A ministry steeped in favor
Norm?s Coffee Bar is a place for people to go who want their tummies warmed on a chilly winter day and a place to…
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Experience of a Lifetime
Experiences she?ll remember for a lifetime fluttered into the world of Nutta?porn Limnirunkul, such as cool snowflakes wafting to the ground. Before arriving in…
Fulfillment through sculpture
Hands that have seen 90 years of use held a chisel and mallet, knocking out pieces of wood in a sculpture the artist hopes…
Reining kettle corn and Bethel spirit
It?s not every day a man in his 80s is given a Fan of the Year award at his alma mater, but it seems…
Spurney taking on Newton tourism
An orange-yellow stripe runs down the middle of Main Street Newton as hundreds of cars use it daily as a lane guide. The street…
4-H duo ready to submit their crafts for county fair
Home-schoolers Rachel Rizzuto and Haly Hendricks are literally and figuratively stitching up projects for the Harvey County Fair, which starts Aug. 1. The teens…
Local fund helps neighbors
Northridge Elementary School third-graders mixed dog-themed sweets at their bake sale with a desire to help, coming up with a recipe for kindness. Students…
Sweet, salty, smooth: A PB&J Life
Helen Shifflett?s roots go all the way back to the Mayflower. The soon-to-be 95-year-old is a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, who…
The heart of the matter
The health museum in Halstead has a big heart ? in more ways than one. One way sits in the Exhibit Hall at the…
With his own hands: Newton resident plows through making half-scale tractors
Denny Franz doesn?t use drawings, blueprints or kits to make his half-scale tractors. He just tears apart original tractors, measuring all the parts and…