Meeting will explore return of fireworks Lake Perry
A meeting to plan for a Perry Lake fireworks show next July 4th weekend is being held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Dukes Bar & Grill at Lake Perry Yacht & Marina.
A meeting to plan for a Perry Lake fireworks show next July 4th weekend is being held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Dukes Bar & Grill at Lake Perry Yacht & Marina.
It was the highest of the highs and lowest of the lows when the Valley Falls school board met Sept. 10.

Photo by Dennis Sharkey Above 30 antique tractors made the turn off of Wellman Road onto 118th Street last Friday. The group was heading from Oskaloosa to McLouth. They started in McLouth and headed to Winchester before going back south to Oskaloosa. They were treated to a fried chicken and pulled pork lunch at Old [...]

Photo by Clarke Davis Audra Moore and her daughter, Addison, 5, were among the participants in the Helen Stewart Memorial Fishing Derby last weekend at ponds on the Bryan Tillery farm. Each child who attended was given a life vest made available through a grant from Kansas Safe Kids. The derby is sponsored by the [...]
Larry C. Froelich, 61, Tecumseh, died Sept. 18 at home.
A memorial service for Doyce Gene Bates will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, during the Kansas State Grange Convention at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Lawrence.
Leo D. Zule, 80, Nortonville, died Sept. 16, 2012, at a Kansas City hospital.

Dorotha Lucile Smerchek, 96, Valley Falls, died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, at Linnwood Park Assisted Living in Valley Falls, KS.
Dennis A. Hagemann, 69, Topeka, died Sept. 14, 2012, at his home.
Barbara Lou Bartlett, 63, Bonner Springs, died Aug. 27, 2012, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe.