Dickinson County honors 130 years’ worth of service Dickinson County Commissioners presented service awards Thursday, Jan. 6 to 11 employees who have given a combined 130 years of service to the county. Employees honored, their years of service and the department they work in are: Leah Hern, 35 years, treasurer; Scott Huff, 20 years, road and bridge; Jeanne Livingston, 15 years, county cle...
FIRST BABY OF THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATED AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Congratulations to Kristen and Levi Felbush who delivered the first baby in 2022 at Memorial Hospital in Abilene. Zeke Obe Felbush was born on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at 5:22 a.m., in the Birthing Center at Memorial Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. The family received a newborn gift basket, from the Me...
Janelle Dockendorf has been named assistant Dickinson County administrator/budget director. County Administrator Brad Homman made the announcement Monday morning. Besides serving as assistant county administrator, Dockendorf will remain as the county's budget director. The promotion was effective Jan. 1, 2022. Dickinson County Commission Chairman Lynn Peterson said he was pleased to see Dockendo...
Drawing attention to a debilitating problem impacting families and communities across the state, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Monday unveiled data that shows a disturbing trend continuing. The KDHE reported that provisional surveillance results from the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) shows that at least 338 Kansas residents died of drug overdose b...
Geary Community Hospital is preparing to close the Intensive Care Unit, no later than Feb. 1. LJ Baker, Director of HR & External Relations, said due to a national COVID-19 exacerbated nursing shortage, as well as fiscal situations beyond control of the Hospital, they can no longer effectively operate an Intensive Care Unit. To ensure safe and quality care for patients currently in t...
The Riley County Police Department has responded to six fentanyl overdoses in just the past two weeks. While none of the six resulted in death, these overdoses came from fake, pressed prescription pills containing fentanyl mostly oxycodone and Xanax. Riley County Police emphasize that individuals who overdose are not suspects in their investigations. The goal is to identify, apprehend and prosec...
This storm system may produce a band of heavier snow but it is too early to tell where this heavy snow band will develop across the area. North winds will increase to 15 to 25 MPH with gusts to 40 MPH possible Temperatures will fall into the single digits and teens across the area Saturday morning and not rise much during the afternoon. The strong winds will cause wind chills to drop to around 15 ...
Memorial Health System and Salina Regional Health Center Affiliation Date Nearing (December 21, 2021) – Memorial Health System (MHS), in Abilene, and Salina Regional Health Center, in Salina, announced back in April that they agreed to enter into a strategic alliance in order to better serve the patients and families of their respective communities in north central Kansas. The date is now appro...
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picture courtesy of Brad Anderson The Abilene High School basketball teams swept an opponent fo...
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