2014: Area residents chip in to help tornado victims
June 16, 2004
HARTINGTON- Partisan politics is getting in the way of good government in Washington, D.C., Congressman Tom Osborne said here Friday. Congressman Osborne made his comments at a 30-minute presentation during Friday’s Chamber of Commerce Coffee at the City Office.
June 17, 2009
HARTINGTON — Hartington and Crofton Schools will work together in an inter-local agreement to share a superintendent. After discussing the details of the contract in an executive session Monday, the Hartington School Board made it official to hire Randy Anderson, who also serves as the superintendent for Crofton Public Schools.
Anderson has spent his entire career in education.
June 17, 2009
FORDYCE — After over two years of planning, Fordyce is ready to party.
Parades, food vendors, baseball and softball, quilt shows, kids games and a prime rib dinner are all on tap this weekend as Fordyce comes together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the town’s main industry — the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
June 17, 2009
WYNOT — A national program to help pull the U.S. out of its economic slump, is helping a Cedar County community.
A water improvement project will be undertaken at Wynot thanks to $1.2 million in funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
June 17, 2009
NORFOLK — A pair of local athletes competed in the Northeast Neb. All Star game. Cedar Catholic’s Kala Sudbeck competed for the light team in the girls’ basketball classic, while Hartington’s Caleb Lammers competed for the dark team in the boys’ contest.
June 25, 2014
HARTINGTON — A person didn’t have to look far Wednesday morning to see the effects of the Tuesday night tornado that ripped through central and southern Cedar County.
As you came over the hill and took your first glimpse at the Joe and Kathy Lammers farm following Tuesday’s tornado, the sight was almost like stepping into another world.
Tree branches, large and small were scattered everywhere. The garage next to the house was completely gone, and pieces of roofs from various buildings were torn off, providing a stunning visual representation of the power and the destructiveness of Mother Nature.
After the weather calmed down, something even more impressive occurred — family, friends, and neighbors converged on the Lammers farm to begin the clean up process.
Of course, it was far from the only place this could be seen.
Swarms of people could be found in other places around the area, too, like Coleridge, Laurel and Dixon, coming out to do what they could to help.
The tornado damage was everywhere as you strolled down East Broadway in Coleridge the day after the tornado churned through the area.