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Private entity to help fund new county health planner’s job

info2019-05-17T13:58:06-05:00May 17th, 2019|

The Shawnee County Commission Thursday approved a contract arranging for a private entity to provide half the annual salary and benefits for a recently created community health planner’s job. The contract arranges for the Topeka Community Foundation to finance half the job’s salary and benefits. Commissioners had voted in December to create the job, which will focus on the “big picture” of health in Shawnee County. County health department director Linda Ochs told commissioners Thursday she had made a contingent job offer to a candidate, who is tentatively set to start May 28 at annual compensation in salary and benefits of [...]

Firm provides recommendations for school boundaries

info2019-05-17T13:56:38-05:00May 17th, 2019|

A consulting firm has provided a recommendation for future boundaries for the attendance areas of Leavenworth’s public elementary schools. As the result of a 2018 bond issue, the Leavenworth school district will be transitioning from four elementary schools to one early childhood center and three elementary schools. This will require the boundary lines for elementary school attendance areas to be redrawn. The Leavenworth Board of Education hired RSP & Associates to conduct an enrollment and boundary analysis. Representatives of the consulting firm shared their recommendations with board members earlier this week. (Read more: Leavenworth Times)

Partnership allows Dodge City HS students to get early start in medical field

info2019-05-17T13:55:30-05:00May 17th, 2019|

Dodge City High School is offering students the opportunity to get an early start in the medical field. A partnership with Dodge City Community College and Dodge City High School allows the high-school students to become certified nurse assistants. When the program starts in the fall, two classrooms at Dodge City High School will be set up as labs and equipped with clinical equipment. "There's a great demand for certified nurses' aides in our work area and so the demand in the work field has really prompted students to seek classes so they could become certified," says Dodge City High School [...]

Visioning workshop scheduled for Leavenworth county comprehensive plan

info2019-05-17T13:54:13-05:00May 17th, 2019|

Leavenworth County residents who are interested in the future development of the county are invited to attend a public meeting next week at the Basehor Community Library. The meeting is being conducted as part of a process that will result in a new comprehensive plan for Leavenworth County. The comprehensive plan, which is sometimes referred to as a master plan, will provide a future land use plan, according to Jeff Joseph, director of the Leavenworth County Planning and Zoning Department. Joseph said the comprehensive plan for the county was put together in 2008. In February, Leavenworth County commissioners approved a contract [...]

Winfield meets Wall

info2019-05-17T13:53:26-05:00May 17th, 2019|

Taggart Wall, who started his new job Monday, said he ‘couldn’t be in a better place with better people’ and praised city employees’ response to the flooding that affected the city this past week. Wall, a Winfield native, was most recently city manager of Sterling. He is a former Winfield city commissioner and a former management intern with the City of Arkansas City. (Read more: www.ctnewsonline.com - RSS Results)

Ellis County Commissioners divided on countywide sales tax

info2019-05-17T07:38:29-05:00May 17th, 2019|

Whether a half-cent or a quarter-cent, whether shared or not shared, Ellis County’s three commissioners at their regular meeting Monday evening admitted they don’t agree on the details of a proposed countywide sales tax. Speaking at the end of the nearly hourlong discussion, commission chairman Dean Haselhorst said that will have to change. “So for next week commissioners, we kind of have three different opinions,” Haselhorst said. “We’re going to have to come together as one, because if we’re going to go out and tell the public how we feel, we have to be unified or you don’t do it at [...]

Rural Mainstreet struggling, grain farmers hit particularly hard in Midwest

info2019-05-17T07:36:54-05:00May 17th, 2019|

For the first time since November, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) fell below growth neutral. Trade tensions with China and Iran combined with the failure to finish up the USMCA are having a dragging effect on the Midwest economy. “I think the real problem right now is what’s ahead,” said Creighton University economist Ernie Goss. “The uncertainty with hopefully new discussions going on with China. It’s really hitting the grain farmer particularly hard in this part of the country. Livestock is doing somewhat better, because livestock depends a great deal more heavily on the domestic economy.” “Right now, they’re expecting [...]

Fallen law enforcement personnel remembered in Salina

info2019-05-17T07:34:20-05:00May 17th, 2019|

Law enforcement personnel who died in the line of duty were remembered Wednesday morning during the annual Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony. Appropriately, the ceremony was conducted in the park named after the last Salina officer to die in the line of duty, Salina’s Jerry Ivey Park. “Your presence here speaks volumes for your support of law enforcement,” Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson told the more than 100 persons in attendance. “It means the world to my officers that you took the time out of your day to be here with us.” (Read more: The Salina Post)

Prettier Cities Are Better at Attracting Jobs and New Residents

info2019-05-17T07:33:13-05:00May 17th, 2019|

In a phenomenon economists call the beauty premium, better-looking people tend to earn more money and are more successful at their careers. But do cities also benefit from a beauty premium? According to a new study by two urban economists, it seems that they do. The study by Gerald A. Carlino of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Albert Saiz of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, examines the connection between a city’s beauty and key growth indicators. A raft of previous studies have found a connection between economic and population growth and urban amenities (a broad category ranging from parks to [...]

Neighborhood Block Party Grants Now Available in Merriam

info2019-05-17T07:32:12-05:00May 17th, 2019|

Host a neighborhood block party and get reimbursed up to $200! You can use the Neighborhood Block Party Grant to help cover party-related expenses such as food, paper goods, party favors, and to hire entertainment/performers. You’ll first need to fill out a Block Party Notification form with our city clerk at least five days before your party. Then to be eligible for the $200 reimbursement, you’ll have to fill out a grant application. Don’t forget to save your receipts! (Read more: Merriam, KS news)