Tag: spring

Police seek tips in Spring Twp. fraud incidents

Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $10,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest in this case or any other case or crime. Tipsters with crime information can call 877-373-9913 anytime or contact Crime Alert at its website at www.alertberks.org or via the AlertBerks […]

Local wheat farmer begins harvest after wet spring

Jun. 18—Despite a wet spring and some issues with a fungal crop disease, a local wheat farmer is optimistic that this year’s harvest should yield about as much as last year. Kent Mellendorf has been farming since 1990, and he’s been growing soft red winter wheat in a field just a few miles southwest of […]