RSVP serves soups for MLK Day service project
Harvey County RSVP volunteers served up soups to the community for its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service project on Jan. 14.
January 2025
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City to pick up Christmas trees
The final opportunity to have the city of Newton Street crews collect and recycle real Christmas trees will be Jan. 27.
Plains Folk: Uncle John, the Water Witch
Water witching--dowsing, use of divining rods, call it what you will--continues in Kansas. Dowsing services for well location are openly advertised on the Internet, generally offered in direct connection to drilling services. I’ll circle back on that sort of arrangement in a minute.
Board of Ed elects leadership
When it came time to elect a vice president for the board of education Andy Ortiz, the outgoing vice president, saw the moment as a way to expose two things: division on the board that has festered over time and a chance for the factions to work together.
Mark Landes named 10th president of Hesston College
HESSTON - Following a national search, Hesston College announced today local businessman and former college administrator Mark Landes will serve as its next president.
Trail extension plan gets new life
A plan to extend a portion of the Sand Creek bike path that looked dead in the water picked up new life on Jan. 14.
Newton Community Children’s Choir launching beginner choir
This spring, Newton Community Children’s Choir is launching “Prelude Choir,” a non-auditioned, beginner-level choir for second- to fifth-grade students. The purpose of the new choir… Login to continue reading Login…
Holiday changes trash schedule
The City of Newton, Sanitation Division, will observe Monday, Jan. 20 as a holiday, altering the curbside trash collection schedule.
NHS student seeking stem cell donor
Newton High School and the surrounding community will rally around 15-year-old local student Johnna Hulett as she seeks a blood stem cell donor amid her battle against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 18 in the Newton High School Library,900 W 12th St. ‘Diagnosed late last year, Hulett has undgone the first round of treatments, however doctors have determined that her best chance of recovery is a blood stem cell transplant.
MLK observances planned at county colleges
Harvey County’s two largest colleges will each host observances of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 20, the national day of observance of the life of the late civil rights leader.