Newton celebrates 150th birthday
byBy Adam Strunk, Harvey County Now Happy 150th Newton. A large crowd of people gathered Tuesday evening to celebrate the city’s long-awaited Sesquicentennial. “May…
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Lights over Newton not UFOs but Starlink
byNo, those strange lights aren’t UFOs you’re seeing over Newton but Starlink satellites. Recently, a rural Newton resident put out a social media post,……
Freezing cold to continue to grip Harvey County
byBy Adam Strunk The next week won’t be a record cold snap, but it will certainly be historic, with temperatures remaining below freezing for…
Opinion: City of Newton is taking right path to find flag design
byProcess is key in any large-scale community-wide project. We have had no problem pointing out when the city of Newton missteps in the past,…
Call Harvest of Love instead of going hungry during this pandemic
byby Bill Bush COUNTY—What had been a quiet ministry going about its routine of feeding people in Newton was thrust last week to the…
Shared-use path to Hesston has $3.5 million price tag
byBy Blake Spurney Staff A hiking/biking trail linking Newton to Hesston along Old Highway 81 is possible but expensive, according to the engineer who……
Newton BOE names new superintendent
byFred VanRanken was announced Wednesday night as the superintendent who will replace Deborah Hamm at a called meeting of the USD 373 Board of……
With stable occupied downtown, energy turns toward making it stronger
byBy Adam Strunk Newton’s downtown has a 92 percent occupancy rate. That’s the result of an unscientific walking survey conducted by Newton Now, looking……
Happiness, unhappiness connects us
byBy Adam Strunk I’d made time in a day of family get-togethers and work to see a few college friends. Over Reuben sandwiches and……
380 books: Two library employees read many tomes in a year
byBy Wendy Nugent, Newton Now NEWTON—It’s not unusual for library employees to read books. It might be a little uncommon, though, if an employee……