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Future of Skylon will be topic of Feb. meeting

Future of Skylon will be topic of Feb. meeting

HARTINGTON – Area residents will be able to voice their opinions on the future of the historic Skylon Ballroom next month.   false 01/24/2024 12:00 AM

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City to increase rates for garbage, ambulance calls 01/24/2024 12:00 AM

Lawyers want to move murder trials

Lawyers want to move murder trials

HARTINGTON – Defense lawyers for a Laurel couple accused of murdering four people intend to file a motion for a change of venue for the upcoming trials. 01/24/2024 12:00 AM

Lawyers look to move murder trial

Lawyers look to move murder trial

01/22/2024 03:53 PM

Schmit appointed, McGregor to serve as board chairman

Schmit appointed, McGregor to serve as board chairman

HARTINGTON – Cedar County has a new clerk. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

College Notes

Hall earns spot on Morningside Dean’s List 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Area Senior Happenings

Area Senior Happenings

PARK VIEW HAVEN ACTIVITIES: Wednesday,Jan.17: Catholic Communion, Chair Exercise, Linen Helpers, Open Centers, Card Club. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Surge of book removal requests turning Neb. libraries into cultural battlegrounds

Surge of book removal requests turning Neb. libraries into cultural battlegrounds

LAUREL – Robert Parsons sees censorship as a double-edged sword. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Sophie Isaak’s WSC art exhibit ponders world’s paradoxical nature; exhibit opens Jan. 17

Sophie Isaak’s WSC art exhibit ponders world’s paradoxical nature; exhibit opens Jan. 17

WAYNE – Visiting artist Sophie Isaak’s exhibit “The person I am on vacation” opens Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 4:30 p.m. in Wayne State College’s Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, located on the main level of U.S. Conn Library. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Area students named to SDSU Deans Lists

Area students named to SDSU Deans Lists

BROOKINGS, S.D. – More than 3,400 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance over the fall 2023 semester at South Dakota State University, Brookings, by being named to the dean’s list. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Reading the Bible — A good habit to cultivate for the new year

Reading the Bible — A good habit to cultivate for the new year

It’s a few weeks into January– how are those resolutions going for you? I wonder if we might do well to shift our focus from lofty goals to small habits. Those small habits are usually the means by which we achieve the lofty goals, after all. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Legislative bill would put governor in charge of History Nebraska

Legislative bill would put governor in charge of History Nebraska

LINCOLN – History Nebraska, formerly the Nebraska State Historical Society, would become an agency under the governor’s control under a proposal from State Sen. Steve Erdman. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Historic buildings receive grant funds

Historic buildings receive grant funds

LINCOLN – Historic structures in Verdigre, Comstock and Beatrice, Nebraska, have been selected for grants to help fund rehabilitation work. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Take a moment to review the impact of cold weather on cattle

Take a moment to review the impact of cold weather on cattle

With cold weather forecast for the near future, it’s a good time to review the impact cold weather has on our animals, especially the increased energy demands from feed to keep animals warm. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Don’t anger the underground supervolcano

Don’t anger the underground supervolcano

There’s a supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park called the Yellowstone Caldera that last erupted in a big way approximately 640,000 years ago. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Senators discuss modifying rules

Senators discuss modifying rules

Senators commenced floor debate last week on possibly amending the rules adopted by the Legislature last year. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Hopes for a “normal” Legislative session have diminished

Hopes for a “normal” Legislative session have diminished

Comments from two state senators from Omaha have pretty much diminished hopes for a “normal” session of the Nebraska Legislature this year. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Regulations temporarily waived for truckers hauling critically needed fuel

Regulations temporarily waived for truckers hauling critically needed fuel

LINCOLN – Gov. Jim Pillen issued Executive Order 24-1 on Jan. 12 to provide an emergency waiver of federal hours of service requirements for fuel truck drivers to prevent shortages. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Gov. Pillen issues state-of-emergency declaration in wake of severe weather

Gov. Pillen issues state-of-emergency declaration in wake of severe weather

LINCOLN – Gov. Jim Pillen joined state and local leaders on Jan. 13 in providing an update on operations in the aftermath of the state’s most recent severe weather. Nebraskans, primarily in the eastern half of the state, are dealing with a combination of snowpack, blowing snow and subzero temperatures, creating a situation that Pillen described as critical. To ensure the availability of resources, the governor issued a state-of-emergency declaration. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Area man retires after more than 4 million miles of safe driving

Area man retires after more than 4 million miles of safe driving

DES MOINES, Iowa – After 37 years with TMC and as one of very few drivers to achieve more than four million safe miles, specialized driver Les Bohlken retired at the end of 2023. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

1924: Hartington basketball team endures physical game at Laurel

1924: Hartington basketball team endures physical game at Laurel

Jan. 17, 1924 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

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