Silt caused great difficulties for navigators. The sediment that collected on sandbars forced the main channel to change its location or diverted the current through many small channels. Vessels passing over these bars between deep-water pools frequently ran aground. The channel changes caused by the bars increased erosion, added more silt to the river, and caused the silt to accumulate on the downstream bars. These changes occurred in continuous cycles.

Prairie View Gospel Barn is excited to welcome back awardwinning recording artist Chris Golden for a return engagement on Sunday, June 22, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 5:00 p.m.

Several lifeguards and pool manager Jana Winters were on hand at the Gregory City Council meeting Monday evening, June 16, 2025, to find out the status of the city’s twin pools for the summer. The pool is losing tens of thousands of gallons of water, but Public Works Superintendent Guhner Kepler has not been able to determine where it is leaking or where all the water is going.

A mother’s intuition is often the most accurate predictor of what is going on with one of her children, and Kaylea Hannahs is proof of that. Kaylea and Phillip Hannahs, who live about ten miles south of Reliance, have four boys: newborn Brooks, two-year-old Riggs, Lane 8, Rylan - 9, and Kord - 10.

The regular meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education was held at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, June 12, 2025. Summer food prog ram extended through July 18 Delivering the Gorilla Good News was outgoing Food Service Director Suzanne Braun.

The start of summer brings a sense of excitement for many teens. Take a moment to reflect back to your teen years. As we reminisce, we can likely all say that our adolescent years were a unique and informative time of our life. Mental wellbeing habits are often formed during this time as teens strengthen their social and emotional skills, laying a foundation of habits for the rest of their life. Consider what habits you perhaps formed during this time and what supports you had or needed when you were a teen.