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As autumn creeps closer we need to start preparing our gardens for our next growing season. While it might seem like garden work is done for the season, giving your garden extra TLC now can have big impacts on its productivity next summer. Here are some steps to take to boost your next growing season: 1. Map your current garden: If you haven’t already, map out where your annuals are. When spring comes, you will want to refer back to this map to ensure you are rotating your plants to curb disease that may overwinter in the soil. Ideally, you should not put plants from the same family in the same location.

Tuesday evening the Atchison County Commission held their 2025 budget hearing with citizens of the county in attendance with the mill levy set to increase from 51.564 in 2024 to 56.947 in 2025. The commission started with a hearing regarding their intent to exceed the revenue- neutral rate before the main budget meeting with input from the public that lasted roughly two hours.

Around 7:45 AM Atchison County Sheriff ’s Office was dispatched to the area of 286th and Greely Road in Atchison County Kansas for a report of a female being chased by another vehicle in a Ram Pickup, identified as Casey Crawford 31 of Effingham, KS. A short time later, both vehicles were located at 1629 Main Street, Atchison, KS.

Amberwell Health is pleased to announce significant upgrades to its phone systems, aiming to enhance patient communication across all locations. This initiative comes directly in response to community feedback about challenges in reaching our clinics and hospitals.

Rosie Trower is departing First Christian Church after 44 years of being the Administrative Assistant and someone whom many consider to be a significant face of the church and community. The church held a celebration for everything Trower has meant to the church last week and an abundance of people showed up or reached out to congratulate her.

Around 7 p.m. Sunday, the Atchison Fire Department was alerted to the Missouri River following the report of a boat colliding with a barge going upriver.

Early Friday morning around 7:45 a.m. Atchison County Sheriff ’s Office was dispatched to the area of 286th and Greely Road for a report of a female being chased by another vehicle in a Ram Pickup with the driver being identified as Casey Crawford, 31, Effingham. Both vehicles were later located at 1629 Main Street.

The Project Concern, Inc. weekly menu is as follows for home delivered and congregate meals. Milk is served with each meal. Menus are subject to change. The Atchison United Way helps to support the Project Concern food program.

Thursday, August 30 James D. Smith, 47, Topeka, was arrested on Thursday on a Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear in court.