Beloit, Kansas

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• USD 279 board discusses options with Beloit
  

  Josh Burks and Sherry Koster, representatives of the Jewell school board, attended a meeting of the Beloit schoolboard Monday night to explore options concerning the future of the Jewell School.

  At the meeting of the Jewell board held last Monday members discussed possible options if consolidation were to take place with the Rock Hills district. The Jewell board decided to send representatives to Beloit and to explore further options.

  This week the Beloit Call reported Joe Harrison, Beloit superintendent, reviewed the laws and benefits, and the procedures that would have to happen for unification with Jewell. A conference call was held prior to the meeting, between Harrison, Bob Tipton, Jewell superintendent, and Dale Dennis of the state department.

• Family supports man accused of murder
  

  Members of Ben Gericke's family expressed "shock" Friday that he was charged with murdering his 11-month-old child in July.

• Beloit Father Charged in Baby Daughters Death
  

  Prosecutors charge a man from Central Kansas in the death of his 11-month-old daughter.

• Charges Filed in Death of a Child
  

  A three month investigation into the death of a child in Beloit ends with charges filed.

• Race ends in Mitchell County
  

  Mitchell County Attorney Jess Hoeme has decided not to seek re-election, but he will complete his term.

• Mitchell County Attorney drops re-election bid
  

  Mitchell County Attorney Jess Hoeme has decided not to seek re-election, but he will complete his term.

• AGCO to expand Kansas plants, add 50 jobs
  

  AGCO will expand its plants in Beloit and Cawker City, adding 50 jobs. The Duluth, Ga.-based company makes the Sunflower brand of drills and tillage equipment at those plants.

• Todd Allen Guy
  

  Todd Allen Guy, 49 of Clay Center, died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at McPherson. Mr. Guy was born July 20, 1959, at Beloit, the son of Walter and Pat Guy.

• Grant funding available to support innovative ideas for farms,
  

  Innovative farmers and ranchers who want to implement a new, sustainable, idea to improve their operation are encouraged to apply for grants available through the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture ...

• Mitchell County Authorities Investigate Child Death
  

  Authorities in Mitchell County are investigating the death of an 11-month-old child.

• church notes
  

  An offering will be taken. Whitebird has appeared in Bennington, Salina and many churches in surrounding counties.

• Beloit woman injured in crash
  

  A woman was seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident Friday morning at Waconda Lake.

• Drier weather brings farmers to the fields
  

  Thanks to dry weather, wheat harvest was in full swing across most of the High Plains region the week of June 30.

• Beloit man hurt in crash
  

  A semitrailer driver was taken to the hospital Monday morning after his truck rolled in rural Mitchell County.

• BLOG: K-State Ambassadors continue term during summer
  

  The K-State Ambassadors are selected at the conclusion of Homecoming week. The student body selected ambassadors serve to welcome student, alumni and friends of the university to K-State sponsored events.

• Kreps leaves mark by building Kansas' biosciences brand
  

  KansasBio’s Angela Kreps makes a difference by being “absolutely exceptional in telling the Kansas story,” a colleague says.

• Church Notes
  

  Mediums from across the U.S. will be available for private readings and daily healing.

• Storm Chasers Capture Midwest Twisters On Tape
  

  A strong line of storms ripped through the Midwest on Thursday, spawning several tornadoes.

• Storm Chasers Catch Tornado on Video
  

  Video from storm chasers outside of Beloit, Kansas. Another tornado outbreak from Nebraska through Kansas to Iowa with over fifty reports of tornadoes.

City Description

Beloit is a city in Mitchell County, Kansas, United States. The population was 4,019 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Mitchell County. On permanent organization of the county in 1870, Beloit was selected as the county seat of Mitchell County, Kansas and is located northeast of the center of the county on the Solomon River. The town site of Beloit was first settled by A.A. Bell in 1868 with the idea of improving the water power and for some time was known as Willow Springs. Beloit sits at the junction of the Union Pacific and the Missouri Pacific Railroads. It has an altitude of 1,381 feet and is located 162 miles from Topeka. Local legend has it that the local Indians advised Bell to locate the town at a certain bend of the Solomon river to protect the town from tornadoes. To this date, downtown Beloit has never been hit with a tornado, although outlaying areas have. The town of Beloit was platted March 26, 1872 and the original description as found in the recorder's office covers all of Section 9, and the south half of the southeast quarter and south half of the southwest quarter of Section 4, Town 7 and Range 7 west. The proprietors of the town were T.F. Hersey, A.A.

City Contained By:

• Mitchell County
• Kansas

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 10.3599524413 km squared

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