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- Local nursing homes rated high by Medicare
What makes Medicalodge a highly-rated nursing home are the activities. Medicare gave the 49-bed nursing home in Clay Center and another in Clifton high marks in its five-star rating system.
- Chamber sees "new chapter" in 2009
The year 2009 will be a "new chapter" in the history of the Clay Center Area Chamber of Commerce, according to the newly-elected chairman of the organization.
- Newly remodeled bank 'survived 100 years'
In its first 100 years, Farmers and Merchants State Bank saw a vault door re-welded, the first drive-up window in Clay County and survived more than one financial crisis.
- Board balks at 6th grade drug testing
Sport Safe will be the vendor to provide random drug testing, as approved by the school board Monday, but the policy itself is still in question.
- 27 point doe taken in Clay County
Clay Center resident Mike Smith has shot a 27-point doe with antlers still covered in velvet.
- Williams proposes beautification program
Clay County commissioners have been asked to consider using economic development dollars for downtown beautification in communities around the county.
- Wakefield to update town plat
Wakefield has grown enough that the City Council believes it may be time to do a new city plat to update the city's map.
- Roll over injuries not serious
A man dialing on a cell phone about 8 a.m. this morning caused a roll-over accident on K-15 about a half a mile south of K-82, according to Sheriff's Department sources.
- Milo mountain looms and grows
Milo harvest is following the trend set by the rest of fall's harvest with phenomenal yields.
- Wakefield schools most improved test scores
Wakefield schools math teacher Chris Freeman says the secret to being the school with the most improvement test schools among small schools in the state is caring about kids.
- Wakefield to plant trees in park
Wakefield City Council approved 10 trees to be purchased and planted at Wakefield City Park at 609 Grove St.
- Halloween weekend more quiet, free from pranks
None of the incidents that on or after Halloween this weekend were related to the holiday, Sheriff's Deparment officials said.
- USD-379 Board ponders use of at-risk dollars
Unified School District 379 will use at-risk dollars this year to fund 20 percent of second-grade teachers' salaries in reading and math and to hire instructional aides for Lincoln, Garfield and Wakefield ...
- Corn and beans fair well in first harvest reports
Harvest has barely started in Clay County, with farmers currently focused on planting wheat and harvesting beans.
- Children authors program seeks funding
Last spring, each eighth grader at Clay Center Community Middle School completed a research paper about the 1980s, divided it into eight pages, and added eight more pages of artwork.
- Wakefield man injured in motorcycle crash near Chapman
A Wakefield man was flown to a Topeka hospital Friday night after being thrown from the motorcycle he was driving during a crash near Chapman.
- Enrollment jump puzzles USD officials
More kids are enrolled in Clay County schools than expected. Superintendent Mike Folks reported higher than projected enrollment numbers in a preliminary report Tuesday to the Unified School District No.
- Families crowd into Parents As Teachers program
Everything parents of the very young do or don't do teaches their child something and affects his or her abilities in school and beyond.
- USD-379 toughens rules on drugs, alcohol
The USD-379 policy on rule violations has been clarified, and in some instances toughened, just in time to be published in the student handbooks as the 2008-09 school year begins.
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City DescriptionWakefield is a city in Clay County, Kansas, United States. The population was 838 at the 2000 census.
Wakefield is located at 39°12′58″N 97°0′55″W / 39.21611, -97.01528 (39.216228, -97.015244).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.2 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 838 people, 323 households, and 231 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,774.7 people per square mile (688.4/km²). There were 362 housing units at an average density of 766.6/sq mi (297.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.94% White, 0.84% African American, 1.07% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.60% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.19% of the population.
There were 323 households out of which 39.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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