1984: Hartington area is hit with a 16-inch snow fall
Feb. 22, 1984
HARTINGTON — Authorities and volunteers Tuesday continued the search for the body of David L. Thoene, believed to have drowned Feb. 15 in a boating accident at 3 p.m.
Thoene, 40, father of seven children, had been fishing with his brother, Anthony, 37, when the accident occurred. Cedar County Sheriff Gordon Graham said the alumni fishing boat the two were riding in apparently hit an ice flow at a location north of St. Helena. The two were thrown from the boat, according to Graham’s report. Anthony apparently was able to get back to the boat, which was circling under the power of a motor.
Neither man was wearing a life preserver, according to the report, although the devices were stowed in the boat.
Feb. 22, 1984
HARTINGTON — A Hartington firm, Radec Construction Co., has been awarded a $1.76 million building contract.
Radec will be the general contractor for the new Valley State Bank building in Yankton, SD.
Construction is scheduled to begin March 15, weather permitting.
Feb. 22, 1984
HARTINGTON — Douglas Peters, president of Nebraska Savings and Loan, has announced that the Board of Directors has named Warren Schlautman to the position of Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager of the Association’s offices in Hartington, Ainsworth and Neligh. He will also assist Howard Larson, Manager of the O’Neill office.
Feb. 22, 1984
HARTINGTON — A sixteen-inch snowfall which paralyzed much of the area over the weekend is beginning to disappear as warmer weather continues, but the storm left its mark.
Approximately 500 electrical customers were affected by power outages, and streets, roads and highways were choked with snow.
Feb. 22, 1984
HARTINGTON — Temporary suspension of interest and payments on some government loans to farmers is an option legislators might consider in an effort to facilitate a recovery in the rural sector of the economy, according to Sen.
James J. Exon, D-Neb.
Exon Thursday discussed that possibility with eight area residents during a teleconference.
Exon spoke with the group of farmers and businessmen who gathered in an office at the Bank of Hartington.