Harvey County News
Here is the Oct. 19 update from the Harvey County Health Department regarding cases of COVID-19 in Harvey County:
▪️ Cases to date: 480 (37 new cases since Oct. 12)
▪️ Recovered to date: 439 (54 new recovered since Oct. 12)
▪️ Known active cases: 33 (Down 17 since Oct. 12)
▪️ Deaths to date: 8
▪️ Current hospitalizations: 2
▪️ People tested to date: 5,900 (200 new people tested since Oct. 12)
▪️ Total PCR tests to date: 8,400 (304 new PCR tests since Oct. 12)
Additional statistical and demographic information can be found on our COVID-19 dashboard: www.harveycounty.com/covid19stats
Our cases include confirmed and probable cases. There are 473 confirmed and seven probable cases.
As of today, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported 72,968 cases of COVID-19 in the state to date, including 3,421 hospitalizations and 872 deaths. The KDHE reported 598,394 completed tests in the state.
Harvey County COVID-19 Dashboard
Harvey County COVID-19 Dashboard
Harvey County is located in south central Kansas, along the Little Arkansas River. Harvey County is approximately ten miles north of the City of Wichita, and is within the northern portion of the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area. The County encompasses 540 square miles, is 18 miles wide in its....Timeline PhotosIs your baby sleeping safe? For the first year, you want to make sure you're following your ABCs:
A - Baby is to always sleep ALONE
B - Baby is to always sleep on his or her BACK
C - Baby is to always sleep in a CRIB or bassinet - not with an adult or other children
When you follow these simple steps, you can lower your baby's risk for SIDS. Help us spread the word by posting a picture of your baby sleeping safe with the hashtag #SleepSafeSnap for #SIDSAwarenessMonth
The Harvey County Commission voted unanimously (2-0) to extend a local health order requiring face masks be worn in Harvey County until rescinded, superseded, or amended. This health order is the same as the previous order in place, which requires individuals to wear a face mask over their nose and mouth in any indoor or outdoor public space where social distance of 6 feet cannot be maintained at all times.
There remains exceptions to the order, such as children 5 years old and younger, individuals that are deaf or hard of hearing, and individuals with a medical condition, mental health condition, or disability that prevents them from wearing a face cover.
The decision to extend the order comes in consultation with our local public health professionals, our public health office, and our local medical community. Face masks, practicing social distancing and good hand hygiene are our best preventative steps against COVID-19.
You can view local statistics on COVID-19 here: www.harveycounty.com/covid19stats
Harvey County COVID-19 Dashboard
Harvey County COVID-19 Dashboard
Harvey County is located in south central Kansas, along the Little Arkansas River. Harvey County is approximately ten miles north of the City of Wichita, and is within the northern portion of the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area. The County encompasses 540 square miles, is 18 miles wide in its....Particularly appropriate today knowing our brothers and sisters in Rice County lived that awful scenario yet once again yesterday...officer shot, officer down....
Dispatcher's Prayer
Dear Lord,
Help me keep safe those who depend on me. Give me
healthy ears, for they are my link with those who need me. Keep my mind sharp and alert, my fingers quick and nimble. Grant that I never forget how to do ten things at once, and do them all equally well.
Bless me with patience Lord. Patience to deal with the public, with the officers, with the boss, and with everyone else who makes me want to grit my teeth and yell. Give me nerves of steel, that I may listen to a mother screaming for her child to live, the man with a gun, or an officer yelling for backup, and not give way to panic.
Grant me empathy, that I may help the battered wife, the rape victim, the abused child, and not cause them more pain than they already have.
God, give me the ability to learn what I need, to remember it quickly, and give me the wisdom to use the knowledge properly.
Bless my family Lord, for they will have to make sacrifices to shift work, overtime, canceled plans, and times when I just can't take on one more thing.
Help them understand the missed ball games, school
programs, and dinners for two.
Lord, give me courage. Courage to persevere when I feel undervalued, unappreciated, overworked, and unrecognized. Courage to keep trying when I feel in my heart it's hopeless. Last of all Lord, help me to never forget why I chose to do this job in the first place, to never lose sight of what is important in the midst of the stress.
Help me to remember that I make a difference, however small it may seem some days, and that I matter.
I am a dispatcher, Lord, grant me peace.
Author Unknown.
Prayers for all involved and that this comes to a quick resolution with no more injuries.#BREAKING UPDATE -- Officer among 2 injured in Lyons shooting: bit.ly/3o1uPED
If you requested an advance mail ballot for the election, there are multiple ways you can safely return it:
📫 Mail it back to the Harvey County Clerk's Office
📍 Bring it to the ballot drop box at Newton Fire/EMS Station 3 (2520 S. Kansas Ave., Newton)
📍 Bring it to the ballot drop box at the Harvey County Courthouse (800 N. Main St., Newton)
📍 Bring it inside to the Clerk's Office at the Courthouse
🗳 Take it to a poll site on Election Day
Please make sure the ballot is signed and placed in the return envelope!If you requested an advance mail ballot for the election, there are multiple ways you can safely return it:
📫 Mail it back to the Harvey County Clerk's Office
📍 Bring it to the ballot drop box at Newton Fire/EMS Station 3 (2520 S. Kansas Ave., Newton)
📍 Bring it to the ballot drop box at the Harvey County Courthouse (800 N. Main St., Newton)
📍 Bring it inside to the Clerk's Office at the Courthouse
🗳 Take it to a poll site on Election Day
Please make sure the ballot is signed and placed in the return envelope!
Check out the City of Newton's sweet new flag! 🖤💛On Tuesday, the City Commission officially adopted our city flag. Now the design is ready for you to use! Downloadable files are available for personal or commercial use. We can't wait to see the flag creatively adapted to show your community pride! tonewton.com/newton-ks-flag
Timeline Photos#WellnessWednesday is more than a hashtag… it’s your reminder to set aside “me” time to focus on you and your family’s physical and emotional health. Over the lunch hour tomorrow (noon CST), Tammi Krier, Healthy Eating Director at the Greater Wichita YMCA, will be going LIVE on our Facebook page to give you #tipsandtricks on how to “Avoid the COVID-15 Weight Gain.” (Join the event buff.ly/3jFAk9x.)
The presentation is the second is a multi-part Wellness Wednesday series that emphasizes the importance of healthy living for people of all ages.
The series is already a hit and was recently featured on KSN. You can read the story here: buff.ly/3jBUqkV.
#ymca #ILoveWichita #healthyliving #selfcare #health #healthylifestyle #wellnessjourney #wednesdaywisdom #fitness #motivation #workoutwednesday #nutrition #healthy #healthandwellness #wellbeing #wednesdaymotivation #wednesdayvibes #wellnessthatworks #wellnesscoach
Medicare Part D enrollment begins today, and we're here to help with the process through the Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas program.
SHICK is a free service for those 65 and older with Medicare Part D. SHICK helps identify options that can save money on prescriptions - it can mean hundreds of dollars in annual savings - but the decision process is always 100 percent yours.
SHICK is a Kansas State Research and Extension - Harvey County program. The Harvey County Department on Aging can also help with enrollment. Either organization can help get you an appointment:
Research and Extension: 316-284-6930
Department on Aging: 316-284-6880.Medicare Part D enrollment begins today, and we're here to help with the process through the Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas program.
SHICK is a free service for those 65 and older with Medicare Part D. SHICK helps identify options that can save money on prescriptions - it can mean hundreds of dollars in annual savings - but the decision process is always 100 percent yours.
SHICK is a Kansas State Research and Extension - Harvey County program. The Harvey County Department on Aging can also help with enrollment. Either organization can help get you an appointment:
Research and Extension: 316-284-6930
Department on Aging: 316-284-6880.
We want to offer a big congratulations to James Morris. Morris recently completed his training at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center to becomes a certified law enforcement officer.
Morris made the move to become a road deputy earlier this year. He has several years of service in the Sheriff's Office. Morris previously worked eight years as a sergeant in the Detention Center before moving to patrol. Great job, and well deserved, Morris!We want to offer a big congratulations to James Morris. Morris recently completed his training at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center to becomes a certified law enforcement officer.
Morris made the move to become a road deputy earlier this year. He has several years of service in the Sheriff's Office. Morris previously worked eight years as a sergeant in the Detention Center before moving to patrol. Great job, and well deserved, Morris!
As of Monday, we've had 7,350 individuals request an advance-by-mail ballot. Our first batch of advance mail ballots go out today to those that requested them.
If you have not requested an advance-by-mail ballot for this election but would like to, you can do so through Oct. 27.
When you are ready to return your ballot, please make sure you have signed it in the appropriate place and placed it inside the accompanying envelope. There are multiples ways the completed ballot can be returned - it can be mailed back, returned to one of our official ballot drop box locations, brought to the Clerk's Office inside the Harvey County Courthouse, or taken to a poll site on Election Day.
As a reminder, all official election mail has this logo printed on it.
For those that prefer to vote in person, early voting begins Oct. 20 at the Courthouse. Poll sites are open across the county on Election Day, Nov. 3.As of Monday, we've had 7,350 individuals request an advance-by-mail ballot. Our first batch of advance mail ballots go out today to those that requested them.
If you have not requested an advance-by-mail ballot for this election but would like to, you can do so through Oct. 27.
When you are ready to return your ballot, please make sure you have signed it in the appropriate place and placed it inside the accompanying envelope. There are multiples ways the completed ballot can be returned - it can be mailed back, returned to one of our official ballot drop box locations, brought to the Clerk's Office inside the Harvey County Courthouse, or taken to a poll site on Election Day.
As a reminder, all official election mail has this logo printed on it.
For those that prefer to vote in person, early voting begins Oct. 20 at the Courthouse. Poll sites are open across the county on Election Day, Nov. 3.
A big Thank You to Logan Headings for sharing these great pictures from last weekends "Big Sit" at Harvey County East Park.Photos from Logan Headings's post
Great grant funding opportunities available for local organizations!
TODAY is the last day to register to be able to vote in the general election. Or, if you haven't checked your registration to make sure it's up-to-date, it's the time to get that done, too.
We'll be here in the County Clerk's office at the Harvey County Courthouse until 7 p.m. tonight, ready to help get you registered to vote.
If you prefer, you can also register or check your registration online right now: www.ksvotes.org/
KSVotes.org
KSVotes.org is the fastest, simplest way to register to vote in Kansas using just your touchscreen device.COVID-19 update for Oct. 12.
We continue to get local reports of unemployment claim fraud. We even had several fellow City employees become victims. If you believe your identity may have been used to make a fraudulent claim, first use this link to report it: www.fraudreport.ks.gov
Once you have reported it to the Department of Labor and have a case number from them, please bring a copy of that, along with all related documents and correspondence to the Police Department to make a local identity theft case. If you have any questions, please call us and we will help direct you through this process.
Drug Take Back Day is October 24th! Clean out your medicine cabinet and drop the old, unused medicines at the Law Enforcement Center that Saturday between 10 AM and 2 PM
Drug Take Back Day is October 24th! Clean out your medicine cabinet and drop the old, unused medicines at the Law Enforcement Center that Saturday between 10 AM and 2 PM
KU School of Medicine is doing a study and needs participants. See the attached flyer for more information.
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Welcome to Harvey County
Nearly 35,000 residents call Harvey County home. The county landscape pairs picturesque country living with vibrant downtown shopping centers. Harvey County serves the cities of Burrton, Halstead, Hesston, Newton, North Newton, Sedgwick, and Walton, as well as 15 townships.
Harvey County is home to a bustling airport and train service, innovative economic leaders, sprawling parks, and welcoming school districts. Food and entertainment opportunities abound, with even more amenities within a short driving distance to our friendly neighboring counties.
Events Schedule
Oct 19 County Commission Meeting @ 9:00 AM |
Oct 20 Early In-Person Voting Begins @ 8:00 AM |
Oct 27 County Commission Meeting @ 9:00 AM |
Nov 2 Food and Farm Council Meeting @ 4:00 PM |
Nov 3 Election Day for General Election @ 12:00 AM |
Nov 9 Parks Advisory Board Meeting @ 7:00 PM |
Nov 10 County Commission Meeting @ 9:00 AM |
Nov 11 Veterans Day (County Facilities Closed) @ 12:00 AM |
Nov 17 County Commission Meeting @ 9:00 AM |
Nov 24 County Commission Meeting @ 9:00 AM |
Nov 26 Thanksgiving Day (County Facilities Closed) @ 12:00 AM |
Nov 27 |
Dec 1 County Commission Meeting @ 9:00 AM |
Dec 7 Food and Farm Council Meeting @ 4:00 PM |
Dec 8 County Commission Meeting @ 9:00 AM |
Dec 15 County Commission Meeting @ 9:00 AM |
Dec 21 First-half Taxes Due @ 5:00 PM |
Dec 22 County Commission Meeting @ 9:00 AM |
Dec 24 Christmas Eve (Facilities Close at Noon) @ 12:00 AM |
Dec 25 Christmas (County Facilities Closed) @ 12:00 AM |
