Terry Force, president of Blue Valley Telecommunications of Home City, has been elected co-president of the National Telecommunications Cooperative’s 2013 Board of Directors. He was elected at the Rural Telecom Industry Meeting and EXPO held in Lake Buena Vista, FL. He has been on the Blue Valley board of directors since 1990 and has also represented NTCA’s Region 7 on ... Read More »
The City of Washington is mourning the loss of it’s mayor Harold Jones, after he passed away on Saturday Jan. 26, following a long battle with illness. He was 67. The city ordinance says that with the passing of an elected official, the president of the council will fill the vacancy until the term expires. Ryan Kern is the council ... Read More »
USD 113 Board of Education confirmed that Summerfield Elementary School will close at the end of the 2012-2013 school year. Students in the Summerfield Elementary School will begin attending Axtell School in the 2013-2014 school year. Newly hired Superintendent Bill Orth told the Board that he would like to form a committee to assist with the planning of the ... Read More »
63-year-old Roger Brockhoff passed away Thursday at the K-U Medical Center in Kansas City. He was injured in April 4th explosion at Brockhoff Manufacturing. Brockhoff and another employee were working on a grain auger when the explosion occurred. The exact cause of the explosion is unknown. The other employee was treated for minor injuries at the Sabetha Community Hospital and ... Read More »
The National Pony Express Re-ride has been rescheduled. Jim Swigart, the national president of the Pony Express Riders said the re-enactment was postponed due to the outbreak of a deadly horse virus. According to Swigart this is the first ride postponed in the 32 year history of the event. The re-ride will now begin in St. Joseph Missouri on August ... Read More »
The newly formed USD 115 interim board has selected Darrel Kohlman as acting superintendent for the new consolidated school district on Monday evening. Kohlman, is currently superintendent of the Nemaha Valley School District. Kohlman was selected on a split vote along current district lines. The four interim board members from the Nemaha Valley School district voted for Kohlman. The three ... Read More »
Jerry McReynolds, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers and a director of the Kansas Farm Bureau, said direct farm payments — annual payments based on historical crop yields — are a key piece in the safety net provided by the federal farm bill. In the western reaches of Kansas, the greatest limiting factor is a lack of rainfall, ... Read More »
The Nemaha Valley School Board Monday evening adopted a resolution to consolidate with B & B USD 451. The resolution authorizes the board president to sign a consolidation agreement between the two districts. The B & B School Board during their meeting Monday evening discussed the consolidation agreement, but tabled action because they had some questions. They also tabled action ... Read More »
Margie Heinen, Nemaha Valley board president called a special meeting to order Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Nemaha Valley superintendent Darrel Kohlman reviewed the timeline for the consolidated agreement. The deadline to submit the agreement to the State Board of Education is August 15, 2010 so the Consolidated Agreement can be on the agenda for the State ... Read More »
The new transition school board for the consolidating Axtell-Bern-Summerfield and Sabetha-Wetmore school district discussed the naming of the new district in a special meeting Tuesday evening in Sabetha. The transition board consists of four members from the Sabetha school district and three members from the Axtell school district. Roger Brockhoff was elected as interim board president and Brent Lortscher as ... Read More »
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