It’s that time of the year when the trees begin to blossom, the wheat fields become a magnificent green and our yard becomes an interesting site thanks to our farm dog, Rosie. During the winter months Rosie spends a lot of time indoors. Whether it’s taking day naps while my husband or I ...
Tonganoxie Mayor David Frese proclaimed April as Child Abuse Prevention Month during Monday’s regular City Council meeting. The proclamation noted that during fiscal year 2024, 70,303 reports were made to child protective services in Kansas. The First Judicial District Court Appointed ...
A traveling exhibition is coming to Tonganoxie. The Tonganoxie Community Historical Society will host “Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy,” an exhibit from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The exhibit opens later next week (April 18) and will be ...
A 40-year-old Leavenworth woman has been sentenced to prison in connection with the death of a 3-year-old child who died of acute fentanyl toxicity. Tara Ann Huerta pleaded guilty Feb. 18 in Leavenworth County District Court to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated ...
Tonganoxie will have its citywide spring garage sales Saturday. There is no registration required for the event, which takes place the first Saturday of April each spring. Residents are welcome to put out temporary yard sale signs, but city officials ask that sellers follow city sign ...
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 ...
Library Giving Day is today! Library Giving Day is a national fundraising event to help raise funds for local libraries through the generosity of people who depend on and enjoy libraries. From today through Friday, any monetary gift is eligible for dollar-for-dollar matching, up to $1,000, ...
FFA student grants are helping create a partnership between Tonganoxie High School students and the Tonganoxie Farmers Market. Siblings Veda Alvarez-Reischman and Corbin Reischman were awarded National FFA supervised agriculture experience grants in beekeeping and milling science, ...
FFA student grants are helping create a partnership between Tonganoxie High School students and the Tonganoxie Farmers Market. Siblings Veda Alvarez-Reischman and Corbin Reischman were awarded National FFA supervised agriculture experience grants in beekeeping and milling science, ...
Farms in Leavenworth County cover about 150,000 acres, according to the most recent United States Department of Agriculture statistics. The USDA releases the statistics every five years, with the last numbers coming out in 2022. No-till farming makes up the largest percentage of farms’ ...
