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M.C.O. Rural Fire District No. 1 sees red
M.C.O. Rural Fire District No. 1 sees red
M.C.O. Rural Fire District No. 1 sees red
M.C.O. Rural Fire District No. 1 sees red
M.C.O. Rural Fire District No. 1 sees red
M.C.O. Rural Fire District No. 1 sees red

M.C.O. Rural Fire District No. 1 sees red

After the M.C.O. Rural Fire District No. 1 became part of the North Central Task Force No. 1 in 2018, they have provided mutual aid to other fire districts in combating wildfires including Medicine Lodge – (400,000 acres loss in Oklahoma and Kansas over four days in 2016), Hutchinson – (656,000 acres in at least 21 Kansas counties on March 8, 2017) and currently to Nebraska. The regional Wildland Task Force was assembled by the USDA Forest Service Analysis Team as part of a statewide initiative to assist wildfire incidents after over half a million acres burned during 2016-17.

City projects discussed and move forward

City of Beloit Manager, Jason Rabe, discussed the water treatment plant during Wednesday City Council meeting, as continuing to hit design approval benchmarks with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). Two of the recent benchmarks were approval of the summary of design changes and the waste stream summary. This will allow the engineers to move forward with the full design of the plant for bid.

Foreign landowners must report holdings

BELOIT – Jamie Powell, County Executive Director of the Mitchell County Farm Service Agency (FCA), is reminding foreign investors who buy, sell or hold a direct or indirect interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to report their holdings and transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

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Corn picking days

Merritt Blain, Glen Elder, picks corn at the Corn Picking Days held on Nov. 13 in Jewell. Merritt is driving a 135 Massey and pulling a Ford onerow corn picker, both machines owned by Calvin Bohnert, Jewell. Kerma Crouse courtesy photo

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Phone: 785-738-3537