HEADLINES

  • Council discusses Alco building

    What will become of the Alco building? No one knows yet, but the Hillsboro city council on Tuesday discussed possibilities. Alco is closing all of its 198 stores in 28 states, and each store is conducting a liquidation sale of all merchandise.

  • Hillsboro man organizes charity event

    Tom Kaufman of Hillsboro has never met Lauren Hill of Greendale, Indiana. Her cause and his life have practically nothing to do with each other. Yet after seeing the story of her battle against pediatric brain cancer through social media, Kaufman felt compelled to do something.

  • Lois Janzen provided safe passage over 4 decades

    After providing 46 years of safe passage to an estimated 1,800 Goessel students, former bus driver Lois Janzen has earned the right to retire four years shy of her golden anniversary with USD 411. Over the years, Janzen saw her share of bad road conditions as she braved the elements carrying parents’ precious cargo, including five of her own, and for her, those spirited students—toting textbooks and duffel bags ripe with sporting equipment—are now pleasant memories.

  • Concerned stepmother turns in stepson for marijuana

    Charges are pending against a Hillsboro teen after a concerned stepmother turned in a small amount of marijuana to Hillsboro Police on Nov. 24. Although police have not yet confirmed the amount, Chief Dan Kinning said the teen’s stepmother allegedly confiscated about a quarter of an ounce.

  • Saying goodbye to her 'best friend'

    Steve Janzen lay in a hospital bed Thanksgiving evening, his wife, Phoebe, and daughters Rachel and Amy, close by. As it had been for hours, his breathing was shallow and sporadic. Pain medication had left him mostly unaware of his surroundings all day. Unexpectedly, Phoebe noticed a tiny movement.

  • EMS bills baker for 'abusing' lifting services

    Hillsboro cookie maker Martin Fent would have to sell about 10,000 Uncle Marty’s Cookies to pay a $2,000 debt he racked up for his alleged “abuse” of “assist only” ambulance calls to Marion County Emergency Medical Services. Fent doesn’t have 10,000 cookies and or anything else with which to pay the bill.

  • Officers show support for Janzens

    When Duane McCarty got a call on Thanksgiving that he and Sergeant Larry Starkey should meet up with Marion Police Sergeant Mike Stone, he assumed it was routine business. It was anything but.

OTHER HEADLINES

  • Marion woman creates Santa spindles

    Don’t throw away those old wooden spindles. Elaine Ewert of Marion can use them to create pieces of Santa art. Ewert was an art teacher for 15 years. She had a friend who collected Santas. One year, she gave Ewert the idea of painting Santas on spindles. The idea took root, and she has been doing it for more than 20 years.

  • Tampa to host Christmas celebration

    Tampa’s annual Christmas celebration kicks off at 5 p.m. Sunday with a free will soup supper at the community center, followed by the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus at 5:30 p.m., and a musical performance by area act Cottonwood River Band at 6:30 p.m. Menu items include chili, potato soup, hotdogs, and peppermint ice cream.

  • Pageant quest a path of discovery for Deines

    When Makenzie Deines decided this summer to enter the Miss Kansas Teen USA pageant, she didn’t know the toughest judge she’d face would be herself. Deines was accepted as a contestant this past summer, and immediately began preparing for the pageant, which was this past weekend in Wichita.

DEATHS

  • Edward E. Parks, Sr.

    Edward E. Parks Sr. died Nov. 26 in Kingman.

  • John W. Varelman

    John Wayne Varelman, 79, of Lost Springs, died Nov. 26 at Medicalodges of Herington. He was born Feb. 26, 1935, to John and Clara E. Kettle Varelman of Emporia. Rusty and Eva Miller of Lost Springs raised him.

  • IN MEMORIAM:

    Steven Janzen

DOCKET

FARM

  • Palomino looks at the world differently

    Drivers passing the field along Remington Road just north of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church in Pilsen can see a 36-year-old Palomino roaming through the grass. The Palomino, however, may not see them. Bojo, you see, has only one eye.

  • Centre horticulture class having a busy year

    (This article was written by the 7th hour horticulture class at Centre High School.) At Centre High School, agriculture classes are the favorite classes to be enrolled in. Laura Klenda and Cherie Trieb are the teachers who help students learn agriculture fundamentals. We take agriculture very seriously, especially our horticulture class. We tend the garden, fruit trees, and plants in the greenhouse.

  • Milo piles up on the ground at northern grain elevators

    Tampa and Lincolnville elevators once again have piles of milo on the ground. According to Agri Producers manager Stan Utting, milo harvest is almost complete, and the two sites have dumped more milo on the ground this year than last. Some of it had excess moisture and will be transferred to the elevators for drying when space becomes available.

  • Renegade cows vex farmers

    Cows that escape from their farms might elicit a chuckle from drivers catching sight of a bovine in a ditch. But it’s no fun for the farmer. “It’s a just a hassle of them being out and I really don’t care for them 12 o’clock phone calls from dispatch,” said David Oborny, who has run a cow and calf operation for more than 30 years about five miles north of Marion.

  • Farmhands still play vital role in farm success

    As advancing technology and enterprising research bring constant change to the farming industry, a basic tenet of the occupation remains unchanged: the need for help. Tending hundreds of acres of land, and sometimes hundreds of living animals can be too much for one person to handle. Even the modern farmer needs assistance.

OPINION

  • Steve won

    We share with all humans two absolutes: we’re born, and we die. In between, our stories differ, but they all begin and end the same. Some stories, such as Steve Janzen’s, include a chapter titled “Cancer.” It’s a chapter no one wants to find in his or her story, a chapter riddled with words such as “battle” and “fight” as individuals struggle along with loved ones in the hope there’s another chapter yet to write and live. But when it’s the final chapter, it’s common for people to remark that the battle was lost.

  • Turning the tables on Turkey Day

    I make a living asking questions. Sometimes that means asking questions I don’t necessarily want to ask of people I don’t necessarily want to talk to. In comparison to asking the one question I most wanted to ask to the one person I most enjoy talking to, those questions, “the tough questions,” seem easy.

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