Hillsboro - Helen Fenstermacher, 99, passed away April 10, 2023 at Salem Home in Hillsboro. Celebration of Life 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 14, 2023 at Grace Community Fellowship in Hillsboro. Family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Jost Funeral Home in Hillsboro.
Andrew (Andy) E. Krause, 89, of Hillsboro, KS entered into God’s Kingdom on Feb 9th, 2023. Andy was born January 4th, 1934 in Goessel, KS to Ed and Tilly Krause. Family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 16, 2023 at the Hillsboro American Legion.
If it’s happened at all, it’s been a long time since it did. Newton junior Colby Gomez hit for the cycle Tuesday, a single, a double, a triple and a home run, driving in four runs, to lift the Railer baseball team to a 10-5 win over Derby in Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League Division I play at Klein-Scott Field.
The Goddard High School girls’ soccer team suffered four one-goal defeats before facing the Newton Railers Tuesday at Fischer Field. Newton made it five with a 2-1 win over the Lions.
HALSTEAD — Halstead High School named Adam Glendening as the new head boys’ basketball coach. Glendening served as an assistant coach and later interim head coach at Halstead.
The Newton High School softball team had its hair messed up a little bit by the Derby Panthers Tuesday in AV-CTL I play at Kelsch Field. Newton lost 13-1 and 173.
April is officially Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Harvey County, after the Harvey County Commission took a second run April 11 at approving a proclamation to make it so. Following a reading of a revised proclamation the commission voted 2-1, with commissioner Becky Reimer the vote against, to approve the proclamation.
In the final week of March Newton USD 373 closed school for two days due to a computer network security incident. The incident is still under investigation, and the school district is working with external information technology experts to conduct a detailed investigation into the incident.
With little discussion the Newton City Commission voted 4-1, with commissioner Clint McBroom the dissenting vote, to adjust water and sewer rates for 2024. It was a move that drew the ire of Ed Myers, who has been speaking during the public comment section of city commission meetings for months in opposition to utility rate increases.
Substance Abuse Board accepting grant requests The Newton Substance Abuse Board is seeking applications for grants to fund programs or services whose principal purpose is: Alcoholism and drug abuse prevention and education. Alcohol and drug detoxification.