Hartington News

In the one and a half years since Jason Steffen started his own construction company, his business has doubled.

For much of last season Hartington Cedar Catholic football flew under the radar. via Rivals.com

“She's always willing to help, no matter what. Carmen makes (custodial) work teamwork.”

Carmen Jueden, facility worker for the Department of Facilities Management at The University of South Dakota, was named December 2007 Career Services Employee of the Month. via Plain Talk Online

' Yankton County's biggest sales offering of the year failed to attract any buyers when it opened this morning. via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

Olga Marie Bottolfsen, age 93, of Hartington, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 6:25 a.m. at the Golden Living Center in Hartington. via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

A Siouxland county is getting ready to decide if a controversial hog confinement will be built. via KCAU-TV Sioux City

Crofton's Tanner Foxhoven and Hartington Cedar Catholic's Chad Koch were each named to the Nebraska Associated Press All-State Football team, announced Thursday. via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

“I believe Matt has fulfilled all the requirements of the zooming committee and recommend approval.”

"Do I have the wrong picture here?" Dean Dendinger of Hartington said. Dendinger was one of a group protesting the construction of a hog confinement facility southwest of Hartington. via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

“I think the people who started this (farmer-owned coop) business would be very proud to see where it is today”

"We should be proud of how our coop is thriving in a small town with times the way they are," said Vernon Arens, president of the Fordyce Farmers Non-Stock Cooperative in Fordyce, Neb., at last week's annual ... via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

Martha Walton, age 85, of Dixon, Nebraska, died on Sunday, November 25, 2007 at her residence. via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

The Cedar County Planning Commission has approved a building permit for a hog confinement southwest of Hartington despite some neighbors' concerns about odor. via Beatrice Daily Sun

“Bette possesses a very strong work ethic and a real bent for caring and sharing; attributes so important to realizing real success in a nursing career.”

Graduating seniors from Hartington, Neb., and Dell Rapids area high schools who are entering a medical field have the opportunity to receive a special scholarship, thanks to the generosity of Bob and Bette ... via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

Story last updated at 1:16 am on 10/26/2007 Correction Press & Dakotan Hartington Cedar Catholic running back Chad Koch's year in school was incorrectly listed in the Nebraska football playoff preview that ... via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

Lindsey Dawn Reineke and Jacob William Clark of Lincoln were united in marriage Saturday, Aug. via York News-Times

It's wishful thinking to hope there will be a national moratorium on factory farms. via The Joplin Independent

“Me and this other guy, Rodriguez, had carried May 8, so it was not our turn to carry May 9”

Two cousins who grew up together just five miles apart on farms near Hartington, Neb., fought in Vietnam at the same time, in 1968, 150 miles apart. via Sioux City Journal

“Young people who have to move away always try to come back whenever they can”

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a series of stories profiling rural churches in the Press & Dakotan coverage area. via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

“When we started looking at the changes needed in the courtroom, we decided to bring in an architect”

"You know, you don't live in a house for a hundred years and not make changes," said Cedar County Commissioner Frederick Pinkelman of Wynot. via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

“One hundred bushel, if you got at it”

The old days were new again Saturday in York when living history paid a visit. Dr. C.M. Wempe of York is a 91-year-old with experience from the days when this is how all corn was picked from Nebraska fields. via York News-Times