HEADLINES

  • Summertime, and the algae is blooming

    As surely as waves of ripening wheat, blue-green algae warnings have become perennial harbingers of summer for the county. Three consecutive weeks of warnings for Marion Reservoir have affected the county’s largest tourism draw.

  • Theme park miniatures give maximum fun for local man

  • Economical Development panel's mission unclear

    After all the introductions and opening comments at the first meeting of the county’s new economic development committee Tuesday night, many attendees appeared surprised to learn they weren’t a committee after all. “This is a consensus-building meeting; this is not a committee to move forward,” said Chris Hernandez of Marion, picked by county commissioners to facilitate the meeting.

  • Freedom on the road has dual meaning for Florida biker

    Windex and squeegee in hand so he can do odd jobs along the way, a former Florida man pedaled his bike through Marion with a pull-behind cart carrying all his possessions Tuesday. Born Daniel Lockridge, but now known as Daniel Freedom, he pedaled from Hillsboro to Marion on his way to Indiana, stopping at Marion’s coin laundry to wash his tent because it seemed musty after recent rains.

  • Doctor wants to start health center for low-income patients

    Hillsboro physician Michael Reeh wants to start a health center to serve low-income Marion County residents who might not have insurance or be able to pay for medical services. “It would be called Marion County Community Health Center,” Reeh said. “We would give health care at a discount rate to people who have low income.”

  • Bluegrass festival draws record crowd

    Campsites were in short supply Saturday as bluegrass fans took over Marion County Park and Lake for the lake’s annual bluegrass festival. Campers started filling up sites Thursday. By Saturday, lake superintendent Steve Hudson was scrambling to find places to put them.

OTHER HEADLINES

  • Hillsboro High graduate hoping to join firefighters

    Recent Hillsboro High School graduate Matt Wintermote is serious about being a firefighter. “I’ve been going to meetings and trainings for over a year and I really like it,” Wintermote said. “I have family that have been firefighters and it’s always been an interest of mine.”

  • County hires two full-time EMTs

    Two full-time emergency medical technicians have been hired for Marion County. Kevin Marler, who has been working as a volunteer out of Hillsboro, and Matt Williams, who has been working out of Florence, were selected from among seven applicants.

  • Teen arrested on drug dealing charges

    Clayton Tate Lingenfelter, 18, Hillsboro, was arrested June 12 on suspicion of multiple drug charges, including dealing. Hillsboro officer David Funk investigated a report from a citizen who witnessed what the citizen felt was a drug transaction at 8:24 p.m. in Memorial Park, police chief Dan Kinning said.

DEATHS

  • Durward Oblander

    Former Marion service station owner Durward Oblander, 86, died Friday in Newton. A graveside service was Tuesday in Newton.

  • Alma Rempel

    Homemaker Alma Rempel, 93, died June 14 at Salem Home, Hillsboro. Interment was Friday at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Cemetery. A memorial gathering followed at Salem Home Chapel.

  • Jerrod Rogers

    Jerrod Paul Rogers, 25, died June 16 in rural Hillsboro. A funeral service was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. today at Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church, with Pastor Jerred Unruh officiating.

DOCKET

HOME AND GARDEN

  • Rain barrel helps plants flourish

    Jerry Ewing’s plants are flourishing and he contends it’s because he uses rainwater instead of city water to water them. Ewing, lead radiological technician at St. Luke Hospital, stopped using city water for plants because of the effect he said it was having.

  • New porch just part of rehab

    Anyone who recently drove past 219 N. 3rd St. likely noticed the stately home’s new wood wrap-around porch. The outside doesn’t tell the whole story of recent rehabilitation work, though. Inside, a bathroom in the rear of the house has undergone total renewal from ceiling to floor, with new wall tiles, modern fixtures and a tile floor that replaces the old linoleum.

  • Nursery lives up to name, briefly

    Serenity Gardens owner Jana Dalke was surprised to find something she had not planted growing in her greenhouse. “This bird would fly in and out, so finally I looked, and there it was,” Dalke said.

  • Mortgage rates dip

    Although other interest rates have been trending upward, Bankrate reports that average interest rates on home mortgages in Kansas declined this week. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 0.23 to 3.57 percent, according to Bankrate.

PEOPLE

  • Hillsboro student on winning design team

    Jesse Meier of Hillsboro was among seven Kansas State University freshmen and sophomores who placed first in their age group in an international student competition to design quarter-scale tractors. K-State’s “X” team placed first overall, first in pulls, and second in presentation and written report in the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers’ annual competition earlier this month in Peoria, Illinois. Meier is a majoring in biological and agricultural engineering. K-State’s “A” team of juniors and seniors placed second in their age class.

  • Hillsboro student part of archaeological dig

    Sophomore Jakob Hanschu of Hillsboro is among 12 Kansas State University students spending this month excavating two archeological sites near Manhattan. Hanschu, an anthropology and geology major, is a part of an every-other-year field school sponsored by K-State and the University of Kansas to investigate what life was like in Kansas hundreds of years ago. From June 6 through July 1, the school is investigating Native American life along Wildcat Creek near Manhattan. So far, it has uncovered spear, dart, and arrow points and knives from a culture dating to 700 to 1,100 years ago.

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SPORTS

  • Getting a cleat up on memories at alumni football game

    Old stomping grounds were visited Friday night by Hillsboro and Marion high school graduates playing an alumni football game at Joel Wiens Stadium. Marion players who graduated between 1988 and 2005 would recognize the oldest player on the Hillsboro team as former assistant coach at Marion High School.

UPCOMING

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