By Kansan StaffShelly Wonders picked up a first-place honor in the Best of Newton Photo Contest for the second consecutive year.Wonders, who won the feature category of Downtown Newton last year, topped the Open Category this year with “Fall on the Rails,” an image featuring a train traveling through Newton.
The Newton Kansan partnered with Harvey County Talk to create a forum for USD 373 Board of Education and City of Newton Commission candidates. Login to continue reading Login Sign…
The celebration of 150 years since Mennonite ancestors came to U.S.
During a presentation to the county commission on proposed commercial renewable energy project rules Oct.
Becky Reimer did not break any rules, as there are not really any rules in place for county commissioner travel and training reimbursement.
The ugly blue-green algae that frequently spoil Kansas lakes for swimming, fishing and supplying drinking water are growing more toxic as the climate changes.And they’re spreading farther north.States in the upper Great Plains will have to get used to spending on expensive water treatment — the way utilities in Kansas do — to keep taps flowing.They’ll need programs to quickly warn people away from popular recreation spots when blooms appear that can turn toxic fast, make them sick and kill their dogs.“States like North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana … you’re going to get a lot more blooms and have to deal with this,” said Ted Harris, an algae biologist with the University of Kansas.The growing toxic algae problem doesn’t just add another reason people in the Midwest and Great Plains need to fight climate change — it adds urgency to the task of figuring out how to cut back on the vast amounts of fertilizer and livestock excrement that wash into waterways and intensify the algae toxins.A team of scientists, including Harris, did a deep-dive into algae conditions on nearly 3,000 U.S.
By Kansan Staff The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Dodge City Police Department and the Ford County Sheriff’s Office have identified the two men killed… Login to continue reading Login…
Newton Lions Club hosted the 29th annual Halloween Walk in downtown Newton 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31 on Main Street, from Fifth… Login to continue reading Login…
It was a ribbon cutting nearly 14 years in the making – on Oct.
MANHATTAN – Don’t let the size of their town fool you: The residents of Toronto, Kansas have big things in mind.It’s why more than a third of the southeast Kansas town’s 200 residents showed up recently for a meeting with K-State Research and Extension agents to figure out how to make their quaint community more vibrant.“We talked about strengths and opportunities, which helped us narrow their focus,” said Tara Smith, a family and community wellness agent in K-State’s Southwind Extension District.“Toronto has a wonderful community center, and the people have a lot of ideas on how to improve that, but it’s already a neat hub of the community.