HEADLINES

  • Book banning dilemma

    No book in recent years stirred more controversy than the 2011 racy romance novel “Fifty Shades of Grey,” the steamy bestseller that was at one time banned from library shelves in Florida, Georgia, and Wisconsin. Patrons of Marion and Hillsboro city libraries can get the book, but how they go about doing so is different.

  • MuseumFest a hit with community

    Community members got a peek Sunday at many of the changes at the Mennonite Settlement Museum complex, and some homemade ice cream, too. Hillsboro museum board members opened the doors of the visitor center, Loewen House and barn, Kreutziger School, and Friesen Mill for visitors to take self-guided tours of the facilities. Volunteer docents were on hand to provide historical information.

  • County reclaims $44,880 in tax sale

    A Marion man was the most prolific bidder on Friday during a tax sale at Marion County Courthouse. Of 37 properties whose owners were minimum three years delinquent on property taxes, Marion County retained nine on a minimum bid of $100 and sold 28 for a combined $44,880.

  • Test drives give HHS cash boost

    The drivers’ seats of Hillsboro Ford cars and trucks will turn into booster seats Saturday, as every test drive nets $20 for Hillsboro High School’s athletic booster club fund. If 300 drivers take test drives, the athletic boosters will get the maximum $6,000 from Hillsboro Ford and Ford Motor Company.

  • Former senator calls Flint Hills home

    Nancy Landon Kassebaum, former U.S. Senator from Kansas, is home for good at her ranch near Burdick after the death of her husband, former Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee, in 2014. She lives in a renovated limestone house that was on the ranch when she purchased it in 1983. She lives on a gravel road and walks a half-mile to her mailbox.

  • Woman charged with sex offenses faces federal court

    A Dodge City woman booked in January on charges of rape, criminal sodomy, and sexual exploitation of a Marion County child has had charges dropped, so that stiffer federal charges may be filed against her. County attorney Susan Robson dismissed without prejudice the charges against Ashley Marie Kelly, 24, who allegedly took inappropriate photographs of a Marion County child.

AUTO

  • Officer exhibits toy police cars

    Marion police officer Duane McCarty has 33 toy police cars on display in a window recess beside his desk near the front door of Marion Police Department. He keeps them for visitors to look at, especially kids.

DEATHS

  • Mildred Bernhardt

    Mildred Bernhardt, 84, died Sept. 21 at Salem Homes in Hillsboro. Funeral was Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church, Lyons. Burial followed at Tampa Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation was Friday at Birzer Funeral Home.

  • Vera Dirks

    Former Tampa resident Vera L. Dirks, 88, died Tuesday at Moundridge Manor, Moundridge. Funeral Service was Monday, at Morning Star Mennonite Church, rural Tampa, Kansas. Family received guests from 6 to 8 Sunday at the Church.

  • Gladys Janzen

    Gladys Esther Janzen, 100, died Friday at Salem Homes, Hillsboro. Celebration of life service was Tuesday at Hillsboro United Methodist Church. Family received guests prior to the service.

  • Harold Pankratz

    Harold Pankratz, 86, died Tuesday at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro. Celebration of life service was Tuesday at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church. Family received guests Sunday at Jost Funeral Home in Hillsboro.

  • Sharon Wasemiller

    Sharon Kristine Wasemiller, 58, died Sunday at Lehigh. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church, Hillsboro.

DOCKET

PEOPLE

SCHOOL

  • Noble downplays classification change

    Hillsboro High School will compete in Class 2A this year for regional and state events sponsored by Kansas State High School Activities Association, save for football, which remains in Class 3A. The 2A classification applies to athletic teams and non-athletic events such as music, speech and drama, and scholars bowl. Hillsboro and Horton were the only two schools that moved from 3A to 2A.

  • Tabor enrollment sees 35% increase in grad students

    Two years ago, Tabor College in Wichita had just 11 students enrolled in graduate programs. This fall, there are 42 students, an increased of 35 percent. Tabor enrollment for fall semester is 729 students, including 561 students in Hillsboro and 126 students in Wichita.

  • Local students receive academic recognition

    The University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment recognized academic achievement of senior students from high schools in Marion, McPherson, and Rice counties with a dinner and program at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at Holiday Manor Center, McPherson. A total of 68 high school seniors in the top 10 percent of their high school class were recognized. Each also received a certificate of achievement and A Webster’s New College Dictionary.

  • FFA to sell Steckline bio

    Hillsboro FFA is selling copies of a biography of Larry Steckline, well-known agriculture broadcaster, as a fundraiser. “Larry Steckline: A Half Century as the Voice of Kansas Agriculture,”written by his wife, Carla Stovall Steckline, chronicles the popular broadcaster’s rise from a small Kansas farm to a decades-long career as the source for news about Kansas agriculture.

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SPORTS

  • Nowhere to go but up for Trojans

    There’s a saying in football: Live by the pass, die by the pass. At Hoisington on Friday, Hillsboro died, as the Cardinals demolished the Trojans 76-6. Hillsboro has had trouble establishing a running game this season, and it was no different Friday. The Cardinals completely shut down Tyson Reimer and Jorge Hanschu, as the Trojans duo combined for just 6 carries and minus 3 yards.

  • Goessel football picks up second win

    Last year the only team that Goessel beat was Sylvan-Lucas, and the Bluebirds repeated that victory Friday. Goessel scored first on a 9-yard run by Miguel Guerrero, and then scored again on a pass from Josh Schmidt to Trevor Beisel covering 30 yards, to lead 12-0.

  • Bluebirds claim Olpe tournament title

    Goessel kept its record unblemished Saturday by sweeping five opponents in the Olpe round-robin tournament. The Bluebirds did not encounter much defense at the net from Madison/Hamilton in their first match on Saturday. Goessel cruised to 25-15 and 25-3 wins.

  • Trojans tie for 4th at home tennis tourny

    The Trojans girls’ tennis team tied Circle at 29 points to share a fourth place finish Thursday at Hillsboro. “Once again, our team was led by doubles,” coach Bob Woelk said. “This time I played Anna Glanzer and Mary Leihy at No. 1 team. They had been playing No. 2 doubles, but they had a higher finish in an open meet.”

  • Hinerman places 15th at Southeast of Saline

    Trojans boys’ varsity runner Jonathan Hinerman placed 15th of 89 competitors with a time of 19 minutes, 8 seconds on Sept. 22 at a cross-country meet at Southeast of Saline. No other Hillsboro runners ran varsity. However, coach Stuart Holmes said many of Hillsboro’s junior varsity runners continued to show improvement.

  • Goessel runners compete at SE Saline

    Goessel’s runners competed against runners from 16 high schools ranging in size up to Class 4A at the Southeast of Saline cross-country meet. The meet was divided into varsity and junior varsity divisions. Devon LeRoy placed 25th with a time of 19 minutes, 48 seconds, and was the only runner for the Bluebirds to finish in under 20 minutes.

  • Hillsboro volleyball results

UPCOMING

  • Calendar of Events

  • County services to hold free screenings

    Free screenings for children 5-years-old and younger will be held Oct. 13 at Marion. Appointments will be available from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Vision and hearing will be screened along with cognitive, motor, speech/language, and social/emotional. This process usually takes at least one hour to complete.

  • Gospel band to perform Sunday

    Sunday Drive, a multiple award winning southern gospel act, will perform at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Marion Christian Church. “Misty (the lead singer) sounds just like Karen Carpenter from ‘The Carpenters’,’ pastor Carl Helm said, “and Sunday Drive just sounds fantastic.”

  • Musical Visions Trio perform Friday

    Tabor College’s Lifelong Learning program titled “This is My Father’s World — A Celebration of Beauty in Nature, Music, and Art” will be held at 9:45 a.m. Friday in the Wohlgemuth Music Education Center Lobby at Tabor. Flutist Vada Snider, pianist Karen Loucks, and photographer Duane Graham created a program of music based on nature themes, photos of natural wonders, humorous drawings by Jesse Graber, and art by Bob Regier.

  • Pumpkin carving contest to be Oct. 30

    Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Jack-O-Lantern carving contest. Participants are asked to bring their pumpkin to the chamber office between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Oct. 30 to be judged by the Hillsboro Convention and Visitors Bureau. Categories include: Pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade, 3rd through 6th grade, 7th grade and older, and best business.

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