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May 3, 2000
HARTINGTON—All three men competing for the District 18 Senate seat have been criss-crossing Cedar, Dixon, Pierce and Stanton counties for the past several weeks.
Sen. Bob Dickey, Laurel, Doug Cunningham, Wausa, and Chuck Meyer, Stanton, all addressed Stanton voters in a candidate forum similar to the one held in Hartington April 18.
May 3, 2000
WYNOT—Wynot Board of Education members are still scurrying to find a new school superintendent and several other new teachers. In all, five Wynot teachers or administrators have resigned.
May 4, 2005
HARTINGTON— Accused murderer Troy Jorgensen appeared in Cedar County Court Monday to waive his right to a preliminary hearing. The hearing had been set for May 9.
Jorgensen’s defense attorney, Jeffrey Pickens, Lincoln, asked to waive the hearing. Cedar County Judge Douglas Luebe agreed to drop the hearing and scheduled Jorgensen’s next court appearance for May 23 in District Court.
May 4, 2005
HARTINGTON— A Former Wynot area resident has published a new novel, which prominently features this Northeast Nebraska community and Cedar County.
J. Gordon Schrempp, a 1949 Wynot High School graduate who now lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona, has written about 436 page novel about life here in the 1950s.
After graduating from High School, Schrempp enlisted in the Air Force. When his stint in the service was over, he took advantage of the GI Bill and went to college.
May 4, 2005
HASTINGS—In his hometown and on the campus of his alma mater, Hastings College, Rep. Tom Osborne, 3rd District congressman, announced he’ll forgo a bid for a fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives to seek the governorship.
Osborne said he jumped in to the governor’s race with a desire to solve the state’s most pressing problems - not to divide his fellow Republicans by challenging a sitting governor.
“I would not be true to myself if I stayed on the sidelines,” he said.
May 5, 2010
HARTINGTON — The May 11 Primary Election is an important race for several Cedar County candidates.
Votes cast in the Primary will decide the winner in the race for Clerk of District Court and will determine who will serve as a Cedar County Commissioner in the central and north districts.
Republican Sally Kneifl is challenging incumbent Janet Wiechelman for the position of Clerk of District Court. Wiechelman is also a Republican.
