🌱 How Axtell’s tiny grocery is beating the odds in rural Kansas

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• How Axtell’s tiny grocery is beating the odds in rural Kansas

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 50 and low of 25 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 53, low: 36.
• Thursday: Very windy; cooler, with a high of 42 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

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📰 News we're reading

• Grocery Industry Navigates Expansion, Rural Challenges Across Kansas (theshelbyreport.com) — Axtell’s community-owned grocery store is highlighted as a rare rural success story, where local investors and volunteers keep shelves stocked and partner with the school and civic groups. The piece contrasts Axtell’s cooperative model with widespread rural grocery closures, statewide tax changes on food, and stalled legislation that could further support small-town stores across Kansas.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• HSBB @ Blue Valley
  Frankfort High Frankfort, KS 66427
  4:45 pm
• Tuesday Night Book Club
  Seneca Library , 606 Main St , Seneca
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• JHBB @ Onaga
  Onaga High School , 500 High St , Onaga
  6:00 pm
• JHBB (h) vs D-West
  Frankfort High Frankfort, KS 66427
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• HSBB @ Valley Heights
  Valley Heights Jr-Sr High School , 2274 6th Rd , Blue Rapids
  4:30 pm
• HSBB (h) vs Onaga
  Frankfort High Frankfort, KS 66427
  4:45 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Premier Transportation posted a job opening for Regional Class A Drivers: $500 - $2,500 Driver Referral Bonus (Unlimited) in Axtell. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Seneca. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Axtell here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Marysville

• Marshall County Commission Meeting Minutes – 12/8/2025 (sunflowerstateradio.com)

Wamego

• Black-Owned Zydeco Meadery Honors Caribbean Heritage With Signature Hibiscus Mead Carnival Rose (delawareblack.com)

Manhattan

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-- The Patch AM Team

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