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Overall, survey participants split fairly evenly, with non-consumptive wildlife viewers tipping at 53%. Consumptive viewers were more familiar with KDWP and its programs. Financial contributions primarily came from fishing licenses and land access permits, though 25% of respondents had made no contributions to the agency. One third of all participants said they didn’t think KDWP was doing enough to protect state wildlife and its habitat. However, a third of participants said they would increase support to the agency if they knew funds were being used for conservation. Other issues included access to wildlife viewing opportunities and communication from the agency.

As a father and son rode a “Rhoades Car” into the Harvey County Farmers Market on June 3, there was a popular question asked. “Did you build that contraption?” Rider Chad Frey answered quickly.

Shacobreay Hardwell said she works three jobs. On weekends, as a server at Cracker Barrel.

SYLVAN GROVE — Kansas is “the wheat state,” the officially adopted moniker that embraces its place as the country’s breadbasket. Tall white grain elevators, some decorated with wheat murals, loom over tiny farm towns.

MCPHERSON – May 25 the Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale held its Annual Meeting at First Mennonite Church of McPherson. This year’s theme was “Walking with Jesus…. spreading the love of God around the World”. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of $610,000 to the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Central States Office.

The Hesston College Nursing Club recently made a pair of donations to New Hope Shelter in Newton – the first donation consisted of clothes, food, supplies and the second a $1,000 check. “One of the many reasons that we want to become nurses is because we want to help people,” said 2023 nursing club president Michelle Ramos-Carreno, a senior in the college’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

It’s a tradition nearly 30 years old, the Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra offering up a summer chamber music series. The Summer Chamber Music series originated in 1994 as the Harvey Music Festival, a collaboration developed by James Jones and former NMKSO manager Don Kehrberg.