Stories from Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Wesley Kevin Klinkhammer, known to friends and family as "Klink", was born Dec. 19, 1951, to Raymond Kaiser and Lucine (Bowling) Klinkhammer in Mitchell, S.D. Surrounded by his wife, children and niece, Kelly Jean Ast (Meyers), he passed away on Aug. ...

Kevin Scott Ahlgren, 54 years, four months and 24 days, of Schell City, Mo., was born March 30, 1960, in Elmhurst, Ill., to Leonard Oki and Martha Jane (Peyton) Ahlgren and passed from this life suddenly on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Kevin grew up in Illinois attending elementary school at Arbor View, then Glen Crest Jr. ...

By Gloria Tucker Nevada Daily Mail With a cost ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 for new playground equipment, renewing Sheldon park's playground seemed like a distant dream. Striving to make that dream a reality, the Sheldon park board found a sale for equipment, and park board member Amanda Hall began scouring Sheldon and Nevada for funding...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Commission set the 2014 tax levy at 16.61 cents per $100 assessed valuation during its meeting Tuesday. "In Vernon County, because we have sales tax, we are required to do a 50 percent roll back," County Clerk Tammi Beach said. "Last year we estimated a little low on our sales tax, so we collected a little more money, so we have to drop back a little more. Last year the levy was .1831. In 2012, the levy was .1653."...

Hours and location: Birthright of Nevada is located at 231 North Cedar. Office hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local organization founded: (when and where by whom) Birthright of Nevada was established in the early 1980s. ...

Nevada Daily Mail After two decades of service, one helpful, smiling lady in blue will be retiring from the front counter at the Nevada Post Office. Linda Weaver, who lives on a farm near Liberal, has worked at the post offices in Liberal, Pittsburg, Lamar and, for the last 10 years, Nevada...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School girls' tennis team opened the season with matches against Carl Junction High School and Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School. Nevada fell to Thomas Jefferson 5-4 Monday afternoon. In singles play, Megan Payne prevailed over Lia Wu 6-4...