Around Town

HUTCHINSON — Tyrone Grant-Wooden, an officer with the Humboldt Police Department, was one of 20 new law enforcement officers to graduate from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Oct. 21 at a ceremony…

The Iola Kiwanis Club welcomed Noah Gordon to its Tuesday meeting, who shared about his bison operation north of Kincaid. Gordon and his family have a small herd on the Broken Arrow Bison ranch and…

All A’s Third grade — Bodee M. Allen, Jayden H. Brady, Rollyn M. Burgett, Lance “Tripp” E. Carlson, Genesee M. Carter, Gracie L. Chapman, Natalie L. Covey, Lydia L. Culver, Rowdy L. Earlywine, Novella F.…

All A’s 5th Grade Daniel Allee, Olivia Beaman, Kenna Bryant-Boone, Jaren Curl, Emily Heskett, Morgen Kinzer, Anthony Sander, Mya Uhlrich and Kinsley Vance. 4th Grade Tyler Borth, Doug Dix, Chloe Henderson, Kloie Snavely and Elizabeth…

All A’s (4.0 GPA) Eighth grade Ean DeLaTorre, Zoie Hesse, Kinsey Jelinek, Abigail Jerome, Franklin Kerr, Brock Michael, Alston Nelson, Melody Norman, Kaydra Scheibmeir and Rohan Springer. Seventh grade Brycen Baker, Reed Clift, Ainslee Glasgow,…

All A’s (4.0 GPA):  Seniors: Caiden Cloud, Jesse Taylor, Luke Wicoff and Kinzey Wilhelm. Juniors: Piper Aronson, Daniel Boeken, Rebekah Coltrane, Keira Fawson, Abigail Meiwes, Jaydon Morrison and Jenna Morrison. Sophomores: Grady Dougherty, Alejandro Escalante,…

There are only 23 first cousins living out of 52 grandchildren of Ross Fitzimons and Stella Ann (Sears) Laver. This past week, the youngest of the first cousins, Sandy Dee Romine, 61, passed away.  A…

First grade classes at Moran and Elsmore elementary schools are employing progress reports rather than grade cards. Ken McWhirter, Moran elementary school principal, said the school’s application of the mastery teaching and assessment method was…

Nine members attended the Thursday Wings of Warriors meeting at the Gas Community Building. Advisory committee members reported 13 cards were handed out to 11 people since the September meeting, with one new patient being…

Unity Club met Oct. 10 at the Frederick Funston Meeting Hall with eight members. After a short business meeting, Donna Houser gave a report on the book “The Great Escape” by Neal Bascomb. The many…