Submitted On Friday, May 12, Governor Laura Kelly vetoed House Bill 2285 and Senate Bill 8. The following veto message is from Governor Kelly regarding her veto of House Bill…

Submitted Governor Laura Kelly recently signed Senate Bill 131, bipartisan legislation that expands the state’s healthcare workforce and improves Kansans’ access to care. The bill streamlines the process for therapists,…

Submitted On Friday, May 12, Governor Laura Kelly signed House Bill 2060, a bipartisan bill that will provide students with medical school financial assistance. HB 2060 expands financial aid programs…

Submitted On Friday, May 12, Governor Laura Kelly signed House Bill 2060, a bipartisan bill that will provide students with medical school financial assistance. HB 2060 expands financial aid programs…

Submitted Governor Laura Kelly signed House Bill 2002, a bipartisan bill that creates two sales tax exemptions that will increase available resources for suicide prevention and provide services for elderly…

Submitted The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) have issued a public health advisory update for Lake Melvern, Osage County,…

Submitted by Tory Jost The Nemaha County STEP Foundation is excited to announce the new United 4 Youth Scholarship. United 4 Youth provides prevention tools to assist and empower all…

Governor Laura Kelly joined legislators and advocates in Shawnee to sign Senate Bill 174, a bipartisan bill that decriminalizes fentanyl test strips. Decriminalizing test strips, which can detect the presence…

The filing deadline is fast approaching for the 2023 Municipal Election. Candidates for Nemaha and Brown county positions have until noon Friday, June 1, to file for any of the…

    The local area was rocked by severe weather on Friday evening, May 12. According to the National Weather Service Office in Topeka, an EF-2 tornado touched down at…

Submitted Bank of Blue Valley, a division of HTLF Bank (Heartland Financial USA, Inc., NASDAQ: HTLF), announces the promotion of Nick Harling to Market President of the Sabetha and Hiawatha…

Sabetha’s sales tax distributions are up from last year’s distributions for April. This is according to the April County/City Local Sales Tax Distribution Report released by the Kansas Department of…

Submitted A resurfacing project on U.S. 75 in Jackson and Brown counties was expected to begin May 11, weather permitting. The work covers approximately 26 miles, from Holton to just…

Submitted With more people traveling during the summer months, the Kansas Department of Transportation reminds motorists of the importance of wearing seat belts every time they are in a vehicle….

Submitted by Lyla Edelman The Nemaha County Association of Retired School Personnel met at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 2, at the Buzz Café with seven members present and District 2…