(*editor’s note: In light of the upcoming track and field season, Keith Pickett has written this remembrance of the past track and field success at Dunlap and Alta Vista in the first half of the 20th century)
The Council Grove Braves Track team will begin their season on April 1 at Chapman.
The Council Grove Junior High/ Senior High second trimester honor roll has been released.
DETOUR-State detour signs have gone up on Main Street with the first phase of construction on K-177 north beginning on Monday. During this phase, K-177 will be closed for approximately 7.7 miles from Ave L, north of the Council Grove reservoir, continuing north to halfway between the K-4 junctions. K-177 is scheduled to reopen in the fall of 2022. The final phase of reconstruction for K-177, from halfway between the K-4 junctions to I-70, is scheduled to begin in March 2023 and reopen in the fall of 2023. The state detour routes motorists west toward Herington on US-56 Highway and north on U.S.-77 Highway. KDOT urges all motorists to be alert and obey the warning signs when approaching and driving through a work zone. Check kandrive. org for updates and more information.
BRAVES ON TRACK-The Council Grove Braves Track team will begin their season on April 1 at Chapman. The team returns with state medalists Jordyn Picolet and Lakoddah Downes, as well as three-quarters of last year’s state qualifying 4x100 relay team.
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