As the rains continue, the flooding is increasing in areas of Marion County. Remember to be safe and don’t take chances with driving.   The Marion County Clerk’s office released the following information this afternoon: The US Army Corp of Engineers is currently releasing water from the Marion Reservoir. Residents near the Cottonwood River should be aware that water will […]

Irene Finley, 88, of Herington, died Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at the Legacy of Herington, KS. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at the Lyona Methodist Church-near Junction City, with Rev. Kris Brinlee, officiating. Interment will follow at the Lyona Methodist Cemetery. Family visitation 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at the […]

A special meeting of the Marion County Commission came to an abrupt halt this afternoon after Brad Jantz, county counselor, made an announcement to a full room. “There has been a lawsuit filed against the county, and as much as I know about it, the subject matter are the wind turbines and farms,” Jantz said. “As such, I’m going to […]

Larry L. Heim, 74, Canton, died May 5, 2019, at his home in Canton. A funeral service was at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 9 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Canton. Interment was in the church cemetery. Friends called from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8 at Olson’s Mortuary, Canton. Memorials have been established with the church or the Good Shepherd Hospice, […]

  Junior students participated in a civil rights learning project.       On Wednesday, Hillsboro High School English III and History classes combined efforts to offer several different presentations on civil rights. Students covered many aspects of the topic from women’s rights to voting and equal rights for all. “They were able to do one project that could meet […]

Hillsboro’s The Igloo opened on Saturday, May 4. Tena Loewen and her dad, David, served up all kinds of flavors of iced treats to Marion County residents including from left Pedro Nieto, Corey Arnold and Ainsley Duell.

Carol Elaine Wiebe, 83, died May 7, 2019, at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro. Celebration of Life Service at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 11 at the Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Friday at Jost Funeral Home in Hillsboro. She was born February 7, 1936, in Russell to Harold and Evelyn Barb. She […]

NEWTON: Mildred June (Regier) Buller, 89, died Friday, May 10, 2019, at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. She was born on June 26, 1929 in the hospital in Halstead, Kansas, the daughter of Edward C. and Anna May Dick Regier. After finishing high school in Buhler, she attended Summer classes at Bethel College. Mildred taught at a one-room school […]

STATE OF KANSAS Jane Welch Adjutant General’s Department   Phone: 785-646-1190 Public Affairs Office   Cell: 785-207-1549 5920 SE Coyote Drive    Jane.E.Welch1.nfg@mail.mil Topeka, KS 66619        www.kansastag.gov Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, Adjutant General Kansas Army National Guard Kansas Air National Guard Kansas Division of Emergency Management Kansas Homeland Security Kansas Civil Air Patrol FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 9, 2019  […]

The Tabor College Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Bradley Vogel, will perform its final concert of the academic year at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 12, in Richert Auditorium on the Tabor College campus. The theme, “Lead, Kindly Light,” organizes a program of rich choral repertoire with sounds and texts of comfort and peace, and also vibrant psalms […]