Labor Day to alter trash pickup schedule
Newton City offices will be closed Monday, Sept.1 for Labor Day, which will also alter the trash collection schedule.
September 2025
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Airport project to cost city, county less than expected
When the city and county greenlighted a runway reconstruction project for the Newton City/County airport in July, one grant of several had not yet been received even though it had been approved.
Eggtooth earns top poetry honor in Kansas
Jesse Nathan, a poet whose voice rises from the Kansas prairie and reaches far beyond, has been named the winner of the 2025 Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award in Poetry for his collection, Eggtooth. The $1,000 award will be presented on Friday, September 19, at 4 p.m. in Room 120 of the Plass Learning Resources Center (1731 Plass Ave) on the Washburn University campus just ahead of the annual Kansas Book Festival. Nathan will be present to give a reading from the book.
NPL to host local author day
On Monday, Sept. 1, author registration will open for Newton Public Library’s first-ever Local Author Day.
Demolition of 320 N. Main set to begin
Aug. 26 the Newton City Commission wawarded a bid for demolition of 320 N. Main, a former Dillon’s Grocery store the city has owned for more than a decade with the intention of demolishing the building.
Eggtooth earns top poetry honor in Kansas
Jesse Nathan, a poet whose voice rises from the Kansas prairie and reaches far beyond, has been named the winner of the 2025 Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award in Poetry for his collection, Eggtooth. The $1,000 award will be presented on Friday, September 19, at 4 p.m. in Room 120 of the Plass Learning Resources Center (1731 Plass Ave) on the Washburn University campus just ahead of the annual Kansas Book Festival. Nathan will be present to give a reading from the book.
Data centers, battery systems on hold
he McPherson County Commission put six-month moratoriums on building data centers, battery energy storage systems, and hydrogen energy facilities in unincorporated areas, but some of these sorts of operations went in before the government acted, and commissioners will let them continue while the new technologies are studied for possible regulation or prevention.
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Eggtooth earns top poetry honor in Kansas
Jesse Nathan, a poet whose voice rises from the Kansas prairie and reaches far beyond, has been named the winner of the 2025 Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award in Poetry for his collection, Eggtooth. The $1,000 award will be presented on Friday, September 19, at 4 p.m. in Room 120 of the Plass Learning Resources Center (1731 Plass Ave) on the Washburn University campus just ahead of the annual Kansas Book Festival. Nathan will be present to give a reading from the book.
Royals drop two of three to Tigers
The Kansan Staff KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The Kansas City Royals suffered a setback in its attempts to stay in the American League playoff pitcher,… Login to continue reading Login…