Becky Fields, who is currently running for Harvey County Treasurer in the Aug. 2 Republican Primary, served more than three terms as treasurer before retiring from the position in 2018.
TOPEKA — Independent governor candidate Dennis Pyle attended a Topeka gun show in a quest to gather some of the 5,000 petition signatures necessary to secure a spot on the November general election ballot.
Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab broke state law by taking action to prevent provisional ballot information from becoming public, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Friday. The judges said that Schwab, a Republican, told a private company in 2020 to shut off a software feature that gave his office easy access to provisional ballot data and which, by extension, allowed the public to request the information.
A new grant from the U.S. Russia Foundation will fund free online Russian language courses for Kansas high school students.
Enrollment for new students and families to Newton USD 373 will be from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The city of Newton moved to privatize recycling collection earlier this year, and that has resulted in a number of residential customers to leave recycling in the rear view mirror, so to speak. In a move responding to changes at the county level - Harvey County voted to shutter its recycling sort center at the Harvey County Transfer Station in response to fee increases in March - the city entered into a contract with Nisly Brothers to privatize the service.
Karen Kreider Yoder has spent portions of at least 25 summers leading Uncle Carl’s Camps at Kauffman Museum. She has never counted how many times she has left her home in San Francisco, California, to spend time in North Newton with family and helping with camps.
Golf tournament planned for Newton’s 150th Registration is now open for the Newton150 Golf Tournament, part of the City’s year-long celebration of its Sesquicentennial. The event is scheduled for Friday, Sept.
For about 20 years Dan Dan the Magic Man has been traveling to libraries across Kansas, entertaining kids while inspiring a love of reading. He was Newton Public Library July 20 to wrap up the summer entertainment calendar at the library All photos by Michele Clark, Newton Kansan.
Savannah Sailors started teaching in Newton Schools in 2019, schools she graduated from. This fall she will be back in the classroom come August as a thirdgrade teacher, right after she finishes shopping for supplies.