HILLSBORO Star-Journal

HEADLINES

Marion water quality violations appear hidden
Ignoring laws requiring customer-by-customer notification, the City of Marion instead has posted as an unannounced link deep within its website an annual water quality report indicating five “major” violations of testing standards. The link, to a file maintained on an Amazon Web Services server, appears in the same “News” section of the site that for nearly two years touted construction of a new housing complex that already had lost grant money and been canceled.
Peabody loses another key employee
Following up on the sentiments she voiced at a Peabody City Council meeting June 4, police secretary and municipal court clerk Beth Peter made her sentiments even clearer Monday. “Today, as of June 10, I am turning in my resignation as police clerk,” Peter said as she passed a letter to the council. “You are losing employees right and left or firing them.”
Extensive searches find boy, skier unhurt
An 8-year-old boy missing in Peabody and a jet skier missing at Marion Reservoir both were found unharmed after extensive searches Saturday. At 11:16 a.m., Peabody police called for sheriff’s deputies, Peabody firefighters, the county emergency manager, and a police dog to aid in a search for the missing boy, last seen near City Park.
Storm brings flooding
A thunderstorm Saturday night dropped between two and five inches of rain on Marion County, leaving creeks and rivers full and fields and ditches flooded. “The storm didn’t really move north and south much, but stayed somewhat stationary,” National Weather Service forecaster Kelly Butler said.
Historic restoration leaves no stone unmortared
Using techniques of a bygone era, craftsmen are meticulously restoring a structure at Judy and Roy Houdyshell’s historic Island Field Ranch at 250th Rd. and US-56/77. The ranch house, built between 1897 and 1900, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

OTHER NEWS

Medicare comparisons wrong, hospitals say
Both Hillsboro Community Hospital and St. Luke Hospital in Marion are inaccurately described on a Medicare hospital comparison webpage, hospital officials say. According to the website, HCH does not offer emergency care.
Making cabinets for destroyed homes
So many people came Sunday to tour a Mennonite Disaster Service cabinet shop begun two years ago in Goessel that it was hard to walk through and see the cabinets, wood pieces, and works in progress. Bruce Funk, a member of the leadership board of the cabinet shop, talked to visitors as he showed wooden cutting boards he crafted. They will be given with cabinets to build houses damaged in disasters.
Florence to have sweet time
A new business in Florence offers sweets, gifts, and basics to shoppers. Parents and children love the shop because kids can come to it to buy candy without crossing US-77, according to co-owner Sue Wikoff, for whom Sue’s Gifts and More is named.
Health groundbreaking Monday
A groundbreaking ceremony for Marion County’s new health department building is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday. The building, designed by Alloy Architecture and to be built by Nelson Fowles Construction, will be at 1220 E. Main St. in Marion. The site, at the Marion County Food Bank’s former location, was purchased in March, 2023.

AUTO

Taking the bumps out of holiday road
Summer is an ideal time for family vacations, which usually mean lots of driving. Before hitting the road, drivers should take steps to stay safe and avoid having to wait alongside the highway for a tow truck.

DEATHS

IN MEMORIAM:
Bob Hoch
IN MEMORIAM:
Ernie Voth

FOR THE RECORD

OPINION

We're off to see the wizard
Kansas natives transplanted to other parts of the globe often grow weary of being bombarded by references to Dorothy, ruby slippers, and the Yellow Brick Road. I hope no one will want to drop a house on me if I make such an allusion this week. A favorite scene occurs at a long-sought-after audience in Emerald City. Toto rips a curtain to the side, revealing the Wizard. “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain,” the Wizard promptly shouts.
ANOTHER DAY IN THE COUNTRY:
What brings you pleasure?
LETTER:
Benefiting the town
CORRECTION:
Voting dates

PEOPLE

Senior center menus
Disability group to meet
The public will be invited to comment when directors of Harvey-Marion County Developmental Disability Organization will meet at 4 p.m. Monday at 500 N. Main St., Suite 204, Newton.
MEMORIES:
15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 110, 145 years ago

SPORTS / SCHOOL

Sports campers learn from a pro
Women’s professional basketball player Jackie Stiles conducted a basketball camp Sunday at the Sports and Aquatics’ center in Marion, The event was tailored towards two age groups: Grades 2 through 6 and Grades 7 through 12.
Marion High School honor roll
College degrees and honors
TEEN to meet
Directors of Technology Excellence in Education Network, which provides online services to area school districts, will meet at 6 p.m. June 19 at the Hillsboro school district offices, 416 S. Date St., Hillsboro.

HILLSBORO Star-Journal

Using techniques of a bygone era, craftsmen are meticulously restoring a structure at Judy and Roy Houdyshell’s historic Island Field Ranch at 250th Rd. and US-56/77. The ranch house, built between 1897 and 1900, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Both Hillsboro Community Hospital and St. Luke Hospital in Marion are inaccurately described on a Medicare hospital comparison webpage, hospital officials say. According to the website, HCH does not offer emergency care.

A new business in Florence offers sweets, gifts, and basics to shoppers. Parents and children love the shop because kids can come to it to buy candy without crossing US-77, according to co-owner Sue Wikoff, for whom Sue’s Gifts and More is named.

Summer is an ideal time for family vacations, which usually mean lots of driving. Before hitting the road, drivers should take steps to stay safe and avoid having to wait alongside the highway for a tow truck.

IN MEMORIAM:

IN MEMORIAM:

ANOTHER DAY IN THE COUNTRY:

LETTER:

CORRECTION:

The public will be invited to comment when directors of Harvey-Marion County Developmental Disability Organization will meet at 4 p.m. Monday at 500 N. Main St., Suite 204, Newton.

MEMORIES:

Women’s professional basketball player Jackie Stiles conducted a basketball camp Sunday at the Sports and Aquatics’ center in Marion, The event was tailored towards two age groups: Grades 2 through 6 and Grades 7 through 12.

Directors of Technology Excellence in Education Network, which provides online services to area school districts, will meet at 6 p.m. June 19 at the Hillsboro school district offices, 416 S. Date St., Hillsboro.