10 YEARS AGO

JULY 6, 2016

A feature story by Oliver Good details how rural Marion resident Melissa Kruse has a sincere, creepy feeling that the rickety old farmhouse she lives in may be haunted.

Rural mail carrier Pat Ash stood shuddering and in shock Tuesday as she watched flames engulf her Jeep Wrangler in a rural driveway just moments after she escaped the car.

Eleven-year-old Hannah Urecht of Hillsboro is putting an unusual spin on the classic summer lemonade stand. Instead of homemade or frozen treats, she is selling handmade holders, specifically designed for freezer pops, at $1 each.

Jimmy Joe Jim Bob’s Roadkill Café, a parade exhibit put together by Jim and Melanie Stroda, Art Stroda, and Elaine and Randy Stein, won first place Monday as the most redneck parade entry at the Redneck in Ramona festival.

The Cottonwood River rose a foot above flood stage Sunday at Florence after large rainfalls were reported countywide: 5.1 inches at Marion, 4.1 at Goessel, and 2.3 at Durham.