta Meirose groove to the music. Ria Pedersen , Michaela Dendinger, Lyndsay Dunn and Myranda Fischer excitedly pose in front of a Wizard of Oz scene. All eyes were on Ross Hegge and Myranda Fischer, Prom king and queen, as they danced

/ April 10, 2013 7:31 pm

Winter refuses to go away

HARTINGTON — Old Man Winter isn’t willing to call it quits just yet, as ice, snow, sleet and rain fell over much of Nebraska and South Dakota on Monday and Tuesday. Nearly two inches of much-needed precipitation was recorded in the Hartington area on Tuesday. The storm forced area schools to dismiss students early on Tuesday. Most area schools either

/ April 10, 2013 6:00 pm

City sets a tentative timeline for revitalization

HARTINGTON — City Council members were presented April 8 with a tentative time line for the downtown revitalization project. Council member Gary Kruse informed those in attendance he and Chamber of Commerce president Karma Schulte would be working together to keep everyone updated as the project progresses. The first step was a pre-construction meeting held March 27. “All of the

/ April 10, 2013 6:00 pm

Mathiason brews up business idea while growing up in Hartington

HARTINGTON —  There is a lot brewing with the new business Brant Mathiason, 1986 Hartington grad, is helping start. Mathiason and Seth Koch, both graduates of South Dakota State University, along with Steve Kreeger, a West Point graduate have founded the Wooden Legs Brewing Company in Brookings, S.D. Wooden Legs Brewing Company will soon be opening the first brewpub in