HALSTEAD — First Mennonite Church of Halstead will celebrate their 150th anniversary on March 29 and 30 with a weekend full of activities. The events are open to the public. Reservations for meals are requested for planning purposes and can be made on the church’s website: firstmennonitehalstead.org.
For the construction of a Ben Franklin distribution center east of Newton the clock was winding down – an agreement for the sale of land by the Newton City/County Airport signed in 2022 set a deadline for construction of May 2025 for ground to be broken.
For the past several years enrollment in Newton USD has been on the decline, a decline that led to the closure of one of the district’s elementary schools. At the time, in 2023, projections were showing enrollment declines for several more years.
The Harvey County Commission settled on how to support a proposed road project to widen East First Street from the eastern city limits of Newton to Oliver Road, which serves Newton City/County Airport.
For pickleball players in Newton, March 21 was kind of a big day. Not only was that the registration deadline for a spring indoor leage at the Newton Recreation Commission, but the day the NRC confirmed with the Newton Kansan that outdoor courts are about to be constructed.
For the first time in program history the Newton robotics team sent two teams to competition, as the program started a second team this year.
This year’s KIPCOR Peace Lecture at Bethel College is going to be much more like a fireside chat or a conversation around a dinner table.… Login to continue reading Login…
A proposed state constitutional amendment would require Kansas Supreme Court justices to be elected rather than appointed by the governor.
Carriage Factory Gallery, 128 E. Sixth, hosted a “Spring Break Pop-up Art Camp” from March 18-21.