New cabinet position will elevate vocation in Bethel’s long-term planning
NORTH NEWTON – Bethel College President Jon C. Gering has announced a new cabinet-level position.
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Learning on Spring Break
Itzel Torres-Hernandez gave up the first day of her spring break, Friday, for her little brother. “He is very energetic and gets himself into dangerous situations extremely quickly,” Torres-Hernandez said.
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1 pound beef shank 4 cups onions, chopped 4 cups chopped celery 3 cups diced carrots 1- 2 cups chopped cabbage 1 or 2 beets, cut into strips 1 small can tomato paste 1 teas. vinegar 1 teas.
Prairie Doc Perspectives: Caring for Expectant Moms
Lately my teenager has been fascinated by medical dramas. Although my “doctor self” is usually rolling my eyes throughout the program, it’s often a good conversation starter.
Martens named Outstanding Citizen
Desiree Martens, Vice President of Prevention Services at Mirror, Inc. in Newton was named 2021 Outstanding Citizen at the Newton Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet last fall.
At two-year mark of pandemic, Kansas doctors remember first patient
TOPEKA — When the first Kansas patient to be treated for COVID-19 arrived two years ago at The University of Kansas Health System, doctors weren’t sure how to handle the new and scary sickness. Steve Stites, chief medical officer for KU Health, was working that Saturday morning, trying to figure out how to prepare for the inevitable arrival of a novel coronavirus that was making news in New York City and Seattle.
Leon native participates in Ice Exercise 2022 in the Arctic Ocean
MILLINGTON, Tenn. – A Leon, Kansas, native is serving with Naval Ice Center supporting Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 in the Arctic Ocean.
Kansas unemployment rate slides to 2.6%
TOPEKA — The Kansas unemployment rate declined in January to 2.6%, federal and state agencies said Friday, to the lowest level in more than a decade. The COVID-19 pandemic hijacked the nation’s economy in April 2020 to drive the jobless rate in Kansas to an astonishing 12.2%.
Arboretum hosts annual ‘Leprechaun Run’
Dyck Arboretum hosted the 10th annual Go Green Leprechaun Run on March 12. Race-time tempratures for the annual event were about 20 degrees.
Senate committee advances constitutional amendment limiting new taxes, rate increases
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate’s tax committee advanced a proposed state constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds majority votes of the House and Senate to create a new tax or to increase the rate of an existing tax.