“Mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow.” This Greek proverb may be the best way to characterize the newly created Kansas Institute of Underground Technology which officially comes into existence today on the Beloit campus of the North Central Kansas Technical College. The program’s humble beginnings came from a request from NCKTC Equipment Simulation Instructor Stan [...]

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Farmers in Jewell County who suffered crop or livestock losses due to severe storms, flooding and tornadoes that occurred in June and July of this year can now apply for Farm Services Agency emergency loans. Applications for assistance will be accepted for the first batch of storms until March 15th and April 11th for the [...]

Today was the last Mitchell County Commission meeting for 1st District Commissioner Chuck Heidrick as a Commissioner. He and his wife Pat – who just recently retired from the Port Library, are moving to Manhattan. Heidrick was praised by his fellow Commissioners in a presentation held near the end of today’s Commission meeting. Commission Chairman [...]

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The man termed a “person of interest” by the Kansas Attorney General’s office in connection with the murder of 14-year old Alicia DeBolt of Great Bend, made a first court appearance in Barton County District Court this morning. He was formally charged with one count of Vehicle Burglary and one count of Theft. AG Steven [...]

Not much time left for farmers and ranchers to enroll in the Ag Department’s Conservation Reserve Program. The deadline is tomorrow – Friday, August 27th. Application for the Farm Services Agency supervised program must be made at the FSA office in the county where farm records are maintained. The 2008 Farm Bill authorized the Department [...]

Kansas Attorney General Steven Six is joining the Attorneys General in 17 other states in a letter asking craigslist to scrap its Adult Services section. The Kansas AG said, “Two years ago, craigslist vowed to work with me and 42-other Attorneys General to crack down on illegal sexual activity on the internet. Since then, it [...]

The Mitchell County Regional Medical Foundation in Beloit was the surprise beneficiary of some above-and-beyond Good Samaritan work recently. The unnamed Good Sam or Samantha gave the foundation the gift of a $10,000 winning Kansas Lottery Powerball Ticket. The surprise gift arrived in the mail anonymously July 28th with this explanation: “Please accept this gift [...]

Inside job – that’s the reason 2-officers from the Beloit Police Department travelled to Gillette, Wyoming this past weekend… to get their man. That man happened to be 19-year old Brandon L. Smith of Beloit, a former employee of the Ampride Convenience Store and Service Station in Beloit that was robbed earlier this month. Smith [...]

A reception for outgoing Mitchell County Commissioner Chuck Heidrick will be held a week from today to formally say good bye to Heidrick and his wife Pat who are moving to Manhattan. The August 30th reception will be held in the County Commissioner’s Meeting Room located in the basement of the courthouse from 10:00-AM to [...]

Doug McKinney from the North Central Kansas Regional Planning Commission didn’t have a lot of answers for the Mitchell County Commissioners in regard to the roadblock the State Historical Society has placed in the construction pathway to install energy efficient windows in the Mitchell County Courthouse. The angst is over the sing-pane wooden-framed windows that [...]

Mitchell County Attorney Mark Noah says he expects to file additional charges against 40-year old Brian Allen Minton of Beloit this week. Minton, a week ago, made a first court appearance in Mitchell County District Court following an altercation in Beloit early the morning of Sunday, August 13th in which 4-people were taken to the [...]

The Beloit City Council zipped through its agenda in the regular session of last night’s meeting at light speed. It took only about 35-minutes to dispose of the agenda items in the formal session. The items in the work session however, were weighty and the Council tackled each as if it were a speed bump [...]

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Two area counties may be getting some federal dollars to help pay for the crop damage caused by storms back in May and June. Yesterday, Governor Mark Parkinson sent a letter to Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsack asking that Osborne and Republic Counties be declared agricultural disaster areas because of production losses there.