Three local students were part of the 23 new members recently initiated as brothers of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho at Kansas State University.

The Alpha Zeta Chapter has initiated more than 1,700 men into its fraternity. Alpha Gamma Rho is a social and professional agricultural fraternity with more than 60,000 undergraduate and alumni members around the world.

New members include Thomas Benton, Garnett, freshman in wildlife and outdoor enterprise management; Denver Johnston, Garnett, freshman in milling science and management; and Nick Waltz, Baldwin City, freshman in agricultural technology management.