By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NORTH NEWTON—Mark Janzen calls the book he wrote an “auto”-biography. That’s because it’s about the cars that touched his life. “It’s just sort of an automotive saga ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now ­NORTH NEWTON—Former Bethel College President Doug Penner lived a life of service and integrity. “Doug was truly one of the nicest persons I have ever known,” said ...

by Bill Bush Three miles outside of Newton sits the third busiest airport in Kansas, according to the number of operations, according to Newton City-County Airport Director Brian Palmer. Palmer and ...

By Rusty Whitcher WALTON – For the Brubacher family, dove hunting means a time of fellowship, family, friends, fun and oh yeah, a little hunting too. Despite koozies stating it was the 47th Annual ...

by Bill Bush SEDGWICK—Last year, as her grandpa was dying from cancer, Courtney Stueve poured herself into reading books about flowers to cope with the impending loss. He passed away on April 24, the ...

By Rusty Whitcher HESSTON—With a unanimous vote, the Hesston City Council paved the way for a first-of-its-kind event. The council granted the Hesston Chamber of Commerce a special use permit, ...

By Rusty Whitcher HESSTON—Even though no action was taken, one topic received much discussion. In a carryover from the Aug. 25 meeting, the USD-460 Board of Education continued looking at the rental ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—A couple thousand. That's about how many students Elizabeth Gunn's taught in her 24 years of teaching. Some are repeat students and others might've been in ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now HALSTEAD—Many technicolor two-dimensional people dressed in '50s clothing appeared in the corner of Ruby’s Lounge in Halstead entertaining people who ate lunch on ...

by Bill Bush SEDGWICK—Bruce Kesl is more comfortable serving anonymously and talking to people one-on-one than he is with having the spotlight on him. Yet, that’s exactly what will happen when he ...

By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—Not everyone has basic needs met—water, food, air, clothing and shelter. Because of the lack of the latter in the form of affordable and needed housing in ...

By Rusty Whitcher COUNTY – When Chef Mother Nature cooks with attitude, things can get a little dicey. Thanks to a ripe atmosphere, severe thunderstorms ripped across Harvey County on the evening of ...