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Threshers to host Ottawa in KCAC play

Bethel moves up to 14th on the NAIA poll By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan The Bethel College football team passed its toughest test to date… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Wind energy battle waged at county commission

The battle over whether or not wind turbines will be constructed in Harvey County took center stage of the Harvey County Commission meeting Sept. 20, with the public comment section of the meeting becoming an extension of a planning and zoning meeting the previous week.

Railer soccer team passes test against Goddard

After little challenge in the first four games this season, the Newton High School boys’ soccer team has been pressed in the last three. Newton passed its latest test Tuesday at Fischer Field, stopping Goddard 3-2 in nonleague play.

Pentagon’s Information warfare review should cover the domestic side, too

The US Department of Defense has ordered “a sweeping audit of how it conducts clandestine information warfare,” the Washington Post reports. The apparent reason for the review is an August disclosure, by Graphika and the Stanford Internet Observatory, that Twitter and Facebook, of social media accounts opened under fake identities and used to feed disinformation to “audiences overseas.” That’s all well and good, but while they’re at it I wish the Pentagon would also review -- and cease -- its information warfare campaigns against the American public. Among supposed American constitutional values are separation of the military from politics, and its subservience to civilian government. While those values have always proven more noticeable in the breach than in the observance in wartime, the post-World-War-Two national security state has turned that breach into a well-funded, 24/7/365, campaign of political influence.

Wind energy battle waged at county commission

Heartland Area Landowners. “I appreciate all the work that P&Z did … they did a huge amount of work and they are to be congratulated and we hope that you three commissioners will support the work they did,” said Ron Dietzel of Newton.

County considers late waste fees

The county is attempting to recover about $12,323 in solid waste fees. According to the letter sent, the amount of the fee appears on property tax statements labeled as “Solid Waste Fees.” The fee is included in the total tax due amount on the statement. Solid Waste fees and will be paid when property owners make a property tax payment.

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

Editorial: Derek Schmidt wants Kansas to be more like Ron DeSantis’ Florida? Has he lost his mind? If Derek Schmidt likes Ron DeSantis’ Florida so much, he ought to buy a timeshare in Boca, but leave the cruel immigration policies, reckless COVID-19 protocols and divisive rhetoric where it is. Schmidt, the Republican candidate for Kansas governor, promised over the weekend that if elected, he’d do his best to make Kansas more like Florida.