Glen Elder News

It's here. After probably a half-dozen half-hearted starts and stops because of weather fronts, it appears the 2013 crappie spawn is running full-speed in central Kansas.

Originally a sacred gathering site for Native American tribes, Waconda Springs in Mitchell Coun ty was turned into a health resort at the beginning of the 20th century.The site was destroyed in the 1960s when Glen Elder Reservoir was created This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating the state's history.

The Pawnee were among the strongest of all the Plains Indians. Their influence stretched west into present-day Kansas, Nebraska, and parts of the Colorado prairie.

The wind was hard from the north when this big blue catfish, and about 15 buddies, came forth at Milford Reservoir.