The Madison News

08/30/2024

MADISON FRIENDSHIP MEALS SEPTEMBER 2ND - SEPTEMBER 6TH!

Meals are available for ANYONE. Individuals under the age of 60 are asked to donate $5 per meal while those over 60 are asked to donate $3. If you are interested in either eating with the group gathered at the Senior Center or picking up a meal to go, please call the office at 620-437-2696 by 9:30 to make a request for a meal.
Meals are served at 11:45 AM.
Meals are also available to be delivered as needed.

Monday, September 2nd: CENTER CLOSED - HOLIDAY

Tuesday, September 3rd:
Southwest Chicken Bake
Corn
Strawberries
Cornbread

Wednesday, September 4th:
Meatloaf
Mashed Potato
Green Beans
Peaches
Wheat Roll

Thursday, September 5th:
Scalloped Potato & Ham
Mixed Vegetables
Cantaloupe
White Roll

Friday, September 6th:
Chili Cheese Mac
Corn
Banana
Cornbread

08/29/2024

New food in town on the horizon.

🤠 It’s BBQ time at The Ranch 🤠

08/29/2024

With school starting up again, the paper will cover plenty of school news both academically and athletically!

For example, this weekends edition will feature a High School Football preview as well as Football Senior Spotlights. You will also read a preview on the Cross-Country team and the Senior Spotlight for our lone senior runner.

We will highlight the Family Football Day held last Saturday as well as other local news!

Next week we will focus on High School Volleyball and highlight our Junior High athletes as well!

Subscriptions to The Madison News are $78 a year. You can pay for shorter durations so that the cost will fit easily into your budget.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to cut out those special stories that you won’t get anywhere else to keep for a lifetime.

To start your subscription today, call 620-342-4800. Have it come straight to your mailbox instead of relying on picking up a copy as here lately the papers don’t last long once they hit the newsstands here in town.

Happy reading!!

08/27/2024

There is a water main leak at N. 7th St. and Boone St. Water will be shut off from Madison Ave. to the North side of town. Crews are working to get the leak repaired as soon as possible.

08/27/2024

08/26/2024

Happy Monday! The sun is rising on a new week! What are you looking forward to in the week to come?

08/25/2024

Heat is causing practice adjustments for USD #386.

The Madison Cross Country team will practice at 6:15 AM both Monday and Tuesday.

High School football will move their practice to 5:30 AM on Monday.

08/25/2024

The 39th annual Flint Hills Beef Fest brought together nearly 900 members of the Flint Hills agricultural community for a weekend celebrating the region’s rich ranching heritage.

08/23/2024

City of Madison is reporting that all water services have been restored.

08/23/2024

AfterWord is a free after school program offered by First Christian Church in Madison. This program is open to K-6 students on Fridays when school is in session beginning September 6th. For more information and to sign your student up please visit this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeryG09EsVkjwxGTyIxB48ivCkpbMQJprVKdezdaMdicWNecQ/viewform?usp=sharing

08/23/2024

MADISON FRIENDSHIP MEALS AUGUST 26TH - AUGUST 30TH!

Meals are available for ANYONE. Individuals under the age of 60 are asked to donate $5 per meal while those over 60 are asked to donate $3. If you are interested in either eating with the group gathered at the Senior Center or picking up a meal to go, please call the office at 620-437-2696 by 9:30 to make a request for a meal.
Meals are served at 11:45 AM.
Meals are also available to be delivered as needed.

Monday, August 26th:
Swedish Steak
Green Beans
Orange
White Roll

Tuesday, August 27th:
Mexican Lasagna
Mexican Rice
Fiesta Blend Mixed Vegetables
Blushing Pears

Wednesday, August 28th:
Salmon Patty
Cole Slaw
Peaches
Wheat Roll

Thursday, August 29th:
Ham Swiss Broccoli Pasta
Garden Salad
Banana
Crackers

Friday, August 30th:
Taco Burger
Potato Wedges
Corn
Mixed Fruit

08/23/2024

Water line break info:
As of 10:30 AM, Casey's and Chubby's both have water so are preparing food as usual.

08/23/2024

Crews are still on scene this morning working on the water line break. The rush is on to find appropriate parts to get the repairs made.

The areas north of Lincoln St. from Easy St. to Santa Fe St. will not have water until the leak is repaired. We are working on getting it repaired as soon as possible. Also from 4th St. to S. 3rd St. on Main will be closed to repair the water line.

08/23/2024

UPDATE: There appears to be two breaks in the line in front of The First Christian Church - the downtown area is without water.
Photo courtesy of Alice Grimm, City Clerk

08/23/2024

Crews are on the scene of a water main break downtown tonight. Please avoid the area.

08/22/2024

SAVE THE DATE!!

The annual Methodist Women's chrysanthemum sale will be held on Friday, September 20th at the Methodist Church. You will want to jot this date down so you do not miss out on purchasing these beautiful fall flowers. More details to come at a later date!

08/16/2024

MADISON FRIENDSHIP MEALS AUGUST 19TH - AUGUST 23RD!

Meals are available for ANYONE. Individuals under the age of 60 are asked to donate $5 per meal while those over 60 are asked to donate $3. If you are interested in either eating with the group gathered at the Senior Center or picking up a meal to go, please call the office at 620-437-2696 by 9:30 to make a request for a meal.
Meals are served at 11:45 AM.
Meals are also available to be delivered as needed.

Monday, August 19th:
Tomato Basil Soup
Pimento Cheese
Potato Salad
Banana
Bread

Tuesday, August 20th:
Hamburger Hash
Garden Salad
Applesauce
Bread

Wednesday, August 21st:
Chicken Broccoli Pie
Green Beans
Pear

Thursday, August 22nd:
Meatloaf
Baked Potato
Carrots
Pineapple
Wheat Roll
Cake

Friday, August 23rd:
Scalloped Potatoes & Ham
Mixed Vegetables
Mixed Fruit

08/15/2024

The United Way of the Flint Hills kicked off its 2024-25 fundraising campaign with an ambitious $500,000 goal Thursday evening at the Del5ive Event Center.

08/14/2024

BACK TO SCHOOL!

Please share your back to school pictures in the comments including names, grades and school, if not Madison.

We’d also love to see those college move in photos, too!

NOTE: Some pictures submitted before 9:00 PM tonight (8/14) will be in this week’s edition!

HAVE A GREAT YEAR!

08/14/2024

It is back to school tomorrow for USD #386 which means there will be plenty of children walking to bus stops or to school. Do you know that a majority of school transportation related fatalities do not happen on the bus? They occur while children are waiting on the bus, walking or riding a bike or in another vehicle. Let’s all keep our eyes on the road and do our part to ensure a safe school year!

08/13/2024

The Lions Club Calendars are in. If you ordered one, they can be picked up at MT Networks!

08/13/2024

We are a little over a month away from the always fun Fab Finds on 99 event in Madison. Not many places can you go shop for garage sale items, flea market, items, antiques, crafts, furniture and more at the same place.

This event has high traffic and sees people from all over the state and beyond.

Applications are still being accepted for more vendors as there is plenty of room for more plus there will be at least FOUR food trucks and will accept more if different than what is already signed up to make it a Food Truck Rally of sorts.

If you have garage sale items, you can have a booth. If you like to make crafts, jewelry, metal art or anything in between, you can have a booth. If you had a home based business that you have a lot of inventory you want to get rid of, you can have a booth. Friends get your garage sale items ready and have a booth together to make it more fun.

There is trailer alley which means you can load all your things on a trailer, pull up, leave trailer hooked on and sell right off of trailer to make it easier for you. Same $20 fee.

Please reach out to event organizer, Marcie Harrison for more information about a spot immediately by texting 620-437-7331.

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08/13/2024

Please join us tonight from 5-6 PM for USD #386 Open House. Families are encouraged to visit their student's classroom to meet their teacher and drop off school supplies. The 2024-2025 school year will begin tomorrow! We hope to see you tonight at 5 PM!

08/13/2024

This is what folks in Emporia are waking up to!

Bring your life jackets and snorkels for your exam today! 🚣🏊‍♂️

…..but really we are quite flooded. Rhonda is contacting our morning patients to try and get you rescheduled to when you won’t need rain boots.

EDIT EDIT: 📸Casey’s girlfriend, Madison Harder actually snapped the insane picture, from around 645AM this morning.

08/13/2024

Heads up if traveling into Emporia!

08/12/2024

Updates and information on changes that have been made for new venue and time for meal.

MHS GRADUATES AND GUESTS: We are only 46 days away from this year's Alumni Weekend. The honored guests will be the Class of 1974, who are celebrating their 50 year class reunion! Other reunion classes include 1959, 1964, 1969, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019. If you or your classmates have a text or email chain going about reunion plans, please let me know. Happy to share the information!

Please note a few changes from previous communications:
**We are inviting any Alumni to activities on Friday afternoon at the High School. Activities include an egg toss (with an alumni winner), a drone shot of all Madison students, faculty and alumni who are there, and a good old fashioned pep rally. (Remember Pep Club anyone??)

The actual Alumni Dinner is now back at the High School from 5:30pm-7:30pm. This earlier start time is to help accomodate those who live greater than 30 minutes away.

If anyone would like to help me design and implement the Trivia contest please let me know. Trivia competitions are a great way for collaborations and competition, 2 things MHS grads are known for.

Please call, text, PM me, email etc with questions or to sign up for the dinner.

I will continue to post updates here. Don't forget to share this page with with your classmates and friends!

It is always a great day to be a Bulldog!

PS: Don't forget to order your Bulldog merch before Homecoming Weekend from Bulldog Ink. The link can be found here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BulldogInk1

08/09/2024

On 08/09/2024 at approximately 13:57 hours an
attempted child abduction was reported in Waverly - near the city park, to Coffey County Sheriff's Office. Description of the vehicle, was a Silver Lexus (late model) with Minnesota tags. The vehicle was last seen traveling westbound on 6th Ave from Kelley Street. If you see a vehicle of this description, please do not approach. Contact Coffey County Sheriff's Office at 620-364-2123. PLEASE talk to your children about what they should do if approached by strangers!