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Newton gymnasts post top score

The Kansan Staff EMPORIA — The Newton High School gymnastics team had a season-high team score with a second-place finish Monday at the Emporia quadrangular. Lawrence Free State won the meet, followed by Newton in second, Lawrence in third and Emporia in fourth.

Railer golfers seventh at South invite

The Kansan Staff SALINA — The Newton High School girls’ golf team claimed a seventh-place finish with a medalist Monday at the 10-team Salina South Invitational at the Salina Country Club. Manhattan topped the field at 246, while Hays was second at 351 and Maize was third at 358.

Topsoil protection should be stressed in the next farm bill, U.S. House Ag panel told

WASHINGTON — Farmers and academics at a Wednesday hearing stressed the need for members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee to support regenerative agriculture farming practices in the upcoming farm bill to protect topsoil. U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chair David Scott said he held the hearing to discuss ways policymakers and the Department of Agriculture could help farmers incorporate regenerative agriculture practices. That investment in soil health would curb climate change and prevent a food shortage, the Georgia Democrat said.

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.