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The Fairfax Music Department will hold its K-12 Spring concert Wednesday, May 7. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. There will be a meal in the school cafeteria from  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio High School senior awards assembly will be held this Thursday, May 8, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the THS Gym. The public is invited to attend.

The Rock Port R-II School Music Department will hold its spring band (6-12) and choir (8-12) concert Thursday, May 8, at 7:00 p.m. at Rock Port High School. The Rock  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax Farmers Market has begun for the 2025 season and will be set up at Broadway and Hwy. 59 every Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon throughout the  Continue Reading »

The next Second Harvest mobile food pantry in Atchison County will be Monday, May 12, at Rock Port High School, 600 S. Nebraska Street in Rock Port, beginning at 10:00  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Tech campus cleanup Tarkio Technology Institute is hosting a clean-up week May 12-16 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Volunteers are needed to work inside and outside the buildings.  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting Friday, May 16, at Boundless Grace, 402 Main Street in Tarkio. The ribbon cutting will be at 4:00 p.m. along  Continue Reading »

Fairfax third grade teacher Jenna Rafe dumps water on the head of Ellee Salmond during the drip, drip, drop game at Fairfax Field Day Friday, May 2, 2025. Despite the  Continue Reading »

Kelley Herron recently took this great photo at his shop north of Rock Port. A yearling/feeder calf stopped to take a look at a nearby nest of robin’s eggs. (Submitted  Continue Reading »

The annual Tarkio FFA and Ag Department greenhouse sale was held Saturday, May 3, 2025. The greenhouse was filled with hanging baskets, ferns, annual flowers, and vegetables. Pictured are Ben  Continue Reading »

The Nodaway County household hazardous waste (HHW) collection site will be open Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The HHW collection site is located at the  Continue Reading »

During the month of April, the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office received 157 calls for service. Twenty-seven of these calls for service resulted in a report. One arrest was made for  Continue Reading »