Assaria City Council minutes Ded. 9
The Assaria City Council meeting for Dec. 9, 2024, was held at the City Building 7 p.m.
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Care advised in eating wild fish
The bodies of wild fish and shellfish in Kansas carry the heavy metal mercury, a fallout from coal-fired power plants. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said some fish species should not be eaten more than once a month, especially by women who are nursing, pregnant, or who might become pregnant, or by children.
Kansas saw lots of severe weather in 2024
GARDEN CITY — Preliminary results indicate 2024 was a more active year for severe weather in Kansas.
Atlas covers wind turbine rules across Kansas
Wind power can spark passionate reactions, dividing neighbors and communities, but unlike many other hot-button topics, how this one shakes out across Kansas might not follow political lines.
Schools district considers new computer plan
The Smoky Valley Public School District’s tech team proposed that students keep their Apple iPads and MacBook Airs another year to save up to about $50,000 a year. This result was the core of a long, complex explanation Monday night to the Board of Education about how a computer is provided to every student and cycles through the district.
'Ready or not,' Kansas Legislature resumes
TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas Legislature gathered with family and friends Monday to convene the 2025 session and welcome three dozen new lawmakers and test the influence of expanded Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
Kassebaum, for example
On the first Thursday of this frosty new year, Joe Biden named 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal, an honor for those “who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.”
Big picture
It was cold and snowy last week, but the average temperatures across the contiguous U.S. and the world in 2024 were the warmest on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Friday.
