Ford County Emergency Coordinator Glenn Hascall has resurrected the AM radio station that now broadcasts on AM 1610 in Dodge City, AM 1670 in Spearville and AM 1680 in Bucklin. It’s called “Need to Know Radio” and provides enough information on an eight-minute loop to give motorists an earful on a drive from one side of town to the other.
Dodge City men’s basketball team put on a scoring show in Goodland as they surpassed the century mark for the third time this season in a 101-86 route of Northwest Kansas Tech. The win moves the Conquistadors to 15-6 on the season and 12-4 in KJCCC action, while making it seven straight wins over the Northwest Kansas Tech Mavericks in the series.
Grieving! Just what is grieving? When I took a grieving course in Great Bend through hospice their book described grief as “Everything we naturally think and feel on the inside after a loss.” I don’t know if I’ve comprehended the whole meaning of that definition. But, as I continue to experience grief I have a tendency to put him into a physical body to try to comprehend what he really is.
Now is the time for wheat farmers to make their priorities known as negotiations for the next Farm Bill kick into high gear. That was a clear message from lawmakers and association staff alike during the 2023 Kansas Commodity Classic. As the calendar turns to a new month, Kansas Wheat is carrying forward that call to action as staff and board members join counterparts from across the country for the joint meetings of U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers.
Dave Moody has been doing all things rockn- roll for longer than this reporter has been alive and will return to the United Wireless Arena stage, along with Joe Dandy and Kris Vox, for HAIRBALL Feb. 10 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
SPEARVILLE, KANSAS - Charles (Butch) Fagen, age 79, passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. He was born December 15, 1943, in Dodge City, Kansas, son of Clyde and Zola (Wright) Fagen. He was a 1961 graduate of Spearville High School and a long-time Spearville resident. He was a lifelong farmer and dairyman. After retiring from the dairy business, he worked at Walco for 16 years. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hodgeman County until the closing. Then became a member of St. John’s Catholic Church in Spearville. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1539 in Spearville. He was a board member for 10 years of county service with the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency. He was a member of the United States Department of Agriculture Hodgeman County ASC Committee for 3 years. He was an honorary Chapter Farmer with Vocational FFA Agriculture. He enjoyed participating in local chili cookoffs and providing BBQ food service for family and friends and large events with his “Full of Bull” cooker. On August 1, 1964, he married Judy Gunkel of Spearville. She survives. Other survivors: Daughter, Kristy Perea and husband Evan, Strasburg, Colorado; Son, Kreg Fagen and wife Tasha, Spearville; 5-Grandchildren: Matthew Waller and wife Nicole, Madison Lyall, Mackenzie Lyall, Thomas Lyall and Teryn Fagen; 5-Great Grandchildren: Havyn, Oakleigh, Lincoln, Sterling and Adalee; and 2 Sisters: Sonja Wasko, Spearville and Glorinda Shearer, Dodge City. He is preceded in death by his parents Clyde and Zola and son Kelly. Rosary will be at 10:00 am Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Spearville. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 am Tuesday at the church with Fr. Ben Green presiding. The family request casual dress. Private family inurnment will take place at a later date in St. Mary Cemetery in Hodgeman County. There will be no public viewing, cremation has taken place. The family sugg
Dodge City and Ford County community members have started responding to the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation Challenge Grant announced by The Salvation Army. The goal is to raise $390,000 in cash donations and multi-year pledges by June 30, 2023.
Volume 113 | No. 15 To subscribe: 620-471-8001 $1.75 Visit us on Facebook at @DodgeCityGlobe Retraction The Globe regrets inadvertently publishing copywritten material from the book “A Place in Time: Dodge City’s Mexican Village,” by Tim Wenzl in the “Historically Speaking” column submitted by Kathie Bell.
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