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Garden City Community College Named One of Top 50 Schools in the US for Transferring
Garden City Community College has been named one of Student Loan Hero’s top 50 schools in the country for successful transfer from community college to four-year university. The rankings were based on transfer-out and graduation rates of students attending public two-year…
Kansas Bets On Wrestling Tournaments, Pickleball And Trampolines With $25 Million In Bonds
On the last day of September, a bulldozer scooped dirt from an empty field between a hotel and a fence separating the land from a house-lined street in Garden City. In 18-24 months, a massive $41 million sports complex, called…
8 Kansas counties urged to upgrade their voting equipment
A handful of Kansas counties are being urged to upgrade their voting machines to a voting system that creates a paper record of each vote. The Topeka Capitol-Journal reports the American Association for the Advancement of Science urged Geary, Grant,…
Spring Hill welcomes new leaders in Public Works, Police
Public Works has a new leader at the helm. Jim Boyer will take over the department, which consists of the Streets, Parks and Utilities divisions. Boyer was appointed by Mayor Steven Ellis at the Oct. 10 City Council meeting. Boyer…
From highways to quilts: KDOT employee uses engineering skills to design and create
Joyce Muhlenbruch, KDOT’s Area Construction Engineer in Dodge City, was recently featured in the Dodge City Daily Globe, but it wasn’t for her ability to highway engineering skills It was for her ability and talent for designing and engineering breathtaking…
Geary Community Hospital officials identify key issues for potential county commission assistance for the hospital
This past week officials from Geary Community Hospital issued challenges to the Geary County Commission. A member of the governing body, Ben Bennett, said one is to advocate for medicaid expansion. “We’ve advocated for that with our elected representatives for…
County health plan seeks to deal with suicides, food deserts
Decreasing suicides and reducing the number of households that struggle to get enough food are among goals of a recently created health improvement plan for Shawnee County. The county health department is working to mobilize and engage community organizations and…
German delegation visits Lawrence to celebrate 30th anniversary of Sister Cities program
The world seems a little smaller thanks to a now 30-year relationship between Lawrence and its German sister city. The program has sent hundreds of students to live with host families in both countries, has facilitated regular visits from delegates,…
Lawrence seeking feedback on desired developments in low-income ‘opportunity zones’
The public will soon be able to provide input on what developments they would like to see in low-income areas of the city that have been designated as federal opportunity zones. There are two Lawrence census tracts designated as opportunity…
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