Appleton City fireworks ordinance

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Rich Hill reminder regarding fireworks

With the holiday approaching, now is the time to refresh on the city ordinance for fireworks. Please reference ordinance number 1397 Fireworks for use of fireworks and what is prohibited within city limits. This can be found on the city's website under the ordinance tab. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us.

Section 4: Use of fireworks with aerial trajectory prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess with intent to discharge, throw, use, explode, detonate or shoot, within the city limits, bottle rockets, rockets of all types and sizes and any and all fireworks with an aerial trajectory having a cylinder or cartridge that is not intended to be completely consumed before landing.

Section 5: Use of other fireworks limited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or place any fireworks, including pyrotechnic devices, in such manner that the explosion of same will likely endanger or cause injury or damage to any person or property; provided further that it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or detonate fireworks of any nature within the city limits except on June 20th to July 3rd until 10:00 p.m., through the event until 10:00 p.m., and July 4th to midnight of each year.

Meth and paraphernalia seized in Vernon county

Today, the Vernon County Sheriff's Office and the Nevada Police Department executed a narcotics search warrant in northwest Vernon County as part of an ongoing investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine.

During the operation, law enforcement took three subjects into custody. Law enforcement seized methamphetamine and related paraphernalia from the residence.

All three individuals were transported to the Vernon County Jail for holding. A request for the filing of formal charges will be submitted to the Vernon County Prosecutor’s Office for review.

We remain committed to keeping our communities safe and holding those involved in the distribution of illegal drugs accountable

Obituary - Maynard Dean Browning

Maynard Dean Browning, 88, Nevada, MO passed away on Monday, June 30, 2025 at Nevada Regional Medical Center.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 7, 2025 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 10-11:00 a.m. prior to the service.

Memorials are suggested in his name to the American Heart Association c/o Ferry Funeral Home.

Obituary - Kelly Kehl

Kelly Kehl, age 87, of Mound City, Kansas passed away Saturday, June 28, 2025 at his rural Mound City home. Kelly was born March 25, 1938 south of Parker, Kansas to Keith (Tom) Emerson Kehl and Helen Edith (Giffin) Kehl. Kelly attended elementary school in Lawrence, Kansas before the family moved to Blue Mound, Kansas in 1946. He worked in his teen years mowing at the Pleasant View Cemetery and a variety of other jobs. In high school he played football and basketball, graduating in 1956. October 18, 1959 Kelly and Maribeth Maxine West were married in Mound City, Kansas, followed by the birth of their two children, daughter Melissa, and son, Kris. In 1966, the family made Mound City, Kansas their home. Kelly worked for a surveying company, an elevator company, as a bulldozer operator for his father-in-law, Bernard West, and in 1968 returned to the elevator industry where he worked for several elevator companies and was a member of the International Union of Elevator Constructors Local #12, until he retired in 1996. Kelly liked hunting (quail, deer, elk), trout fishing, and camping in the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming. He spent many hours caring for his Missouri Fox Trotter mares and their mule offspring and registered horse colts. In later years he enjoyed having coffee with "the guys" at Everybody's in Mound City. Survivors include his partner in life, Maribeth Kehl of Mound City, daughter, Melissa (Marshall) Toburen of Kansas City, Kansas, son, Kris (Dina) Kehl of Odessa, Missouri, granddaughters, Katelynn Kehl of Great Bend, Kansas, Kelsey Kehl of Kansas City, Missouri, and sister, Kay Kehl Roberts, Columbia, Missouri. In addition to his parents, Kelly was preceded in death by a grandson, Kade Kehl, and infant sister, Beverly Ann Kehl.

A graveside funeral service will be held 11 am Thursday, July 3, 2025 at the Pleasant View Cemetery, Blue Mound, Kansas. Friends and family will gather 10 am prior to the funeral home at the Schneider Funeral Home, Mound City Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 pm Wednesday, July 2 at the Schneider Mound City Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Blue Mound Alumni Association or the Mound City Historical Society. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.

Obituary - Elmo "Buck" Grable

 

Elmo "Buck" Grable age 77 of Creighton, Missouri departed this life Thursday, June 26, 2025 at Lee's Summit Medical Center, Lee's Summit, Missouri. 

Cremation with graveside service will be held at a later date. 

A complete obituary and service details will be posted once that information becomes available, courtesy Dickey Funeral Home.

Obituary - Phyllis Ann Chaney

Phyllis Ann Chaney, 93, of Harrisonville, Missouri, peacefully passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at Crown Care in Harrisonville. A memorial service will be held at Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at 2:00 PM, with visitation beginning at 1:00 PM. Memorial contributions are recommended to MARC in Harrisonville to support Senior Citizens in-home care.

A complete obituary will be posted when it is available.

Bates County Sheriff's Office and Commission come to agreement regarding rodeo

 

During a meeting held today in the Bates County Commission chambers, Sheriff Chad Anderson with commissioners John Gray and Trent Nelson came to an agreement regarding payment for the annual Sheriff's Rodeo coming later this year.

After a lengthy debate, both Gray and Nelson voted to pay $7,500.00 towards the 2025 rodeo and 1/2 of the rodeo expenses for all years to follow. This year the Sheriff's Posse will contribute $3,000.00 to the rodeo as well.

Although a tie breaker wasn't needed, Presiding Commissioner Jim Wheatley voiced a no vote.

Full details from the discussion today will be revealed in the upcoming release of meeting minutes from the clerk's office.