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The Greenwood County 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes Team represented Kansas 4-H in their third National 4-H Contest of the year with a trip to the 2023 Western National 4-H Meat Judging Contest in Fort Collins, Colo. The trip took place Jan. 3-7. Team members Cody Johnson, Caylin Luthi, Hannah Perrier, and Addison Westerman took 5th place overall in the Contest.

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During the regular Greenwood County Commission Meeting held on Monday Jan. 15, EMS Ambulance Director Brian Mongeau discussed work being done to ambulances. Mongeau advised commissioners that the unit which had a new engine put in had been working well and then started experiencing insufficient power issues. The repair company came and got the ambulance. Diagnostics were completed and were not conclusive. The company experienced issues when driving it around Emporia. Cost for needed repair was $800. During this time, injectors were also addressed at no cost to the county. The truck was then fixed. Mongeau, however, noted that they had begun using it again and there was no heat in the back. Mongeau believed this to be a vacuum line issue and addressed it.

After 40 years in the automotive business, Eric Ruge is switching gears and has closed Auto Correct, after nearly 27 years of business in Eureka. Last week, E. Ruge and his girlfriend Melanie Gardner sent a letter to patrons noting that they had made the difficult decision to close the doors and embark on a different chapter.

City Hired New Code Enforcement Officer And Street/Dog Catcher

With many community members casting their ballots for the third annual Community Member of the Year, committee members shared last week that Miranda Colangelo of Eureka received the most votes and was named as Community Member of the Year for 2023. A special reception will be held next month. Additional details will be shared at a later date.

Licensed Electrician Trista Kuhn left behind the wide-open Alaskan landscape to find warmer weather and more hunting opportunities in Kansas.

Poems & lyrics celebrating Kansas Flint Hills land & people by Annie Wilson – the “Flint Hills Balladeer”