E. Kansas Ave. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 1 p.m.-5 p.m. / Saturday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Don’t miss the McPherson Globe Refiners exhibit documenting the first gold medal basketball team awarded in Olympic history and the Museum’s permanent “hands-on” model train exhibit. 620-241-8464.
Nancy Black, Tribune Content Agency TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (05/31/23). This year illuminates long-term dreams.
Nathaniel “Than” Lee Fishback, 71, passed away on May 23, 2023 at Hospice House, Hutchinson, KS, after a five year battle with cancer, surrounded by his family. He was born on August 11, 1951 in Skidmore, MO, the son of Lyle L.
Every year, Kansas has two free fishing days: traditionally the first full weekend in June. The dates for 2023 are June 3 and 4.
On May 24, Michael Heitkotter, 37, tragically lost his life when a semi failed to yield from a stop sign on a McPherson County road. In the wake of this accident, motorcycle awareness is at the forefront of many people’s minds.
Michael Lavon Heitkotter, 37, of McPherson, KS, passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He worked at Mid-Kansas Coop for six years. Michael was born on December 13, 1985, in McPherson, KS, the son of Brinda Lynn Hall and Elvin Lavon “Skeeter” Heitkotter.
At the start of the City of McPherson Commission Meeting on May 30, Mayor Tom Brown congratulated the American Legion and the VFW on a good Memorial Day
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DaVon Glen Knackstedt Beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away on May 20, 2023, surrounded by family. He was born in Wichita, Kansas to parents Delmer and Glennys (Joan) Knackstedt (deceased) of Windom, Kansas on April 18, 1952.
WICHITA, Kansas – Every year, the biggest high school track and field meet in America closes the sports season for high schools across Kansas as the McPherson girls took fifth place and the McPherson boys took 13th place at the historic meet.