The reservoir’s blue-green algae watch, originally issued May 24, was extended Thursday for another week by Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

That $800,000 that was earmarked for Sunflower Theatre in Peabody as part of the National Endowment for the Arts will now be redirected to the Chicago field office for ICE, just down the road in ...

Rain discolored and shrank the mature grain. County extension agent Rickey Roberts was more measured in his comments, calling the wheat quality “pretty average.” ...

These Marion County students were listed this past week as receiving degrees or honors from colleges or universities. Grade-point averages of 4.00 indicate all A’s; 3.00 indicate all B’s. Goessel — ...

Quarter-sized hail fell Saturday at Hillsboro, damaging cars at dealerships there. Randy Hagen, office manager and former owner at Hillsboro Ford, said an insurance adjuster already has inspected car ...

In 2024, Hillsboro reported 18.3 crimes per 1,000 residents, nearly twice the 9.9 crimes per 1,000 residents reported for the county as a whole. Statewide, the crime rate was more than double the ...

Services for rural Hillsboro farmer and stockman Jerry D. Suderman, 80, who died June 18 at his home, will be 3 p.m. July 12 at the Big Shed Birthing Suite at his farm, 1333 Kanza Rd. Visitation will ...

Torrential rains and flooding June 17 to 18 have severely threatened at least four county bridges, but the county may be eligible for a grant to pay for clearing the jams. Commissioners voted Monday ...

Rumors may say otherwise, but gasoline storage tanks at Casey’s General Store in Marion are not leaking, according to Kansas Department of Health and Environment. For several weeks, fuel pumps at ...

Peabody’s 104th annual ground display fireworks extravaganza may be the most dramatic display in the county, but it’s not the only fireworks show people can see this weekend.

After spending nearly a year and a half in jail awaiting his day in court, a Canton man is scheduled to enter a plea Tuesday on 49 sex charges filed against him Dec. 18, 2023. Matthew W. Dudte, 52, is ...

Loose dogs are a difficult issue to discuss. But like wind farms and DUIs, the issue is persistent, an itch that won’t go away. Two weeks ago, five separate incidents involving loose dogs were ...