Keeping it in Kansas

Sometimes big things come in small packages. For more than 80 years, Shield Ag Equipment, which began as Welders Supply Company, has welded and manufactured tools in Reno County. Although the company manufactures both large and small machines, ShieldAg also excels at designing and producing smaller agricultural application tools, including disc blades, subsoilers, heavy-duty chisel spikes and fertilizer knives. ShieldAg holds or shares seven patents and two registered trademarks. In addition, the company developed 20 products.
Source: Kansas Agland – The Hutchinson News

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Overland Park reinvents its downtown to embrace ‘live, work, play’

Stand at the corner of 81st Street and Overland Park Drive, and you’ll see a downtown revived. To the west, the new Thompson Park awaits dedication next week after a $3.6 million renovation of the old Santa Fe Commons that provided something for everyone. Kids can run through splash pads or get lost in their imaginations with a “crabtrap” play set. A new stage features an awning shaped like a paper airplane, and a carriage house built by Overland Park founder William Strang now serves as a modern event space. Office workers and teens alike can get outdoors while staying connected, thanks to plugs and Wi-Fi.
Source: Kansas City Business Journal – The Business Journals

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No fall sports in Wichita as board moves middle and high schools online only

Wichita public elementary school students will have the option of taking classes in person or online, but all middle and high schoolers will start the year online only. Sports and extracurricular activities will not be allowed. The Wichita Board of Education voted 5-2 on Thursday, mostly following the advice of medical experts, to put the district in the orange zone of the reopening plan for the first nine weeks of the school year. The in-person and online classes start Sept. 8.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle

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Health department will start grading Shawnee County’s COVID-19 rates for schools

Dr. Giancarlo Pezzino may not have a “magic solution” for Shawnee County’s school districts, but he does have a magic formula that will help them decide when to close and open schools. The Shawnee County Health Department will begin publishing a weekly “scorecard” grading the rate of COVID-19 spread in the community to help area school districts determine when to move between in-person and remote operations, Pezzino told the Topeka Board of Education Thursday evening. The department will announce more details on the weekly updates at a Friday morning press conference. Every Thursday, department officials will start issuing a report that will look at COVID-19 indicators over the past two weeks, like the average number and trend of new cases in the county, the percentage of positive tests out of all tests performed, percentage of cases with no known source of infection, hospital capacity and public health system capacity.
Source: Local News | Topeka Capital-Journal

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The Amazon effect: What it means for Amazon to open a distribution warehouse in Wichita

For many, Amazon’s entrance into the Wichita market symbolizes a reward for many hard-fought efforts. That incentive programs for private developers are working. That the industrial real-estate market is strong here, even amid the economic uncertainty of Covid-19. And that Wichita is taking critical steps toward diversifying its workforce and industry. “The ingredients came together to mix up a fertile area for growth,” says Scot Rigby, assistant city manager.
Source: Wichita Business Journal

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Build it and they will come: Four projects taking shape through Wichita’s spec warehouse program

Since the city of Wichita launched its more recent speculative warehouse incentive program in December 2017, four projects have been approved for construction. Designed to address what many in the commercial real estate industry say is the ongoing need for existing industrial space in Wichita, the program provides property tax incentives to developers who might otherwise prefer to have a building pre-leased prior to construction to reduce risk. The city first adopted an industrial incentive policy in 2012, but that ended in 2014. The program was revived in 2017 based on demand the Great Wichita Partnership was seeing for more inventory.
Source: Wichita Business Journal

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Leawood to consider allowing beekeeping

The Leawood City Council this week directed the city attorney and staff to work on a draft ordinance that would allow beekeeping in the city. City Attorney Patty Bennett made a presentation on beekeeping at the council’s Monday meeting. Bennett said she had researched a few area cities’ beekeeping regulations and would research them further in preparing the draft ordinance…. Prairie Village has allowed beekeeping since 2015 and Overland Park has since 1983. Neither city requires a beekeeping permit. Prairie Village City Administrator Wes Jordan said the city had not received complaints about beekeeping that he knew of. With no permit requirement, city officials don’t know how many residents keep bees.
Source: Shawnee Mission Post

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First day of school in Larned, parent’s reactions

It’s the first day of school in Larned. After months of anticipation, parents are making the decision for their kids whether they’ll be in the classroom, virtual learning or home school. The district has strict guidelines for those returning, including assigned bus seating and only essential visitors allowed. Jamie Froetschner made the decision to send her kids to school. “I’m reassured knowing that they were greeted with smiling faces and they were shown where they needed to go, but it was a little bittersweet.” Holly Frick decided to home school her two youngest kids this year. “Even though I’m homeschooling my kids at this point, their teachers are so supportive, our community is so supportive, the education system is so incredibly supportive.”
Source: KAKE – News

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Destination Kansas – Fort Scott National Historic Site

In the heart of Bourbon County, in southeast Kansas, there’s a town of only about 8,000 residents. But the land it sits on has great significance to American history, dating back more than 170 years, 19 years before Kansas was even a state. Tucked between Kansas City and Pittsburg is the town of Fort Scott where Fort Scott National Historic Site is rooted in American history. “The growth and development of Fort Scott was the growth and development of the United States,” said Carl Brenner, with the Fort Scott National Historic Site. “Everything that was happening across America was happening right here, right on this parade ground behind me.”
Source: KSN-TV

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Kansas celebrates 50th anniversary of completion of I-70

Kansas officials and a granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhower are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the completion of Interstate 70 across the state. Mary Eisenhower joined state Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz and other dignitaries Thursday in unveiling a new highway sign for east-bound I-70 as it leaves Colorado during an event near the border. The sign welcomes motorists to Kansas, notes that it was President Eisenhower’s home and commemorates the June 17, 1970 completion of I-70.
Source: KSN-TV

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