First ever Drum Fishing Tournament
Fri, 06/25/2021 - 12:00am
GLEN ELDER – The Glen Elder State Park will host the first ever Drum Tournament on Saturday, July 3.
GLEN ELDER – The Glen Elder State Park will host the first ever Drum Tournament on Saturday, July 3.
GLEN ELDER – Glen Elder State Park Waconda Lakefest will join the annual fireworks display this year on Saturday, July 3 in the Osage Park area. Lakefest was first held in 2019, but then, because of Covid, it was cancelled in 2020. Small town cooperation helps the event to occur with the Glen Elder Lions Club sponsoring the Fun Run across the Glen Elder Dam at 7 a.m. in the morning. The Waconda Cultural Association and Glen Elder State Park host the family-friendly Lakefest activities starting at 2 p.m. The Beloit Area Chamber of Commerce organizes the spectacular fireworks display at dark.
Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) President Allison Mazzei presented the 2021 Hod Humiston Award for contributions in sports broadcasting in Kansas to KVSV-Beloit GM John Swanson on Tuesday, June 22 at KAB Meeting in Russell.
YORK, NEB. – It is equipment and skill they hope they never have to use, but first responders from Mitchell County have a new method of freeing a person trapped in grain after Central Valley Ag (CVA) donated a grain engulfment rescue panel set to the Mitchell County Rescue Squad.
The Tom Hull family crew have started cutting wheat further south in Kansas as the state is beginning their harvest. As of this Wednesday morning, Beloit has collected 100,000-125,000 bushels of wheat with the moisture under 13, and protein levels of 10-14 with a 52-65 bushel an acre average. Scottsville and Asherville elevators are just now taking in wheat. Concordia has taken in 156,000 bushels, Jamestown 9,000 bushels and Tipton 25,000 bushels of wheat. Glen Elder, Mankato, Osborne, Jewell, and Randall are just now getting started. As for the weather, the National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Phillips, Smith, Jewell, Rooks, Osborne and Mitchell counties as the heat index is forecast to climb into the low 100’s today (Wednesday) and into Thursday. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms are possible with wind gusts as high as 25 mph tonight and extend to a 40 percent chance on Thursday and a 50 percent chance on Friday night. A slight chance is forecast for Saturday at 20 percent with a high near 81 degrees. The temperature is to keep in the high 80’s into next Tuesday.
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