Kansas wheat harvest in southern Kansas collapses after floods
Sodden wheat lies flat across southern Kansas as insurers declare losses and test weights fall. The 2007 harvest prospects dim after seven years of drought, a wet winter and spring, Easter freeze, disease pressure, insect infestations, and heavy rains. Kansas Wheat leaders warn the crop faces severe damage with 37 percent rated poor to very poor and 29 percent in poorer conditions.
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Kansas
Dusti Fritz
Kansas Wheat
Kansas Wheat Commission
Kansas Association of
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
County works to hold mill levy as budget review nears
Finney County commissioners expect to keep the county mill levy at its current rate or lower with a valuation decrease likely. Chairman Don Doll said no tax hike and possible cuts across departments if valuations do not rise, delaying big-ticket items like vehicles for a year. Seventeen departments sought budget increases in 2008, only the Conservation District asked for less.
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Finney County
Commission
Don Doll
Cliff Mayo
Larry Jones
Doll
Public Works
John Ellermann
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Lane County Dighton discuss revitalization tax rebates plan
Patricia Herndon renovates Old Bank Gallery in downtown Dighton since 1981. She notes a property tax abatement would have helped her project and could assist more if approved via interlocal agreement by Dighton City Council Lane County Commission and school districts with rebates likely in 2008.
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Long Street
Dighton
Herndon
Dighton City
Lane County Commission
Dighton and
Healy
Garden City man gets life under Jessica's Law ruling
Juan Jose Bello, 25, was the first Finney County defendant tried under Jessica's Law. Convicted in May of aggravated indecent liberties against a child and aggravated criminal sodomy involving a 7-year-old girl, he received life with parole after 25 years. The law requires a mandatory 25-year term for a first offense for crimes against a child under 14 and outlines harsher penalties on subsequent convictions.
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Garden City
Juan Jose Bello
Jessica
Finney County
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