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Anderson’s celebrates 130th anniversary

Walk into Anderson Office Supply on the corner of Broadway and Main and you’ll find 89-year-old Phil Anderson behind the counter, running a business that has been part of his life for one way or another since he was born.

Sand Creek Summer Daze set to open

Fans of Encanto, and baseball, will want to be in Athletic Park July 7 for the opening of the Sand Creek Summer Daze Festival. The Newton The Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra will be playing to those fan groups in their opening night concert at 7 p.m.

TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES INCREASING IN THE UNITED STATES

Dear Doctors: Is it just me, or does it seem like a lot more people are getting diseases from ticks? We just heard about a lady who lives not too far from here who died from a tick bite. It gave her Powassan virus, which I’d never heard of before. What is that? Is it as common as Lyme disease?

Rash of vehicle thefts strikes

Emily Crawford is frustrated, because one of her family’s primary forms of summer entertainment has gone missing. The family camper was stolen, June 8.