The Neodesha Derrick News

09/05/2026

09/03/2026

The Neodesha Girls Golf team took 5th place this morning at their first tournament in program history. Awesome job girls

09/02/2026

In 1892, a drill bit reached just 832 feet below the ground in Neodesha, Kansas, and changed the state’s history.

William Mills’ discovery, Norman No. 1, became the first commercial oil well in the Mid-Continent Oil Field. What started as one successful well helped attract investors, bring refineries to the state and establish Kansas as an important part of America’s growing oil industry.

Norman No. 1 eventually stopped producing, but its legacy is still part of Kansas today. The original site is now home to a replica and museum that preserve the story of where Kansas’ oil industry began.

134 years later, Norman No. 1 remains a reminder that some of Kansas’ biggest stories started with a hole in the ground.

📸 Photo preserved by the Kansas Oil Museum.

09/01/2026

📍 GET YOUR SALE ON THE KANOKLA MAP! 📍

This is the OFFICIAL KANOKLA HIGHWAY SALE MAP! The ONLY ONE THAT WILL HAVE ALL THE TOWNS ON THE SAME MAP! Even If you have signed up for any other map, go ahead and sign up HERE, OR YOU WON'T BE ON THE MASTER MAP! HURRY UP SO WE CAN GET THE MAP COMPLETED!

Planning a sale for the 19th Annual KanOkla 100+ Mile Highway Sale — September 10–12, 2026?

It’s time to get your location added to the OFFICIAL KANOKLA MAP!

Whether you’re setting up at your home, business, church, group site, pasture, parking lot or anywhere along the route — go to our website to sign up and get your sale on the map!

🚗 Shoppers use the map to plan their route and find YOU, so don’t miss out!

👉 SIGN UP HERE:
kanoklahighwaysale.net

Please SHARE, SHARE, SHARE and tag anyone you know who is planning to have a sale!

🛍️ 19th Annual KanOkla 100+ Mile Highway Sale
📅 September 10th, 11th & 12th, 2026
📍 Miles of Deals & Memories!

08/25/2026

(Note: not a Montgomery County story but helping get the word out to our neighbors in Wilson County)

BOIL WATER ADVISORY ISSUED FOR WILSON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT

TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the Wilson County RWD 4 public water supply system located in Wilson County. Wilson County RWD 4 is located northeast of Neodesha.

Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice:

• Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation or use bottled water.

• Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic icemaker.

• If your tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the water run until it clears.

• Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.

• Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled. Supervision of children is necessary while bathing so that water is not ingested. Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.

The advisory took effect on August 25, 2026 and will remain in effect until the conditions that placed the system at risk of bacterial contamination are resolved. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a loss of pressure due to repairs being done on a broken line from Public Wholesale WSD 23, which supplies water to Wilson Co RWD 4.

Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.
Regardless of whether the public water supplier or Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced a boil water advisory, only KDHE can issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory.