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Remember When: A Community Review of Tonganoxie for July 8, 2026

Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because such wording isn’t acceptable today. 25 years ago: July 4, 2001 An estimated 15,000 acres of cropland in Leavenworth County were damaged two weeks ago when Stranger Creek pushed out of its banks. According to a report submitted to the state Farm Services Agency office, about 5,600 acres of corn ...

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Teens’ reading and math scores have stagnated, US test results show

Younger students have regained ground academically after the pandemic’s disruptions while older students’ test scores continue to stagnate, according to the latest testing data released Wednesday by the federal government. Nine-year-olds rebounded to pre-pandemic reading scores and saw ...

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Representatives from Kansas lead way on rural hospital relief

TOPEKA — A coalition of federal lawmakers from Kansas introduced in the U.S. House last week a bipartisan bill that could offer interest-free loans to rural hospitals “hanging on by a thread.” U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann of Kansas and representatives from Alabama, ...

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