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Humboldt PD hit by COVID
Three of the five-member police force have tested positive or are awaiting results. Other departments are being asked to help cover the city. “We’re falling like flies,” said Shannon Moore, police chief of Humboldt. Of Humboldt’s five-member police force, two…
Size of internet providers factors into Kansas’ rural broadband divide
Lauren Clary gets a sinking feeling when someone asks her if she’s watched a popular show on Netflix. “I tell them, ‘Nope, I don’t have the internet at home,’” said Clary, who lives on a rural property near Lake Afton…
City, zoo inching closer to governance decision as city council resumes discussion
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums recommended the Topeka Zoo consider a different governing structure in 2011, and nine years later, the Topeka City Council is approaching a decision on whether to allow nonprofit group Friends of the Topeka Zoo…
Small-town dairy successfully sells milk throughout Kansas
While many small dairies across the country are failing, a small Kansas dairy with slightly more than 130 cows is thriving. Although it is still hard work, and the margins remain small, the dairy has remained in the black throughout…
Doctors share sobering view of COVID in Reno County; challenge community to respond
In a somber and graphic online “Town Hall” Thursday night, several Hutchinson medical professionals talked about what they are now experiencing as the novel coronavirus surges in Reno County and threatens to overwhelm local hospital resources. “We are staring down…
Analysts bolster Kansas revenue projections, envision less dire budget outlook
TOPEKA — Kansas’ official revenue forecasters say economic damage from the COVID-19 pandemic will be far less severe than previously projected for the state’s bottom line. Next year’s budget shortfall now is expected to be $152 million, a considerable upgrade…
Conservation project aims to restore Ogallala Aquifer through naturally occurring landforms
The future of water availability in western Kansas is receiving support from a multimillion-dollar project aimed at using existing land formations to recharge a major underground water source. Final details of the Groundwater Recharge and Sustainability Project, or GRASP, are…
Hays welcomes new ice skating rink
Three men were hard at work Wednesday morning in downtown Hays piecing together half-inch-thick plastic polymer pieces to form what would soon become an ice skating rink made of artificial ice.That outdoor rink is downtown Hays’ newest attraction. It sits…
McLouth, KS boasts unusual road attraction
When the town was being laid out, the boulder couldn’t be moved, so they simply built the city street—aptly named Granite Street—around it. After years of resurfacing, it sticks out of the ground over two feet, with just enough room…
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