McPherson County Food Drive a huge success

When the McPherson County Food Bank let it be known they were in need of food donations, the community took them seriously, donating food by the trolley full. The city of McPherson hosted a food drive last week to help fill the food bank. Over the course of three days, the McPherson Trolley was manned at Dillons and Walmart. Community members shopped and dropped off food and monetary donations at the trolley. Donations exceeded all expectations. “It was a huge success,” Joni Regnier, CVB Director for the City of McPherson said. “We couldn’t have done it without the McPherson Police Department, city of McPherson employees and the city of McPherson residents were amazing. They donated food, the trolley was full and we collected $3,966.25 in monetary donations.”
(Read more: McPherson Weekly News » Feed)

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Ford County receives food, shelter funds

As part of Phase 37 of CARES Act funding, Ford County has received $21,290 in total to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. According to Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas, the selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from the American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; The Jewish Federations of North America; The Salvation Army and United Way Worldwide. The local board — made up of Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas, The Salvation Army, Western Kansas Mexican American Ministries (Genesis Family Health), Friendship Feast, The Manna House, The Crisis Center of Dodge City, Compass Behavioral Health and United Way of Dodge City — was charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high-need areas around the country.
(Read more: News – Dodge City Daily Globe – Dodge City, KS)

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Pratt library opens, Kiowa County offers curbside service

Libraries around Kansas opened to the public this week. Pratt Public Library at 401 South Jackson reopened its doors on Friday, May 8, ending an almost eight-week C0VID-19-mandated shutdown. Several library locations in Kiowa County began offering curbside service on May 11, an exciting option for patrons in Greensburg, Mullinville and Haviland. “We’re not experiencing a lot of foot traffic yet and our public areas provided for reading newspapers are closed, but books and materials are available for checkout as usual,” said Head Librarian Eric Killough. “But the coffee pot’s not on—that’s a bummer.”
(Read more: News – PrattTribune – Pratt, KS)

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Cosmosphere plans safe reopen, camp season

The Cosmosphere anticipates reopening safely to the public beginning May 22 following more than a month of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hours of operation will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. This plan is contingent on the reopening phasing as directed by Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.
(Read more: News – The Hutchinson News)

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City of Topeka plans to open buildings to public Monday

Topeka city manager Brent Trout plans to reopen city government buildings, including Topeka Municipal Court, to the public for business on Monday, he said Tuesday. Trout made that announcement near the end of that evening’s city council meeting. That gathering was closed to the public in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, though citizens could submit comments by email in advance.
(Read more: Local – The Topeka Capital-Journal)

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Will Wichita pools open? Shutdown among cost-saving proposals to ease COVID-19 impact

Wichita could shutter municipal swimming pools and splash pads for the season to help shore up a nearly $10 million budget deficit caused by the coronavirus pandemic. City Park and Recreation Director Troy Houtman said Monday that under at least one cost-cutting plan he floated to city manager Robert Layton, the popular summertime gathering spots would stay closed until next year. The result would be $450,000 to $475,000 in savings — about half of the roughly $900,000 Houtman said he’s been asked to cut from his department’s budget to help ease COVID-19’s immediate toll.
(Read more: Local News |)

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Municipal Bond Trends for May 12, 2020

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS “investment grade” yields. Every issuer’s credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.

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Johnson County’s reopening comes with confusion, caution

With their dining rooms dark for weeks during the COVID-19 crisis, Johnson County restaurants were primed to welcome customers back Monday. Employees donned masks, sanitizers were at hand, disposable menus were available, and some tables and chairs had been removed to make for social distancing. But where were the customers?
(Read more: Joco 913 News)

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Firefighter of the Year says expect the unexpected

Firefighters are known for their job description – fighting fire. But firefighting is much more than that one element. Just ask Kyle Gasaway. Gasaway, who has been a firefighter for a decade, recently won Derby Fire Department’s Firefighter of the Year award. One of the reasons he won that award was because of his work during a water rescue call last year. At the time, Gasaway was off duty and was helping out Mulvane’s volunteer fire team. Torrential rain had flooded the area, and a woman stuck in her car got swept off the road.
(Read more: Derby News | derbyinformer.com)

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Shawnee County Health Department responds to employers requiring negative coronavirus test

The Shawnee County Health Department responded Tuesday after being notified that some employers are requiring all employees to have a negative coronavirus test result before returning to work. SCHD said it’s not recommended for asymptomatic people to be tested for the coronavirus. The health department also said testing and other related resources are currently focused on people with symptoms and other high risk groups identified by he health department.
(Read more: KSNT News)

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