“I have Swedish muscles around my mouth,” Gretchen Esping said. “Because you use your lips in a different way.” She spoke of how to pronounce the Swedish letter Å, which doesn’t sound like an American A, but more like a long O.
A handful of people began a “No Kings” protest of President Trump and his administration Saturday in Lindsborg and saw their numbers briefly swell to two dozen. They drew derision but mostly praise.
To conclude the Midsummer's Festival on Saturday, there was folk dancing in Heritage Square at the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum, with both performances by trained dancers and a massive circle dance that called people out of the grandstands to join hands. Scott Bontz photos.
Choices. Each and every day, we make choices about what we do, what we say, and where we go.
$104,000 from Nutt to Old Mill Museum From the David J. Nutt Fund, the McPherson County Community Foundation gave $104,000 to the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum for work on the main building’s roof.
After a delay of two weeks over concern that the move could bring unwanted obligations, the Lindsborg City Council on Monday authorized for other uses $127,230 left over from a bond that had been issued in 2016 to improve drainage in the northwest part of town. About $100,000 will pay for repaving on Union and Green Streets, and about $27,000 will cover most of the new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment atop City Hall.
Mayor Kruse called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilmembers: David Jackson, Vernon Cathey, Scott Bickel, Deborah Murphy Guests: Tracy Dahl, Stephanie Moyer, JR Parks, Gary Olson, Officer Heinrich, Delores Harris, Greg Hanneman Minutes that were mailed out have been approved as read Old business Councilman Jackson presented the data he has gathered, showing totals from 2024 to present.
It’s unclear if and how government subsidized lunches at the Lindsborg Senior Center will continue. The nonprofit that has prepared the meals since 1974 and now delivers 18,000 per month across 10 counties says it’s pulled itself back from the financial brink over the past two years, but the agency that provides much of its money isn’t satisfied.
The Assaria City Council meeting for May 12 2025 was held at the City Building at 7:00. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Maggie Reeves.
Brian Wilson, the sonic architect and soaring falsetto voice of the Beach Boys, was one of the most difficult interview subjects of my career. Not because he was angry or mean or uncooperative.