Marion County News

Gordon and Judy Pendergraft look up every time they hear a plane flying overhead.

The fellowship hall at Marion Presbyterian Church was decorated in royal blue Thursday as graduates of the first Circles of Marion County leader class were joined by families and many other supporters for an evening meal and cake and punch.

Toes tapped, chins bobbed, and smiles lit up the faces of more than 100 Lifelong Learning participants Friday as they listened to the music of the Cottonwood River Band at Wolgemuth Music Education Center in Hillsboro.

The Marion County Department on Aging is offering a wellness class on Tuesday afternoons at Bethesda Home in Goessel.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said a truck was pulling a trailer northbound on Highway U-56, about seven miles south of Herington, around 3:05 a.m. Sunday.

Spring might be a bit slow coming to Marion County, but the Hillsboro Farmers' Market crew is ready to get started May 2 at the Scheffler House Museum grounds.

At about 8:30 p.m. April 13, Sonja Maddox, 72, of Lincolnville went off a curve on a gravel road and her Jeep flipped completely over when driving west near the northeast Marion County border.

Marion County Commission collectively expressed continued interest in single-stream recycling.