Marysville Main Street will have fundraisers this month to help purchase a new wireless speaker system for downtown.
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Santa will be out and about in downtown Marysville Saturday for the Christmas opening of A “Merry”sville Christmas, a day of festivities organized by Marysville Chamber & Main Street and Marysville Convention & Tourism.
Jeremy Penix II is to be sentenced here Tuesday morning for first degree murder in the death of Vermillion farmer Donald McLaughlin.
The Marshall County Courthouse will be closed Dec. 31 to the public, but employees will be working, commissioners decided Monday.
Rural Kansans tend to overlook the benefits of their small communities, said Ron Wilson, who has spent recent decades focused on how to build them up.
Small Business Saturday, sponsored by Marysville Chamber & Main Street and American Express, will be Saturday in downtown Marysville.
People in need of toys and other items this holiday season, and people who want to provide those items, have a couple of local opportunities.
COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccine booster shots have been in high demand at the Marshall County Health Department and Walmart’s pharmacy here.
A steady stream of people arrived for COVID-19 testing Monday at the Marshall County Health Department as case numbers remained similar to last week.
On Tuesday Marshall County Health Department began giving the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 to children ages 5 to 12.
Sports
Marysville girls came from behind to win 48-43 Friday against visiting Sabetha while the Bulldog boys could not maintain the leads they had in a 60-50 loss.
Axtell did not expect Wheatland-Grinnell to be the same team it was when the Eagles won there 58-18 to start the eight-man football season and the Thunderhawks weren’t.
Scoreless scrimmages against Marysville High School’s basketball teams on Friday gave players a chance to practice in game situations against former Bulldog players.
Editorials
Lee Isom, a veteran of the Korean War, was a good friend of mine when I served at a church in Mullen, Neb. He died Nov. 17 at the age of 92.
We sometimes complain that we’re in an isolated area, an hour’s drive from big-box stores, except for Walmart and those mini-Walmarts known as dollar stores.
Those driving through Frankfort during the town’s fall festival a couple weeks ago, had a tough time finding a parking space.
Obituaries
BILL R. CROW
DELORES M. SUTTON
LAVONNE I. UNGERER
WILMINA “BILLIE” M. TROXEL
Obituary update: Bill Crow, Delores Sutton, Wilmina "Billie" Troxel.
LISA SCHWINDAMANN
ALICE M. SMALLEY
Family Living
Sandy Harding, Waterville, and her family were featured on NBC’s “Today Show” on Thanksgiving in a segment about holiday traditions affected by the pandemic.
Play is for all ages, and Marysville’s new play space encourages everybody to take part in that opportunity.
An exhibition of retro Christmas decorations, “Magical Memories of Christmas Past,” will be on display at the Lee Dam Center for Fine Art, Marysville, Nov. 21 through 28. The decorations are part of Gayla Hogan’s collection.
Opinion
It is rare these days to find a political message cutting across the usual red-blue partisan divide--but I saw one this weekend.
In the years I owned bookstores, the tiny profits and hard work were, at least in memory, totally offset by the many and lasting friendships made around conversations about — you guessed it — books!
My family went to a number of concerts when I was a kid. I continued attending shows through college, and now my wife, Mandy, and I try to give our children the same opportunities.
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