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See how earlier leaders reached solutions

Agriculture and industry, as well as municipalities, face looming restrictions on water supplies essential for economic growth. Rural residents experience declines and possible closure of schools, health care facilities, churches,…
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City picks retirement plan to retain police

The Lindsborg City Council voted Monday night to the change police officer retirement plans, at more than double the cost but in hopes of less trouble and expense at keeping officers. The 2026 budget already…

Community

Shops compromise, remain uncertain

Some though not all downtown Lindsborg shop owners feel the effects of the Trump administration’s international trade policy and have raised prices, but they still talked as much about messy uncertainty as about the new…

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Vikings tennis sixth at CKL tournament

Smoky Valley tennis placed sixth in the Central Kansas League tournament involving eight schools in Pratt on Oct. 4. The Vikings’ No. 1 singles player, Kaitlyn Leis, won her first match 6-0, 6-0. She lost…

Lifestyle

Costumes can express a feeling of togetherness

Marla Elmquist has a green skirt and jacket based on the clothes from where her father’s ancestors lived, in Sweden, more than a century ago. They are at once dressy, classic, and pre-polyester practical….