City of Phillipsburg names new Community Development Director

The Phillipsburg City Council recently hired Phillipsburg native Scott Aust as the city’s new Community Development Director.

A 1985 graduate of Phillipsburg High School, Aust earned a bachelor’s degree from Fort Hays State University.

For more than 20 years Aust worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota covering government, growth and development, business and community issues. Most recently, he served as the Director of Communications for Finney County Economic Development Corporation in Garden City, Kan., and also oversaw the operation of the Greater Garden City community information website and social media platforms.

(Read more: Phillipsburg, KS)