Mayor Delores Dalke accepts the plaque recognizing Hillsboro as a “Tree City USA” from Ray Aslin, state forester with the Kansas Forest Service. The presentation was made by the KFS and the National Arbor Day Foundation March 26 in Manhattan.

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Byron McCarty retained his seat on the Hillsboro City Council by a 132-16 margin over challenger Martin Rhodes in the local elections April 1.

McCarty represents the East Ward.

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Attempts by the Central Kansas Conservancy to explain its positions Monday at a Marion County Commission meeting ended with the commissioners coming down on the side of land owners opposed to rails to trails development passing through their property where railroad tracks have been removed.

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