As a way to open with an update on the financial condition of your hometown hospital, I think I should set the table a bit on how the industry is currently positioning itself.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Council Grove Republican
News
The Morris County Commissioner meeting was called to order on Tuesday, September 1st, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Commissioners Jim Barber, David Fox and Wayne Kohler were present.
Council Grove is serving as both a research site and a home base for Kansas State University researchers studying greater prairie-chickens across the Flint Hills, with additional work extending int
On September 11, 2001, the world watched from the outside as the shocking attacks on the World Trade Center unfolded.
Obituaries
Deborah “Debbie” Kay Taylor Leeds, 78, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2026, at Morris County Hospital in Council Grove, Kansas, surrounded by loved ones after a prolonged illness.
Marguerite Conlin Lietz, 81, Eskridge, Kansas, passed away on August 26, 2026.
Peggy Rae (Scott) Howerton of Alta Vista passed away on August 30, 2026, at age 75, in Manhattan, KS. She was born December 27, 1950, to Clyde and H.
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