Halloween events
There are two Halloween activities in Saline County this week.
October 2024
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Viral risks rise with the season
The risk of contracting and spreading respiratory viruses increases during fall and winter, and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Kansans should be aware of symptoms, preventative measures, and when to seek treatment.
Report: Children remain too inactive
The Physical Activity Alliance, the nation’s largest national coalition dedicated to advancing regular participation in physical activity, said the overall physical activity grade for children this year was D-, the same as in 2022 when the last such report was issued. Bethany Forseth, a researcher at the University of Kansas Medical Center, led the fitness section of the report card.
Gypsum City Council minutes sept. 9th
The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. by Mayor Sandy Kruse.
Ever curious
Duane Schrag – journalist, science fiend, photographer, craftsman and traveler – died Oct. 17 in Abilene, where he had been in hospice care less than a week. The cause was metastatic pancreatic cancer. He was 69.
Rehearsals set for Messiah choir
Bethany College announced the first details of next year’s Messiah Festival for the Arts, which will mark the 144th consecutive performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” the longest-running rendition of this work in North America. Handel’s “Messiah” will be performed in Presser Hall on April 13.
Americans learning Swedish
Do you speak another language? For many Americans, learning a new language happens in high school or college, but maybe those weren’t available when you were younger. When my husband and I moved abroad for year-long stays, we fully embraced learning the local language.
The cost of food, the cost to farm
A few days before longshoremen began a Sept.