2002: Council revamping old laws; Mayor will lose posse authority

Aug. 7, 2002 HARTINGTON—The Cedar

HARTINGTON—The Cedar County fair board is breathing a sigh of relief—the 2002 fair was an overall success. Board President Larry Dybdal was pleased with the throngs of people who found the variety of events of interest.

Aug. 7, 2002

HARTINGTON—The Cedar County Fair Parade made a triumphant return. Over 80 parade entries took part in the parade, which was organized by the Ag Society and the Cedar County 4-H Jr. Leaders.

Aug. 7, 2002

HARTINGTON—Hartington’s amateur baseball season came to a sudden end. The Hartington Bankers had the early lead against visiting Wayne at Felber Park, but Wayne rallied to earn a 22-15 win in the marathon contest.

Aug. 7, 2002

HARTINGTON—The Cedar County Fair Rodeo drew a large crowd. Roger Kraus, Mullen was named the All-Around Cowboy.

Aug. 14, 2002

WYNOT—District 101 voters conveyed their feelings about their school in last Tuesday’s special tax override vote.

Winning by a three-to-one margin, 324 registered voters said yes to the increase of a maximum 30 cents per $100 of taxable valuation for the upcoming three years. There were only 112 people who opposed the tax hike.

Aug. 8, 2007

HARTINGTON — The new municipal code book for the city of Hartington is in the final stages of preparation and is expected to be adopted at the Aug. 13 City Council meeting.

Some of the laws that will be taken off of the books are quite interesting, even comical.

Distressing as the thought may be, Mayor Bill Yates will no longer be able to call a posse together when the Hartington City Council adopts the new municipal code book.

At the present time the mayor has the authority to call on every male inhabitant of the city who is over 18 years of age and under the age of 50 years to aid in enforcing the law.

Aug. 8, 2007

HARTINGTON — The 2007 Cedar County Fair was tagged a success.

“Overall we had a super fair,” said Fair Board co-President Larry Dybdal. “Three out of the four nights we had record crowds. The Sawyer Brown concert, the races and the rodeo were all huge draws to the fair. Fair Board member Allen Heine said he has never seen the grandstand as full as it was on Saturday evening during the performance of Sawyer Brown.

“Sawyer Brown was tops,” said Heine. “Phil Vaught was good — he played both before and after Sawyer Brown. Everyone enjoyed all of the music. It was a good selection.”