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Making strides
When he was born, doctors said Deondre Murry would be lucky if he ever walked.
City holds off on signs
Signage prohibiting the use of trucks on some residential roads in town will not be installed as planned after the city commission heard more objections last week.
A future in good hands
As kids rode their bikes through town and splashed in a pool nearby, a group of high school students were spending the hot summer afternoon indoors, at the ready.
Warning issued over Wilton sign
Officials are debating what to do with Wilton’s electronic billboard, which is reportedly in violation with a law put in place just a year after the sign was erected.
Weathering the storm
There was more mud than music at Harmony Park last week, after an unexpected storm bore down on Washburn Friday afternoon.
Drought hits local ranchers
With over half of the state facing extreme drought conditions, local ranchers are growing more and more desperate for rain, and for hope.
Cleaning up the jail
After spending over 40 years in a state penitentiary, the last place Daniel Lees thought he would go once free was back inside the walls of a jail cell. But the last 13 months, that exactly what he did.
‘No trucks allowed’
At a June Washburn City Commission meeting, the board approved installing “No Truck” signs at 14th and 15th Street in Washburn, in hopes of preventing additional wear on those roads.
A new chapter
For the second year in a row, Peter Kaine traveled 4,000 miles from home to share his love for learning with families in the United States.
Schools seeing driver shortage
The workday is strange - a few hours in the morning and again in the afternoon, with a break in the middle.
