2000: Anderson is named new Hartington librarian
Oct. 3, 1990
HARTINGTON—American troops in Saudi Arabia will not have to miss Cornhusker football. Operation Desert Gridiron will let the troops know that the American people appreciate them by giving then a slice of the home turf.
To help combat boredom and limited off-duty activities among the troops in Saudi Arabia, and to keep them in contact with national sports events, college football coaches, administrators and national business organizations are organizing an effort to ship video tapes of Saturday college football games to the troops.
Oct. 4, 2000
HARTINGTON—Tami Anderson took over as Hartington’s city librarian Sept. 18. She comes to the library after managing a retail store in Yankton for the past 11 years.
Oct. 4, 2000
HARTINGTON—Hartington residents in the northwest sector of town have until Oct. 31 to install or repair sidewalk.
Oct. 5, 2005
HARTINGTON — Thirteen yearold Kyle Johnson looked at the numbers and blinked.
He had a hard time believing he had just won $100,000 in a national promotion from Pepsi-Cola.
Paul and Evelyn Johnson of Hartington were skeptical when they received the first letter notifying them their son was a potential winner in the national contest.
Oct. 5, 2005
HARTINGTON — Several area residents have been startled by what they believe to be a mountain lion in the past several weeks.
On Sept. 27, Chuck Penning, UPS driver from Sioux City, Iowa had just turned south on Hwy. 15 at the junction of Highway 12/15 when he spotted a mountain lion crossing the highway. He was only about eight miles east of Bow Valley.
“I had turned south onto Highway 15, the lion was about 1/2 mile south of the junction,” he said. “The lion was about the size of a big black lab dog, maybe around 80 lbs.”
Oct. 5, 2005
MILWAUKEE — The Cedar County News was honored last week for writing one of the best weekly newspaper editorials in the United States.
The News picked up a firstplace award for editorial writing at the Nat’l Newspaper Association’s 2005 Better Newspaper Contest during the 119th annual convention and trade show.
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