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Lomega Local Fair Takes Place This Saturday

News Staff

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

The local fair in Lomega is planned for Saturday, Aug. 12. The livestock show will commence at 8 a.m. at the Lomega Show Barn near the elementary school. The show order is sheep first, then goats, cattle and pigs, followed by showmanship from pee-wees to adults.

Ferguson Features

Janine Espy

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

TB Ferguson 'Honest Tom' was born March 17, 1857, near De Moines Iowa. The following year his family moved to Emporia, Kansas. His mother died in 1860 and his father enlisted in the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War. He was raised by his older sister.

Planning For 46th Cheese Festival Underway

News Staff

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Dates and other particulars for the 46th annual Watonga Cheese Festival have been announced. The biggest change is that there will only be one day of the festival this year, Saturday, Oct. 14.

This truck and trailer are packed to the max with bags of school supplies being ferried Tuesday from City Hall to Watonga High School for meet the teacher night.

Students and Parents Meet Teachers, Pick Out Supplies

News Staff

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Public schools in Watonga begin the 2023-24 year Aug. 10. But this year there was no race to fill shopping carts with notebooks and lined paper.

Upcoming Events!

News Staff

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

8/10- Watonga & Geary 1st Day of School! 8/11- Deadline For Geary Citizen of the Year nominees 12 p.m. 8/11-Geary vs Watonga Fastpitch @ Watonga 4:30 p.m. 8/15- Watonga City Meetings 6 p.m. @ City Hall 8/17- Watonga H.S. Football Scrimmage @ Watonga 6 p.m. 8/17-Geary Chamber Meeting 5:30 p.

Baby Bison Ranch Classes Full

News Staff

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Geary School Board met Monday in regular session. All members were in attendance. The Baby Bison report showed there were 16 children enrolled in July with an average attendance of 15 or 16. Gretchen Melvin will serve as the director of the Baby Bison Ranch, where she is a master teacher.

Blaine County Courthouse News

Civil Court

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Mariner Finance vs Cherie Berryman, Indebtedness Donald J Krause, Hazel Ruth Krause, Shelly Jean Krause, And The, James D Krause, Gene P. Goforth Revocable Trust, Dated September 6, 2011 vs Diverisfied ABS Vi Upstream LLC.

A new grant program launched by the USDA will help rural communities defend themselves against wildfires and mitigate the cirucumstances that breed larger, fiercer fires than what the nation is used to dealing wih. Photo by Connie Burcham/Watonga Republican

Grant Program Seeks to Protect Rural American From Wildfire Threat

News Staff

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack hasannounced the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is again accepting applications for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant program.

Don’t Neglect Big Trees When Watering

News Staff

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

You’ve watered the lawn, the flowers, and the shrubs and saplings, but have you watered that big tree that provides shade for those pampered parts of your yard? If not, trouble may be brewing.

Today in History

News Staff

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 151 days remain until the end of the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 2, 1776, members of Congress affix their signatures to an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence.

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