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March 31, 1971
HARTINGTON — An informal tour of Hartington by the Cedar County News and former city officials shows there are 30 empty homes in Hartington. By no stretch of the imagination can all of the houses be considered available for someone to move in. Fire Chief Jack Samelson says 17 of them are considered as condemned. At least 10 were completely dilapidated. Several belong to people who are now living in the nursing home and several are tied up with legal complications. Few, however, could be called liveable and available. City Councilman Jim Neu said hardly a Council meeting goes by without discussion of some type about at least one or two of these houses. The city has little legal right to do anything about them, he said.
March 31, 1971
HARTINGTON — Cedar County Sheriff John Riibe reports that there are few clues in the burglary of nine Coleridge businesses on Wednesday night. Several hundred dollars and some merchandise was taken in the break-ins.
Riibe said there were at least three burglars and there was, “probably” a connection between the Coleridge burglaries and some at Blair.
The burglars apparently leave their car outside of town and steal a local car to get out of town without their vehicle being recognized. In Coleridge, they apparently loaded their loot into a car in the Farmer’s Union garage and drove it to their own car one mile south of town.
March 31, 1971
HARTINGTON — Family membership in the local golf club will cost local residents $55 this year. Of that, $50 will go toward dues and $5 will go toward a capital improvement fund.
Plans for the course call for the addition of a driving range and for the lengthening of the fifth hole by building a men’s tee 40-50 yards west of the present tee.
Both changes are made possible by the city’s recent purchase of land adjoining the west line of the course. The fence along the west side of the first fairway is to be moved west some time in the near future.
March 31, 1976
HARTINGTON — Hartington Public Schools were ransacked last Thursday night, adding that school to a growing list of Northeast Nebraska schools which have been hit with a rash of break-ins during the past several months.
Access to the building is thought to have been gained by prying open a vent on the building’s roof top. The vandals dropped from the roof to the floor of the stage.
According to Supt. Feuerstein, $6.00 was taken from a cash box in the central office and an estimated $20.00 was taken from two vending machines. The total dollar amount of damage to file cabinets, desks, windows and doors inside the building, as yet remains at an unknown figure. Much damage was done to the Home Ec room.
Other area schools which have been victimized include St. Mary’s and the Middle School in Wayne, rural Districts 51, 47 and 25 in Wayne county, and schools in Winside, Pierce, Coleridge, Randolph and Laurel.
April 1, 1981
HARTINGTON — Cable television came one step closer to reality in Hartington last week with the erection of a large satellite dish north of town. Bill Dendinger, CableVision manager, said plans still call for cable installation to begin in May, with actual service starting in June.
