2010: Sidewalk cafe is approved for downtown Hartington

April 25, 2010

HARTINGTON — A new cafe will soon be in operation here.

Gene Haberer talked to the Hartington City Council about starting a Sidewalk Café at Broadway Lanes.

The Sidewalk Café would be in an area approximately 23 ft by 6 ft with a temporary awning and would be used for dining and alcohol consumption.

The spot would be fenced in and completely enclosed with a separate entrance and exit. It would be open from 5 p.m. until closing time.

“People would have to go through the building to enter the sidewalk café,” said Haberer. “It will be taken down every night – it would be portable. Liability will be covered under my insurance.”

The City Council agreed to let Haberer use the sidewalk in front of the Broadway Lanes for the Sidewalk Cafe.

April 29, 2015

HARTINGTON — A desire to help others in need has prompted Sister Brigid Stanley to tender her resignation at Cedar Catholic High School.

Sister Brigid taught science for the past 11 years at the school. It is her hope to play a more active role in her convent back in Dubuque, Iowa.

“She expressed a heart-felt need to do more for the poor,” said Principal Terry Kathol, “and we all understand that. She will be missed.”

Sister Brigid grew up in Dixon with one brother and three sisters. After school, she traveled to Yankton, S.D., and trained as an X-ray technician and took her first job as such in Storm Lake, Iowa.

In the course of her work at the hospital, she became acquainted with several nuns in the area and visited several Benedictine convents over the next few years. It wasn’t long before she felt

It wasn’t long before she felt the call.