GOVE COUNTY — Two people were injured in an accident just after 3:30p.m. Tuesday in Gove County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Chevy Equinox driven by Kimberly Lynch, 46, Grinnell, was west bound on old 40 highway one mile west of Grainfield.

The driver lost control of the vehicle on the loose gravel conditions. It entered the north ditch and rolled.

Lynch and a passenger Rita Schutte, 58, Oakley, were transported to Gove County Medical Center.

Two children in the vehicle were not injured. All four were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

August 10
Out of County Criminal Transport, El Dorado, 7:40 a.m.
Personal Injury Motor Vehicle Accident, 1900 block Victoria Road, Hays, 8:28 a.m.
Cattle Out, Ellis County, 8:35 a.m.
Criminal Damage to Property, 1500 block West 12th Street, Hays, 10:00 a.m. > 10:14 a.m.
Cattle Out, 2500 block Codell Avenue, Plainville, 2:39 p.m.
Civil Transport, Rural Ellis County, 5:05 p.m.
Assist, State Highway, 11:37 p.m.

August 11
Criminal Transport, Larned, 12:45 p.m.

August 12
Cattle Out, 100 block Feedlot Road, Ellis County, 4:38 p.m.
Motor Vehicle Accident, 1300 Fairground Road, Ellis County, 5:14 p.m.
Cattle Out, 1600 block 230th Avenue, Ellis County, 9:01 p.m.
Suspicious Activity, 1000 block 250th Avenue, Ellis County, 10:01 p.m.
Disturbance-Fight, 1300 block Fairground Road, Ellis County, 10:22 p.m.

August 14
Theft, 1500 block West 27th Street, Ellis County, 8:59 a.m.
Civil Dispute, 2500 block Antonino Road, Antonino, 9:52 a.m.
Out of County Criminal Transport, Dodge City, 9:56 a.m.
Motor Vehicle Accident, Ellis County, 11:43 a.m.
Motor Vehicle Accident, 1000 block 270th Avenue, Hays, 1:30 p.m.
Trash Dumping, 1200 block Noose Road, Ellis County, 1:34 p.m.
Out of County Criminal Transport, Alma, 2:41 p.m.
Warrant Service, 100 block West 12th, Hays, 6:07 p.m.
Criminal Transport, Wakeeney, 6:29 p.m.
Disturbance, 2000 block East 8th Street, Hays, 8:03 p.m.
Disturbance, 2400 block East 7th Street, Ellis County, 8:19 p.m.
Cattle Out, Ellis County, 8:49 p.m.

By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

Ellis County Fire Co. No. 4 will soon be getting a new fire truck to replace their nearly 40-year-old truck.

The Ellis County Commission approved the purchase of a new rescue fire truck from Hays Fire and Rescue at Monday’s commission meeting.

The rescue truck will be similar to Rescue 50 out of Hays, which is a wildland fire truck that also carries the rescue tools.

Ellis County Director of Fire and Emergency Management Darin Myers said the truck is a new type of truck that they are incorporating into the fleet.

“It is a interface between a wildland vehicle, so we can fight grass fires through the difficult terrain, as well as working on vehicle accidents,” Myers said.

The department is replacing the bigger trucks in the fleet with the smaller trucks.

“The philosophy of this truck is to purchase less expensive truck to run on the more frequent calls,” Myers said.

The truck will cost the department $130,798 dollars and is expected to be ready for the county in six to eight months.

In other business, Cottonwood Extension District Director Donna Krug provided her first report to the commission. The Cottonwood Extension District, the consolidation of the Barton and Ellis County Districts, officially started July 1, but Krug said they began working together before the partnership began. She said she believes there will be great collaboration between the two counties.

“We really do see the Cottonwood District as something that will be able to sustain many many years into the future,” Krug said. “We know that funding was getting very tight, and I think that you’ll be very pleased with what we can provide.”

Beginning in 2018, the extension district will begin collecting taxes as its own independent taxing authority and will no longer be funded by the counties.

In other business the commission gave Myers the approval to sell old radio equipment that was recently found in the basement of the Law Enforcement Center. Myers said it is equipment that is not compatible with the county’s current radio equipment.

Commissioner Dean Haselhorst was absent from Monday’s meeting.

Eagle Radio of Hays broadcasters were honored by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters this week.

Gerard Wellbrock, the Voice of the Fort Hays State University Tigers, won top honors in the complete sportscast category for the Mix 103.3 Morning Sports Update on KJLS.

Theresa Trapp won first place in the personality aircheck category for Polka on the Plains on KAYS.

Awards will be presented at the annual KAB convention in October in Manhattan.

TOPEKA — The 21st Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Ness County District Magistrate Judge James R. Kepple to fill a magistrate judge vacancy in Riley County.

The commission conducted public interviews of applicants for the position Monday in Manhattan. Eight people had applied for the opening.

Kepple’s new position will be effective upon his swearing-in.

The 21st Judicial District includes Riley and Clay counties. The vacancy was created by the Aug. 11 retirement of Magistrate Judge Sheila Hochhauser, who had served as a judge since 2007.

Kansas law requires that a magistrate judge be a resident of the county at the time of swearing-in and while serving; be at least 30 years old; have graduated from a high school, secondary school, or the equivalent; and either be a lawyer admitted to practice in Kansas or pass an examination given by the Kansas Supreme Court and become certified within 18 months.

Members of the 21st Judicial District Nominating Committee are Kansas Supreme Court Justice Marla J. Luckert as the non-voting chair; William J. Bahr, Johanna D. Lyle, James W. Morrison, Derrick L. Roberson, and Richard H. Seaton Jr., all of Manhattan; Kyle C. Bauer, Clay Center; Steven L. Hargrave, Randolph; and Steven C. McMahan, Clay Center.

— Office of Judicial Administration