Finney County to set budget increase decision planned
Finney County plans an $18.7 million property tax bite with a 39.732 mill levy, costing the typical $100,000 home about $457. Commission approved across the board pay raises to attract and retain staff, adjusting expectations after valuations came in lower than anticipated. Public input focuses on department cuts and fund reallocations, with sheriff EMS and other offices proposing modest budget shifts for the coming year.
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Volunteers Keep Fair Running Beyond Five-Day Run
Linda Walter of Finney County Extension Office notes 150 to 200 volunteers sustain the fair with help from longtime leaders like Kuntzelman and Staley who can run events without constant supervision. The Great American Foods Contest drew 68 bundts of pound cake with 38 adult and 30 youth entries, offering $100, $75 and $50 prizes. Beverly Steffen of Burdett travels 86 miles to volunteer and has chaired Pawnee County 4-H. she judged open class, selecting top bundt winners and praising unusual recipes.
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Finney County Extension Office
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Kuntzelman and Staley
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Beverly Steffen
Burdett
Pawnee County
4-H
Pawnee
Hodgeman County
Steffen
Kuntzelman
St. Catherine Hospital
Penpals become lifelong friends across the ocean
Krasovec, nine months pregnant, traveled from the United States to Edinburgh to meet her school friend Margaret Marshall for the first time after 27 years of correspondence. The reunion in June rekindled a deep bond and confirmed that a school assignment sparked a lasting friendship.
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Margaret
Edinburgh
Scotland
Marshall
Buffalo Jones Elementary School
United States
Beth
Milk on display and education at Finney County fair
At the Finney County Fair the mobile dairy class toured by Keel educates about milk production. Daisy the Jersey cow demonstrates milking while lessons cover cows four stomachs and the process from farm to store. Plymell Dairy supplies the dairy treats and promotes the industry.
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Finney County
United States
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Emily Ramsey
Shae Wyckoff
Peyton Wessels
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Jersey
Daisy
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Southwest Dairy
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Shae
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