Don Gruver, director of Harvey County Communications (911 Dispatch) found himself in an unenviable position on June 24, recapping the history of seeking bids for equipment and explaining why it feels like some of it has spiraled out of control.
Following a presentation containing survey results and data collected during a facility needs study for the Board of Education on June 23, the next steps of a possible bond issue and a timeline began to take shape.
A plan to demolish an old grocery store in the 300 block of Main Street failed take a big step forward at the June 24 city commission meeting.
The Newton Mexican American Athletic Club took a swing for the fences during the Newton City Commission Meeting July 24 and connected for a solid hit with a 5-0 vote by the commission to designate July 4 through 6 as NMAAC Men’s Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Weekend in Newton.
A plan to demolish an old grocery store in the 300 block of Main Street could take a big step forward at the June 24 city commission meeting.
RSP, a consultant firm retained by Newton USD 373 last year to study enrollment and building use will give their final report and recommendations to the board of Education on June 23. Those recommendations will not be a final recommendation for a bond issue.
Newton business and community leader Robert “Bob” Bunting, chairman of Bunting Magnetics, died Tuesday, June 17, surrounded by family. He was 76.
Newton native Toby Tyner is exploring a new side of himself these days, and not just because he’s in a fairly new job.
Nearly 20 years ago Kevin and Kim Pouch of Newton volunteered to host a baseball player in their home for the summer — a college guy coming to town to play in a wood bat summer league.
It’s not quite at the end of the road, but Bridge 21-L.3 is close, and due to some wash outs that have developed over the last several months the road now ends with a “bridge out” sign on Huggin Hollow Drive. Huggin Hollow Drive is about a mile long, serving one home along the stretch.