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The Neosho Valley 4-H Club meeting was held at The Dealership building on April 13, 2026. Gus Wainwright called the meeting to order. Korbyn Platz led The Pledge of Allegiance. The 4-H Pledge was led by Morgan Romme. Roll call was done, there were 17 members present, three leaders, and two guests.

Council Grove Fellowship Meals Fellowship Meals menus for next week have been announced by the Council Grove Senior Citizens Center. Tea, coffee, milk and a bread product will be served with each meal.

The Flint Hills Discovery Center has introduced Vigilance, a new large-scale public sculpture by Kansas artist Alan Tollakson, now installed outside the Center’s main entrance in Manhattan. Carved from Flint Hills limestone, Vigilance depicts a life-size bison cow standing watch over her newborn calf.

Butler Community College has released the full list of graduates for the 2025-2026 school year, including local graduates: Jeremy M. Bingesser and Arielle Marie Roberts, Council Grove; Alexia Macleod, White City; and Brianna Elisabeth Larkin, Cottonwood Falls.

Washburn University has announced that Jessica Filkin, Wilsey, has graduated with a certificate or degree in Accounting Finance. More than 1,400 total graduated from Washburn University, Washburn University School of Law and Washburn Institute of Technology (Washburn Tech)..

After nearly two years of planning and preparation, Farmers State Bank in Dwight has launched online banking, giving customers a new way to manage their accounts while preserving the personal service that has long defined the community bank.

(Kansas Reflector) Kansas residents are being reminded to take precautions against ticks as emergency rooms across much of the United States have reported higher- than-usual tick bite-related visits this spring.

Council Grove City Hall will be closed on Friday in observance of Juneteenth. - The Council Grove Senior Center, 227 W. Main, will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 20. The restrooms will be open to the public.

The Council Grove City Council approved a nonbinding resolution of no confidence in Mayor Ryan G. McDonald during Tuesday night’s regular meeting, following disagreement over the process for appointing a new city attorney.

Senior Center News ~ June 19 through June 26, 2026 Friday, June 19th we’ll pass out a vacation word search before lunch, and Jene Burenheide will be taking blood pressures from 11 a.m. until noon.