Republic County

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when he was the offensive coordinator at Republic County to now, like, he's never thrown the ball that much.

He just doesn't wanna do that.

You know, maybe sit in the 15 to 20 range at max in passes.

Our county fair is the NCK Free Fair.

Uh, and we sit, um, in, in, uh, the very northern county, Republic County, which is, uh, halfway between I-80 and I-70 is what I always tell people.

So we get a lot of traffic, um, during different sale seasons, uh, fairly close to here, whether it's, uh, uh, cattle, show cattle, um, or even other species because, uh, Highway 81, which connects the two, goes right by here.

So, uh, my dad always said growing up that, uh, while it isn't a metropolis, um, we're not that far from anywhere, uh, it's just a little drive to get everywhere.

Yeah, the biggest winners are gonna be, unfortunately, some of the same folks that got a lot of rain, uh, last week.

You know, we look at, uh, the northern portion of the state, especially north central, anywhere between, uh, Smith County over to Republic County and southward into Osborne, Mitchell.

Uh, those areas got a ton of moisture just the last seven days, and keep in mind as we record this, there's still more rain falling [laughs] so they're gonna be out of date pretty quick.

Um, we're talking six, seven, even eight inches of rain in some places, uh, up there, and that's a lot of moisture for anyone, right, any time of the year.

The operations will essentially start from scratch as Lynn is discontinuing their current service end of November.

Commissioners approved contracting with the Republic County Operator as a consultant and with CES Group for design services for a new building.

A full-time director would need to be hired soon to begin licensing, among other details, and an option on a 2010 fully equipped ambulance for sale is being considered, offered at $65,000, some $300,000 less than a similar new unit purchase.

Republic County has 10 full and another 9 part-time employees with an annual budget of $1 million plus another $200,000 for employee benefits.

Additional changes will be made in Pottawatomie County regarding data center regulations following a review of public comments at a recent hearing.

Issues such as decommissioning, site restoration, financial assurances, stormwater management, water use, and annual compliance reporting will be incorporated as Pottawatomie County planning officials continue conversations.

I'm Dino Conte, a senior at Valley Heights High School.

Last Friday, the football team headed to Republic County and came away with a 14-12 win.

The cross-country team ran at Onega on Saturday.

Emma Waters placed first, Lindsey Gray placed second, and Riley Scala placed 10th, and Claire McIntyre placed 15th.

For the guys' race, Langston Gray placed 5th, and Henry Bakira placed 20th.

Good job to all the runners.

On Monday, C-team volleyball played Centralia, losing three matches, and JV football hosted Republic County, losing 26-12.

On Tuesday, the volleyball team headed to Axtell, playing Frankfort and Axtell.