Poems and a flying squirrel
Nine poets read to an audience of about 30 people Sunday afternoon in the courtyard of the Red Barn Studio Museum. Topics included 9/11, disillusionment on a Boy Scout camping trip, and teenage angst over Farrah Fawcett.
September 2025
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City approves $14.5 million, 'revenue neutral' budget
For the second year in a row, the Lindsborg City Council on Monday night approved a budget that would not raise property tax collections, this time by scrimping, using tax credits, and essentially giving the Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum free utilities rather than $20,000 from the general fund. A resolution brought to the council by city staff would have allowed increasing the property tax collection in 2026 by about $51,000, a 4.7 percent boost for the general fund.
Ban on SNAP for candy, soda moves slowly
TOPEKA — Kansas’ request to ban candy and soft drinks from being purchased with food assistance dollars has yet to be approved, while other states’ similar restrictions are expected to go into effect Jan. 1.
Vikings football beats Belle Plaine 48-18
BELLE PLAINE – With six offensive touchdowns and one defensive touchdown, Smoky Valley got a blowout road win over Belle Plaine 48-18 on Friday. “We thought our kids did pretty well,” head coach Tim Lambert said.
NY Times sues FBI for information about tracking of reporter
The New York Times is suing the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly withholding information about a tracking device that a reporter found on his car in Lawrence in October of 2021.
Farm prosperity hangs in the balance
In 1979, I bought my first parcel of farmland. It was near Tribune, and I was a proud new landowner.
Poetry classes, readings at Red Barn
The Red Barn Studio will host poetry workshops followed with readings, including by workshop students, on Sept. 27.
Lost federal money slows water, health testing
TOPEKA — Federal funding losses upended a courier service used to transport health and water samples to state laboratories, and a Kansas agency is working to determine a way to make sure tests arrive quickly, a state official said.
So loved
He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind”; and, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” – Luke 10:27 NIV And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching. – Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV We are so loved! We are so loved that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, took on our sin and died a brutal death in our place.