1976
Linda Scott, member of Chargers Track team at White City, wins her third Missouri Valley high jump championship…Lynn Cress named to dean’s honor roll at KSU…David Owen going through basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
1986
Doug DeLay, Barb Williams and Jay Moylan are triple winners for Council Grove Swim Club during the annual Council Grove “B-C” swim meet…Rodney Cowdin, Dwight, and Sandra Annette Ashburn, Alta Vista, issued marriage license…Fred and Beulah Craig announce the sell of Craig’s Sears Store to Tim and Bonnie Morrow.
1996
Diana Lee, Heather Picolet and Shara Edwards among area students receiving the Presidential Award of Excellence at Emporia State University… Kelly Harkness, junior at ESU, selected to receive a $500 recruitment grant by Alpha Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International… Dr. Joel Hornung elected secretary of Kansas Academy of Family Physicians.
2006
Dustin Burnett signs a basketball, and track and fi eld letter of intent to attend Tabor College, Hillsboro … Taylor Todd, 9 year-old daughter of Jay and Brandy Todd, crowned Miss Beef Empire Days Rodeo Princess… Council Grove Realty presented a “first dollar of profit” by the Chamber of Commerce and Tourism.
2016
City Council prepares ordinance to increase water rates 18 to 25 percent; the last raise was in 2006…Nathan Bolieu to play the role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, the Summer Youth Musical presented by the Community Arts Council.