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If you haven’t been by the school lately, there is a change in the outdoor scenery.  07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Postal increase forces price hike

Postal increase forces price hike

LAUREL– For the first time in several years, the Laurel Advocate will be raising its news stand rate, as well as its annual subscription rates. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Dixon County Fair is making early appearance

Dixon County Fair is making early appearance

CONCORD – It may seem early to some, but the Dixon County Fair is right around the corner. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Officers to have enhanced Fourth of July presence for BUI enforcement

Officers to have enhanced Fourth of July presence for BUI enforcement

LINCOLN – A warning to boaters operating impaired during the Fourth of July weekend: Nebraska conservation officers will be watching. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Game and Parks looking for help with turkey survey

Game and Parks looking for help with turkey survey

LINCOLN – The public is invited to participate in the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s annual summer turkey brood survey July 1-Aug. 31. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Penguin Play

Penguin Play 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Hartington Penguins end a busy week in league tournament

Hartington Penguins end a busy week in league tournament

CROFTON - The Hartington 18U Penguin softball team finished a busy week in its league tournament here June 30 where the Penguins went 1-2 with a pair of losses to Crofton and Verdigre sandwiched around a win over Wausa in the second round. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Expos drop two South Central games

Expos drop two South Central games

WYNOT - For the third time this season, the Wynot Expos were defeated by the Yankton Tappers in South Central League action, dropping a 13-12 decision here on July 1. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Hartington Pony team takes league title

Hartington Pony team takes league title

PLAINVIEW - The Hartington 14U baseball team used two big wins last week to take the Quad County League regular season title and the No. 1 seed into the league tournament. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Hartington Seniors eliminated from league tny.

Hartington Seniors eliminated from league tny.

BATTLE CREEK - Jesse Lundahl has become more than a thorn in the side of the Hartington Post 4 Senior American Legion baseball team this summer. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Aksarben Foundation announces new $275,000 scholarship paired with internship opportunities

Aksarben Foundation announces new $275,000 scholarship paired with internship opportunities

OMAHA – Students entering Nebraska and Iowa Western Community Colleges to study high-skill, high-wage, high-demand “STEM” courses (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) are eligible to apply for a newly announced, statewide Aksarben Foundation Scholarship. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Senior Menus & Activities

Senior Menus & Activities

ACTIVITIES Wednesday, July 3: Catholic Communal Services, Garden Club, Current Events, Open Centers, Puzzle Time. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Pilot training scholarship open for application

Pilot training scholarship open for application

YANTKON, S.D. – The Yankton Regional Aviation Association Pilot Training Scholarship is for $1,000 and was established in 2005. It is one way the YRAA promotes general aviation in southeastern South Dakota and northeastern Nebraska. Past winners have come from Beresford, Elk Point, Vermillion, and Yankton, S.D.; and Bloomfield, Creighton, Crofton, Hartington, Laurel and Wynot. The YRAA has 95 members from towns in South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Cattle flies are more than just a nuisance

Cattle flies are more than just a nuisance

Animals bunching in the summer months due to fly pressure goes beyond making cattle uncomfortable, it can lead to economic losses due to decreased gains, milkproduction, and weaning weights. Making control difficult, three fly species are the main culprits when it comes to pestering our animals. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

WSC is awarded $50,000 grant from National Endowment for the Humanities

WSC is awarded $50,000 grant from National Endowment for the Humanities

WAYNE - Wayne State College has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the creation of a new interdisciplinary minor. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Area students are named to UNMC spring 2024 dean’s list

Area students are named to UNMC spring 2024 dean’s list

OMAHA–Three area students were named to the University of Nebraska Medical Center spring 2024 dean’s list. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Steffen, Kleinschmit are milestone donors

Steffen, Kleinschmit are milestone donors

FORDYCE – LifeServe Blood Center held a blood drive in Fordyce June 18, and had a great turnout, with 12 donors registered to donate and 15 units of life saving blood collected. The units donated at the blood drive can help save up to 45 lives. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Davis is given probation in pivot wire theft case

Davis is given probation in pivot wire theft case

HARTINGTON - The last individual involved in a thefts of center pivot wiring at five separate farms in Cedar County has been sentenced in Cedar County District Court. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

Pillen’s latest trial balloon would have state take over school funding

Pillen’s latest trial balloon would have state take over school funding

Back in the day, a small, “trial balloon” would be sent aloft to discern wind speed and direction before a balloon carrying people was launched. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

As we celebrate July Fourth, we all need to think about patriotism

As we celebrate July Fourth, we all need to think about patriotism

Washington Report 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

It’s important to understand both sides of the story

It’s important to understand both sides of the story

Among my prized possessions was a Willie Mays home run ball, clubbed into a summer night where it stopped next to Walt Horn’s car. Horn made annual trips to watch baseball. 07/03/2024 12:00 AM

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