County Treasurer Tina Groening told county commissioners Monday that 15 properties sold for $61,350 during an April 17 tax sale paid $16,801.82 in general taxes and $4,770.99 in special taxes.

The state 2A forensics tournament Saturday at Marion drew 258 contestants from 25 schools. Students from Marion and Hillsboro schools were among them. Students prepared some presentations in advance ...

A cloudy overcast and slight bursts of cool wind made for great conditions Tuesday afternoon at the Marion golf invitation. Three county schools — Marion, Centre, and Goessel — participated, along ...

Dylan Kraus set a new Marion school record in the 400 meter run, taking first place at Beloit Relays on Friday. Taryn Kraus placed third in the 300 hurdles. Both Krauses, along with Erin Regnier and ...

Hillsboro approved the plat of its Orchard Ridge development project Tuesday, though not without a bit of pushback. Tony Hill raised concerns that the development, which will include 24 affordable ...

A preliminary hearing on evidence against former Marion police chief Gideon Cody was delayed Monday from May 21 to July 23. It was the second time Cody’s preliminary hearing had been delayed.

Friday afternoon was a bittersweet experience for members of Hillsboro’s former Trinity Mennonite Church as they toured a soon-to-open child-care center in the building that used to be their church ...

Marion County Democrats will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chisholm Trail Extension, 1116 E. Main St., Marion. Refreshments will be served. More information is available from David Yoder at ...

Seven programs will share $8,750 in grants from Goessel Community Foundation. The grants were awarded at a ceremony April 26 at Goessel Elementary School. The awards were: ...

Despite laws requiring speedy responses, open record requests submitted by the Marion County Record last week have thus far been ignored by the Chase County Detention Center and U.S. Immigration and ...

The Lady Trojans snapped an eight-game losing streak with two decisive victories on the road Friday against Nickerson, winning 11-6 and 15-3. They kept their momentum going into Monday’s road ...

A Utah woman pulling a stock trailer east on US-50 Thursday crashed her pickup into the driver’s side door of an eastbound pickup turning north onto Old Mill Rd. ahead of her. The turning pickup, a ...