Saturday was a great day for the Art in the Park. Katy Guthrie, Executive Director of Garden City Arts, which puts on the annual art festival in Stevens Park, said Saturday was a great day. It wasn’t 100 degrees outside and despite some wind and a little rain, it was good weatherwise. Plenty of people were in attendance, Guthrie said. It was busy throughout the morning and in the afternoon, there was a slow trickle of people, which picked up after lunch and the rain ended. Guthrie said it was great to have so many creatives gathered, and they were feeding [...]

Acting on a suggestion from the Chamber, a group of investors proposing to develop a Hilton Garden Inn in Hutchinson met last week with Kansas State Fair officials to explore locating the hotel on state property near the fairgrounds. Developer Aaron Brooks confirmed he met Thursday with Kansas State Fair Manager Bryan Schulz to explore the grounds and discuss the possibilities. But he provided no decision timeline. Hutchinson /Reno County Chamber of Commerce President Debra Teufel said that Brooks’ group is one of three developers looking at Hutchinson to construct a new hotel. Though one of those three has indicated Hutchinson [...]

Topeka's city government is preparing to significantly change its approach for dealing with overgrown grass and weeds in local neighborhoods. For decades, the city has had property maintenance employees respond to complaints and find out if grass, weeds or other uncultivated vegetation is more than 12 inches tall. If it is, the city asks the property owner to cut the grass. If the owner doesn't, the city has Shawnee County Jail inmate crews cut the grass, then bills the property owner. But the city is preparing to set up two separate programs aimed at improving on that, said city Councilwoman Karen [...]

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Ken Johnson, President and CEO at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, said there were "significant discussions" over several years encouraging the Clinic to recruit more primary care physicians. Recruiting doctors whose families want to live in Hutchinson has always been challenging. "There has been a significant shortage", said Johnson, who termed the need as "overwhelming." Johnson said the hospital remains focused on both "community and organizational needs" with local experience and outside studies showing the public could be better served with more primary care doctors. Millions of health care dollars are being "leaked" to outside providers in Wichita, Newton, Salina and elsewhere [...]