• Identify your interests. Fiftysomethings who have spent the last couple of decades building a career and raising a family can give some serious thought to their interests outside of work or passions they hope to pursue now that they have more time to commit to such pursuits.
Newton USD 373 fall break arrives Newton USD 373 will observe fall break on Oct. 31 and Nov.
Leon Villanueva is a busy guy - working full time at Agco while taking college classes would keep anyone busy. But the past few months he’s added something else.
A project that started in 2020, to construct a wetland area expanding an area owned by the city and create a bird-watching reached an important milestone Oct. 25.
As the circumstances of a planned closure of the driver’s license station at the Harvey County Courthouse were being explained, county commissioner Chip Westfall uttered two words - mostly to himself - during Oct. 25’s commission meeting.
The R. Michael Rhoades Wetlands Park could take an important step forward on Oct. 25, as the Newton City Commission will be asked to approve plans for the park and move forward with a bid process - even though the city will not be funding construction.
Halloween is just around the corner, and if one national survey is right the chances of finding treats while going to door-to-door for trick-or-treating is dwindling. According to a survey by Digital Third Coast of more than 1,000 Americans, 52% are not planning to give candy out this year, citing inflation as one of the main reasons (24%).
OPEKA — Republican gubernatorial candidate Derek Schmidt pledged Saturday to block any requirement that Kansas children be immunized from COVID-19 before attending school. The pledge is a response to Thursday’s widely misunderstood vote by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee, which endorsed COVID-19 vaccines for kids and adults.
Emily Withnall caught COVID-19 from her teenager in July 2020. In the more than two years since, the 40-year-old has suffered from debilitating fatigue, spinal pain and heart palpitations. In addition to her primary care doctor, she regularly sees a cardiologist and says her acupuncturist and craniosacral therapy help relieve her pain and the trouble she has focusing. Although her condition is improving, Withnall said she still isn’t back to her pre-COVID-19 health and she’s had to ask her employer, New Mexico Highlands University, for accommodations, which include time off to go to her various medical appointments and the ability to work remotely. When she does commute, it takes her an hour to get to the office “There were a couple of times I had to commute and that was really, really hard and exhausting just physically,” she said. It doesn’t take much to cause a health setback. A simple cold can last weeks so she worries about getting the flu or, even worse, COVID again.
Knepper completes banking school Ken Knepper, vice president of business development and marketing at The Citizens State Bank, recently completed coursework and graduation at the Graduate School of Banking in Madison, Wis. The week-long class in sales and marketing featured instructors who focused on branding, digital promotion, business development, strategic marketing, prospecting, and building lifetime client partnerships.