10 YEARS AGO

AUG. 3, 2016

The Santa Fe and Chisholm Trails might not have been the only historic routes across Marion County.

Farmer Steve Krispense has discovered a half-mile stretch of what probably was a 160-year-old trail connecting Marion and Abilene in Gale Township, northeast of Marion Reservoir and south of Mud Creek.

With no Democrats challenging them, incumbents Dan Holub and Randy Dallke won re-election as county commissioners in the Republican primary Tuesday. Holub, with 39.9% of the vote, defeated Mike Beneke with 36.5% and Brett Hajek with 23.6%. Dallke, with 55.2%, defeated Amy Soyez, 30.5%, and Stephen Rose, 14.3%.

Irene Richmond isn’t planning on giving up her designated parking space at Marion Senior Center anytime soon. Seven weeks shy of her 100th birthday, she just renewed her driver’s license for four years.

Asked at the county fair what one wish they would like a genie to grant, 8-year-old Eli Klenda of Pilsen said “to have every single Lego in the world,” 14-year-old Katelyn Olson of Goessel said “to have the world of Harry Potter be real,” and 15-year-old Kayla Page of Peabody said “put cancer and abuse to an end.”