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Incubator business ready for entrepreneurs in St. John
Communication is crucial for a business to succeed. In a remodeled building at 311 Broadway in St. John, offices with broadband connections are awaiting tenants eager to have a space to conduct their work remotely. This new facility is called…
Wellington Airport to hold open house
It will be a day for families to check out airplanes, talk to pilots and spark an interest in aviation in children. The Wellington Airport, 441 N. West Road, is holding its second annual open house from 10 a.m. to…
USD 475 working through the process to obtain a federal grant to help pay for a new elementary school on Post
There is progress in the effort to obtain a federal grant to help build a new elementary school on Fort Riley. The Chief Operations Officer for USD 475, David Wild, said the Office of Economic Adjustment is scheduled to be…
Kiowa County Senior Center contest was something to laugh at
More than 10 joke-tellers took to the stage earlier this month at the Kiowa County Senior Center in Greensburg in celebration of National Joke Day. When the laughs were over, Randy Rinker was the first-place winner, followed by Bob Kilgore…
Parsons Planning Commission to talk about wind turbines
Planners this week will discuss a zoning amendment to restrict or ban commercial wind energy conversion systems in the area surrounding Parsons. The Parsons Planning Commission will have a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the commission room at…
Garden City benefits from updated Black Hills Energy infrastructure
Black Hills Energy is on time and on budget to complete a construction project to replace natural gas pipelines in the Garden City area. Black Hills Energy estimates the project will last through October and is intended to meet…
Pratt electrical crews now in Florida awaiting Hurricane Dorian
Five linemen from the City of Pratt Electric Department left Pratt on Saturday, heading to Orlando, Florida so as to be in a position to help restore electricity after Hurricane Dorian hits the area sometime in the next few days.…
Redesign still has many questions as rollout is underway, says KASB advocate
School redesign is not going to be a transition without challenges. That was the observation of Mark Tallman, Vice President for Advocacy at the Kansas Association of School Boards after he attended a forum earlier this month at…
Miami County seeks to renew quarter-cent sales tax
Renewal of the county’s quarter-cent sales tax for roadway construction and improvements will be put before voters in November. County commissioners voted 5-0 Wednesday, Aug. 28, to put the sales tax question on the ballot. The current quarter-cent sales tax…
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