North Newton police chief defends his department
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now NORTH NEWTON—North Newton Police Chief Randy Jordan addressed the town council during its regular monthly Monday night meeting about……
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McGinn hopes to bring back civility to Senate, should Senate GOP choose her
By Adam Strunk Carolyn McGinn plans to bring civility and productivity back to the Kansas Senate. The long-time state senator for Harvey County announced……
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Company begs Newton to keep it out of North Newton
By Adam Strunk NEWTON—Prestressed Concrete really doesn’t want to be a part of North Newton That was the message of plant manager Chris Goevert,……
Read MoreCity asks school district to sign off on pool
By Adam Strunk NEWTON—Newton City Commission approved making an official request to the Newton School Board and Newton Recreation Commission: put more money into……
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County on fast track to spend CARES Act funds
By Blake Spurney Harvey County Now Staff The Board of Harvey County Commission on Tuesday approved spending about $280,000 on items after waiving……
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New cabins open at Camp Hawk
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now NEWTON—A lot of people enjoy renting a cabin by the water for a relaxing vacation or short getaway. During……
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Perkins retires from sheriff’s office after 30 years of service
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now NEWTON—Harvey County dispatchers nicknamed recently retired Patrol Sgt. Scott Perkins the cow whisperer for his uncanny knowledge of everyone……
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Newton flag design meeting starts process
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now NEWTON—It seemed appropriate the Newton Flag Project Steering Committee and City of Newton Communications Director Erin McDaniel met with……
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Back the Blue event postponed in Newton
By Newton Now staff The Newton Police Department posted Monday on Facebook that the upcoming Back the Blue event scheduled for June 27 was……
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Denny learns from supervisors, relatives, people he doesn’t look up to
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now When Gary Denny was on a medical call as a young fireman in Wichita years ago, the patient was……
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