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Deputy vs. deer highlights fall hazard
Cowley County law enforcement are warning drivers to be aware of deer near roadways now that the mating season is in full swing. Not even sheriff deputies can escape the wildlife darting in front of them. A Cowley deputy struck…
Tiny house project has big impact for small schools
Under the watchful eyes of their teachers, students drilled dozens of screws into metal frame after metal frame Wednesday morning at Ness City High School as they began a project that will provide vacation housing in Colorado and experience that…
Kansas farmers use tech to save water, increase growth
Father and son Ryan and Eugene Goering of Moundridge grow corn, soy and wheat. In the past, this team tried a variety of ways to save on output and to grow smarter. They used a few probes to decide how…
USD 489 foundation to raise money for security upgrades through dinner, auction
Tickets are now available for the second annual Hays USD 489 Dinner Show and Auction. Proceeds raised through the auction and dinner in part will be used to fund the completion of the district’s secure entrance project. The second phase…
Reno County Republicans make their pick for a new sheriff
Thursday night, the Reno County Republican Party had to make a choice between two current members of the Reno County Sheriff’s Office to fill the position as sheriff. The two choices, were Captain Darrian Campbell who currently heads the patrol…
USD 308 Board to consider further improvements to sports complex
The Hutchinson USD 308 School Board will consider further improvements to the USD 308 Soccer complex during Monday’s meeting. The district wants to make improvements to more fields and the one baseball practice field. The project includes regrading the fields,…
Hutch USD 308 to consider soccer fields upgrade
The Hutchinson Unified School District 308 Board of Education will consider at its 6 p.m. Monday meeting at the Administration Center, 1520 N. Plum St., a proposal to spend $392,356 on a soccer practice fields renovation project. This represents Phase…
Work begins at future King of Freight office building in WaterWalk
After sitting vacant since Gander Mountain closed in 2017, the riverfront WaterWalk building will soon have some movement inside. A building permit recently pulled by JACO General Contractor Inc. shows that $500,000 of tenant improvements are about to begin at…
‘Annexation bonanza’ as city adds 500 acres
The city of Gardner, in what one councilmember described as an “annexation bonanza,” annexed almost 500 acres of land south of Interstate 35 during a council meeting Oct. 7. The city also approved a major development agreement with a developer…
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