Bridge project leads to partnership and unique opportunity
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Through the lens: Dogs take trip to library
The Newton Public Library welcomed a few special guests on Feb. 1 — group of dogs was welcomed into the library for a read along.
Newton water rate, utility bill increase, comes this month
Newton residents will see an increase in their utility bills next month, an increase stemming from a decision made in 2022.
Foundation eyes downtown mural project
Greg Bontrager, a retired music instructor who is now director of Newton Community Foundation, wants to move the endowment into community projects. He has a desire that the organization not only be a leader in community fundraising, but community projects.
NHS senior to solo with NMKSO
This weekend the Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra will offer up a concert featuring a pair of “young soloists,” a college student and a high school student who were each named winners of a young soloist contest by the orchestra.
‘This is a terrible tragedy:’ Community reacts to deadly plane crash
Wichita Mayor Lily Wu said that the city is in mourning after a plane that took off from Wichita crashed in Washington, D.C., last night and left no survivors.
Library to host author of “Las Madres”
Join author Dennis Raphael Garcia for a talk on his new book, “Las Madres: Latinas in the Heartland Who Led Their Family to Success,” from 1 to 2 p.m. Feb. 14 presented by Latino Vision Association and Newton Public Library.
Could an aqueduct bring water to western Kansas?
GRANT COUNTY, Kansas— Nature isn’t easy on farmers in western Kansas.
Commission denies conditional use permit
It was a hard to miss last summer – a collection of carnival trucks parking on privately owned lot between Newton and Hesston along Hesston Road/Old 81 for several weeks last summer. It was not the founding of a new company, or staging for the county fair.
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