Through the lens: Grinding Sand Creek
Sand Creek Summer Daze includes a skateboard competition at Okerberg Park each year. 2025 images by Michele Clark Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Chad Frey
In the garden: Controlling bermudagrass
How do you control bermudagrass? Bermudagrass can make a nice lawn if you don’t mind its invasiveness and short growing season. But many people dislike both these characteristics. Warm-season grasses, such as bermudagrass, zoysiagrass and buffalograss, green up later than cool-season grasses such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass. They also go dormant earlier in the fall, which can make a lawn unattractive.
Through the lens: Sand Creek Summer Daze
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Bethel announces spring academic honors, graduates
One hundred ninety-six Bethel College students had spring 2025 grades that earned academic distinction.
Nursing director receives Bethel teaching award during commencement
Bethel College honored Becky Bartell, Hesston, assistant professor of nursing and director of the Department of Nursing, for teaching excellence at the 132nd commencement on May 18.
Health Department to temporarily close during office move
The Harvey County Health Department will be closed to the public through June 30 as it moves from the third floor to the second floor of the County-owned building at 215 S. Pine St. in Newton.
County makes radio purchase
Don Gruver, director of Harvey County Communications (911 Dispatch) found himself in an unenviable position on June 24, recapping the history of seeking bids for equipment and explaining why it feels like some of it has spiraled out of control.
Board of ed eyes spring bond issue
Following a presentation containing survey results and data collected during a facility needs study for the Board of Education on June 23, the next steps of a possible bond issue and a timeline began to take shape.
Demo of old Dillons delayed
A plan to demolish an old grocery store in the 300 block of Main Street failed take a big step forward at the June 24 city commission meeting.
We’ve bombed Iran. But pivotal Kansas issues mustn’t disappear in the fog of war.
So, the United States is at war again.