Gypsum News

A decision on filing a new school funding lawsuit could come as early as next month as more school districts statewide join Schools for Fair Funding and pledge to help fund a new court battle.

November means the fall and holiday craft shows and sales get going in earnest. Here are some of the events coming up around the region: a The Valley Falls Recreation Commission's Fall Bazaar will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Valley Falls School gymnasium.

If combines could only float, a good harvest would be nearly had. Milo, soybeans and other fall crops, bulging with bounty and ripe for picking, are mired in mud and standing water.

Three teams from the Regional qualify for state along with the top ten individual runners.

Transportation officials crafting a new plan are seeking a more flexible and more frequent selection process.

"I personally never had it happen. I also had a brother who was a senior," Haxton said.

A New Mexico excursion to explore a niche market convinced Salina cattleman Jack Cossette that the Japanese Wagyu breed was worth a try to increase profits.

The heaviest rainfall was in Marion County. Overnight rainfall at the Salina airport was 0.78 inch.

Austin and Dylan Howe from Gypsum, Kansas competed in the float your boat contest on Saturday.

A Saline County Sheriffa s Office deputy attempted to stop Edward Swisher, 47, who was wanted on warrants from the Kansas Department of Corrections and Dickinson County, at 8:24 p.m. in Gypsum, said Sheriff Glen Kochanowski.

Edward Swisher was booked into the Saline County Jail. Along with charges from his outstanding warrants Swisher now will face numerous other charges that could include felony fleeing and eluding, felony obstruction, and felony DUI.

The bucking bulls at this year's Linn County Fair PRCA Rodeo Aug. 7-8 in Mound City will come with ancestral lineage that can be traced for generations.

Jarrod A. Johnson, 38, was been moving dirt in the bucket of his older style International tractor at 4:53 p.m. Sunday at his home at 7030 E. K-4 Highway when the tractor tipped over on a sloped area, according to a Saline County Sheriffa s Office report.

Saline County commissioners are to conduct their yearly review of a five-year plan for use of Kansas Department of Transportation grant funds for bridge replacement at their weekly formal meeting Tuesday.

Galva couple celebrate 60 years Arlie and Norma Holm of Galva are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary and family members are requesting a card shower.

But over the past couple of years at Southeast of Saline, students have been working on various recycling efforts, and they started the "Going Green" club.

Seniors from Salina South were the first to graduate Sunday afternoon at the Salina Bicentennial Center.

The collection is open to anyone, regardless of where they live, he said. People are asked to dump their unused and unwanted pills into a plastic bag for disposal, but it's not required.

Local News BEST VIEW IN TOWN: Workers from Frisbee Construction of Gypsum, KS, and C-Tech of York fasten steel decking onto steel beams atop All Points Cooperative's main elevator Friday morning.

Saline County sheriff's deputies used their rescue boat for the first time Monday to rescue a bread delivery man whose van was stuck on a flooded Kansas Highway 4 south of Gypsum.