HESSTON — The defending Class 3A state champion Hesston Swather golf team put itself in position to repeat after winning the regional tournament at the Hesston Golf Course. The Swathers posted a team score of 314.
Several organizations have teamed up to create a wellness and fitness event at the Midtown Arboretum in Newton on May 13. The morning featured activities promoting wellness, including Zumba by the YMCA, free blood pressure checks by Health Ministries Clinic, a mental wellness activity also by HMC, and bike safety education with Harvey County Walk & Roll.
Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed the final tax relief bill to reach her desk this year. It would have given tax breaks to private businesses that compete with government services — like fitness centers and child care facilities.
MANHATTAN – Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee says preparing and storing food during a power outage can be “tricky.” “Without a steady power source (such as a generator), food can be temperature-abused, which increases the risk for foodborne illness,” said Blakeslee, who also is coordinator of K-State’s Rapid Response Center for Food Science. Foodborne bacteria grows most rapidly between 40 degrees and 140 degrees Fahrenheit, Blakeslee said – doubling in number in as little as 20 minutes.
Sluggin’ Rebels seeking host families The Newton Sluggin’ Rebels are seeking host families for this summer, the summer college baseball team will start play June 2. More than 30 college baseball players come to Newton each summer to play summer college baseball, with home games played at Klein-Scott Field in Centennial Park.
There is an election looming - with a primary, if needed, coming in August and general election coming in November. On the ballot will be city counsel and commission members to go with local school board members.
For a portion of Newton, a new high speed internet option is coming - work to lay fiber optic cable will begin in the next couple of weeks by IdeaTek. They plan to begin in the area west of Main and south of 12th Street, placing main lines underground and overhead in the public rightof- way.
TOPEKA — Angry over what they saw as an inadequate response to the then-young COVID-19 pandemic, inmates in a medium-security section of the Lansing Correctional Facility set fires, broke windows and ransacked offices in April 2020.
The Grigoreva family is not ending their quest to have city ordinances changed in such a way as to allow for Ginger, and pot-bellied pig labeled as an emotional support animal, to remain with the family within city limits.
Kansas state representatives this spring voted for “historic” legislation spending more than $50 million a year on preserving groundwater and restoring the state’s reservoirs. By the time the Senate finished with the bill, it was “watered down” but “a good start.” Rep.