Emmett News

Parents are fighting a USD 321 board decision to close the 74 student Emmett Grade School.

School districts are crunching the numbers and getting an idea on how the latest round of budget cuts will impact them.

State education officials have told school districts to expect about a $150 reduction in the current base state aid per pupil.

Residents of the Pottawatomie County community of Emmett will get to weigh in on the proposed closing of their town's grade school at a special hearing next month.

Emmett Grade School head teacher David Steele and parent Amy VandeVelde talk Wednesday about the ramifications of closing Emmett Grade School in Pottawatomie County.

Congress has taken its first step toward an energy revolution, with the prospect of profound change for every household, business, industry and farm in the decades ahead.

This old horse does not really need another beating, but we can't help but comment on Saline County Commission's lifting of its fireworks ban.

Investigators say a boy playing with fireworks sparked a fire that destroyed three Pottawatomie County buildings.

A boy playing with fireworks is said to be behind what turned into a massive fire that levelled three buildings.