CrossWinds Counseling & Wellness is holding an open house at its new Strong City location of 214 N Cottonwood St., 2:30-3:30 p.m., Monday, July 1. Folks are encouraged to stop in, meet the team, s…

A Special USD 417 Board of Education meeting was held Wednesday evening at the District Office.

The BOE members signed a waiver of notice for the special meeting. Cindy Jensen, CPA provided the BOE wit…

(Wichita Eagle) A new tax cut package is expected to save taxpayers a significant amount of money over the next few years.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed the bill last week , which passed with bipartis…

Dean Huggins, of Olathe, returned to Council Grove Saturday, entering his 1937 Ford 2-Door Humpback Sedan Deluxe in the Washunga Days Car, Truck and Bike Show. He has shown his car before, both when t…

At Wednesday’s Council Grove Rotary meeting, Valerie Woodall shared about her education and background at Dillard’s, before talking specifics about how retail has changed, whether it be in…

A 22-foot tall, 70-yardlong, 660,000-pound boiler moved through Council Grove on its way to California on Tuesday. The transport process requires coordination with multiple authorities. The Kansas Dep…

The annual child wellness report KIDS COUNT found 27% of students in Kansas and 20% of students in Missouri were chronically absent in 2021-2022. At the same time, high rates of children in both state…

Nearly 220 have reserved and paid for dinners to the all school USD 417 Reunion, to be held Saturday, June 29 at the 4-H Building in the county complex east of Council Grove. The doors will open at 4:…

Sankey’s 6N Ranch recently hosted the Kansas Department of Agriculture for a ranch stop. The America Inbound group had representatives from Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Columbia and the U.S. view…

While ticks and mosquitoes are a natural part of the Kansas environment, Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials say it is important to know that some of the tiny animals may transmit ha…