Bethel College junior nursing majors observe lamplighting
The Bethel College Department of Nursing honored its junior students in the annual lamplighting, held Dec. 3 just before the end of the fall 2022 semester.
January 2023
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Insight: Rural Minds Matter
Farmers and ranchers are some of the most resilient people I know. They weather incredible odds, pun intended, from droughts, to floods, fire, hail, blizzards and more.
Education Frontlines: Credit for Breathing
The Kansas State Department of Education just released data indicating the graduation rate for Kansas public high schools increased to 89.1% in 2022. States coast-to-coast have been reporting increases in graduation rates despite solid data showing a decrease in learning these last three years.
Jimmy Rudolph
Marion - JimmyRudolph, 83, passed away January 16, 2023 at Salem Home in Hillsboro. He was born September 28, 1939 in Marion to Joseph and Anna (Holub) Rudolph.
Velma Audrey Teichroew
(1927-2023) Velma Audrey Teichroew, born in Mountain Lake, Minnesota on November 29, 1927. A daughter of Abram and Susie Voshage Teichroew, she grew up with two younger sisters, Vernette (Robert Regier) and Elaine (Le Roy Unruh) on a farm two miles north of Mountain Lake public schools and graduated in 1945.
Railers fourth at Eureka girls’ tourney
EUREKA — The Newton High School girls’ wrestling team finished fourth Saturday at the 23-team Eureka Invitational. Columbus topped the field with 165 points, followed by Eureka with 126, Burlington with 104, Newton with 89 and Coffeyville with 81.
Bethel men split pair of conference games
The Bethel College men’s basketball team claimed a split of recent KCAC games at home. Saturday, Bethel fell to 17th-ranked Kansas Wesleyan 79-62.
Gymnastics at the rec
The Newton Recreation Commission has been hosting beginning gymnastics classes for youth the month of January. On Jan.
Utility rates dominate discussion at city meeting
The public comment session of the Newton City Commission meeting Jan. 24 lasted longer than the business portion of the meeting - and nearly everyone who spoke had the same thing on their mind.