Dear Amy: In the years following college, I had a close group of friends. As the years passed and our lives moved in different directions, our contact with each other gradually lessened, but we’d still keep in touch via Facebook, email, text, and the occasional dinner get-together.
Montezuma farmer Robbie Yost was recently honored among the nation’s highest-producing soybean farmers of his region in the 2021 Asgrow National Yield Contest. Yost won the award with an impressive yield of 100.01 bushels per acre with Asgrow AG37X9 Brand.
Spearville Lancers watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in an 8-2 loss to Ellis in game one and 5-0 in game two on Monday. In the first game Ellis took the lead on a single in the second inning. The Spearville Lancers struggled to put runs on the board and had a tough time defensively containing Ellis, giving up eight runs. In the second inning, Ellis got their offense started when Matt Ernst singled on a 0-2 count, scoring one run. Ellis scored three runs in the sixth inning. Tyson Jimenez earned the victory on the pitcher’s mound for Ellis. The lefty went six innings, allowing zero runs on one hit, striking out 11 and walking one. Ernst threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen. Logan Hubbell took the loss for Spearville. The pitcher surrendered five runs on four hits over five innings, striking out nine. Josiah Mettling, Hubbell, and Easton Shenk each collected one hit to lead Spearville.
Patty Winger, representing the Kansas Daughters of the American Revolution, presents Santa Fe Trail Association Dodge City/Ford Dodge/Cimarron Chapter President Bob Bunyan with a certificate for “Keeping the Santa Fe Trail Alive” Sunday, April 3 at the association’s chapter meeting at the Dodge House. “The DAR was one of the original organizations that promoted saving the history of the Santa Fe Trail,” Bunyan said.
TOPEKA - The Kansas Department of Labor has announced that Tata Consultancy Services has been selected to update the state’s antiquated IT-legacy system that is used to process unemployment insurance claims.
It’s Tuesday evening and I’m sitting here writing by the table. I can hear the wind blowing outside. The temperature is 40 degrees, but the wind chill makes it feel colder than that. We are so ready for warmer temperatures, and April being here in a few days makes us yearn for warmer days. The forecast sounds like snow will be coming yet this week. It is good that God controls the weather, and we must accept what we are given. I enjoy the four seasons of the year here in Southern Michigan.
Dodge City High School alumns Arturo Amaro, Jr., and Angel Romero, Jr., are a powerhouse pair of Latinos always on the look out for greener pastures and promotional opportunities to help their business-owning peers.
TOPEKA — Kansas Sen. Mark Steffen bragged about the attention he received for sending a threatening letter to doctors encouraging the use of ivermectin for early treatment of COVID-19 based on a law the Legislature didn’t pass.
Dodge City softball team brought out the brooms on Saturday earning a doubleheader sweep of Garden City at home which gives the Conquistadors the four-game series season sweep over the Broncbusters. The Conqs picked up a pair of close game victories winning 15-13 in game one and 5-4 in game two.
Make it four in a row in the win column as the Dodge City softball team snagged two more wins on Sunday topping North Platte in non-conference play 11-1 and 13-2 both in five innings. The wins move the Conquistadors to 14-16 on the season and give them a four-game winning streak after a pair of wins against Garden City on Saturday.