Barbed wire fence spat may have citywide result

A dispute between neighbors over a barbed wire fence may result in the removal of all barbed wire fencing in the city limits.

During the May 28 Marysville City Council meeting, Karen and Terry Hughes, Marysville, defended their right to keep their barbed wire fence despite repeated requests from neighbor Jill Friedrichs to have it removed.

Terry Hughes, who is a City Council member, said he had rectified the problem by removing the barbed wire fence adjacent to Friedrichs’ property. Friedrichs said she was not satisfied and she wanted all of the Hughes’ barbed wire fence removed because according to a city ordinance barbed wire fence is not allowed in town.

(Read more: The Marysville Advocate)

Ranson Financial2019-06-07T07:32:04-05:00June 7, 2019|News|

Nickerson smallest city to host Rural Prosperity forum

Nickerson, with a population just slightly over 1,000, will be one of only two cities that is not a county seat and/or has a college that has been selected for a forum on Kansas Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers’ Rural Prosperity Tour.The other exception is Sabetha in northeast Kansas, but Sabetha has more than double the population of Nickerson.The 12-city listening tour forums will open with Nickerson’s event, scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Monday, June 17…

(Read more: News – The Hutchinson News)

Ranson Financial2019-06-07T07:41:51-05:00June 7, 2019|News|

“Taste of Kansas” Event to be Held in Chanute

MANHATTAN, Kan. — From the Land of Kansas brings to you its second annual agriculture experience dinner: “Taste of Kansas.” The dinner will allow guests to experience the diverse tastes of food grown, raised or produced in Kansas; meet Kansas agriculture producers and business owners; and enjoy a relaxing evening as they celebrate and appreciate Kansas.

The event will take place on Saturday, August 3, at Summit Hill Gardens Event Center, located outside of Chanute. Summit Hill Gardens Event Center is a family-owned event center founded by sisters-in-law Patsy Smeed and Gretchen Brant in 2016. The venue is filled with rich Kansas history and includes a native schoolhouse built on the property in 1874 along with bountiful gardens and a barn with Kansas class and charm.

The post “Taste of Kansas” Event to be Held in Chanute appeared first on Rural Messenger.

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Ranson Financial2019-06-07T03:48:36-05:00June 7, 2019|News|

Shawnee firefighters battle fire at Mill Valley High School

SHAWNEE, Kan. —

Shawnee firefighters battled a fire Thursday night at Mill Valley High School.

Fire crews were called about 9:30 p.m. to the 5900 block of Monticello Road.

The school district said in a tweet that the “fire was contained to outside/exterior, where demolition is underway for expansion.”

The fire is out. No injuries have been reported.

(Read more: KMBC.com)

Ranson Financial2019-06-07T03:45:57-05:00June 7, 2019|News|

Watershed structures and conservation practices help reduce flooding damages

Extreme rainfall events of May brought severe flooding and property damage to many residents in central and eastern Kansas. Floodwaters also caused traffic disruptions, including the closure of northbound lanes on the Kansas Turnpike. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service employees have been surveying the damage from the record-setting rainfall events.

Despite the lowland flooding damage, NRCS engineers and conservationists determined if it hadn’t been for the flood control structures installed by watershed district sponsors, flooding damages could have been much worse. NRCS models estimate that the federally assisted watershed dams built in Kansas helped prevent over $7 million in flooding damages from the May 6-8 storms, and $18.3 million for the May 20-21 storms.

Ranson Financial2019-06-07T03:43:50-05:00June 7, 2019|News|

New airport terminal project stalled

Plans to build a new terminal at Garden City Regional Airport have been put on hold following news that the airport did not receive a Federal Aviation Administration grant meant to pay for the bulk of the project.

Last fall, the airport requested $20 million from the FAA Supplemental Appropriation Program, a new addition to the administration’s Airport Improvement Program. The $20 million would cover most of a proposed $26.85 million terminal construction project, which would replace the current facility where it stands with a new one, updated, upgraded and more spacious. The City of Garden City would still need to finance the remaining $6.85 million.

Ranson Financial2019-06-07T03:42:30-05:00June 7, 2019|News|

Hundreds gather in Abilene for D-Day’s 75th

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

ABILENE — Hundreds of people, including more than 60 World War II veterans, Rosie the Riveters, and labor camp survivors were in Abilene on Thursday morning to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

The ceremony was on the grounds of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home, in front of the statue of Eisenhower. It was an appropriate location as Eisenhower, who was the Supreme Allied Commander during World War II, on June 6, 1944, led the Allied Forces in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. The invasion, code-named Operation OVERLORD, has been called the greatest invasion in human history and led to the downfall of Adolph Hitler and his Nazi strangle hold on Europe.

(Read more: Little Apple Post)

Ranson Financial2019-06-07T02:29:11-05:00June 7, 2019|News|

Fort Riley ceremony honors sacrifice of Big Red One soldiers in D-Day invasion

Troops stationed at Fort Riley joined the rest of the free world Thursday in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the daring D-Day invasion that led to victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

The Fort Riley-based First Infantry Division, also known as the Big Red One, led the assault on German forces on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Abilene, Kan., native, future president and supreme commander of Allied forces, conceived the invasion.

Six World War II veterans attended the ceremony at Fort Riley, which included a recitation of names of the 316 1st Infantry soldiers who died on D-Day. The ceremony was punctuated by a 21-gun salute.

(Read more: Newton Kansan)

Ranson Financial2019-06-07T02:20:54-05:00June 7, 2019|News|

What should Wichita do with streets downtown? This week’s events could help decide

Wichita city officials want a long-term plan for downtown streets, and this week the public is being asked what they want to see.

The consultants hired to develop the Downtown Streets Conceptual Plan are hosting “pop up” workshops Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. at the Riverfest Food Court. They’re asking members of the public to offer comment and rank a list of priorities, including whether the city should focus on making streets safer and more convenient or promote downtown neighborhoods to attract downtown development and young talent.

(Read more: Local News |)

Ranson Financial2019-06-07T02:16:16-05:00June 7, 2019|News|

JoCo won’t expand precinct access to voters this fall. As for 2020? ‘We’ll do our best’

It’s not that he’s against the idea of opening up easier voting access to polls, says Johnson County Election Commissioner Ronnie Metsker. It’s just that a new Kansas law allowing people to vote at any precinct comes with a pile of technical challenges that will make it impossible to implement by this fall, he said.

As for 2020? “We’ll do our best.”

Election Commissioner Ronnie Metsker said Johnson County voters will not be able to cast ballots at any precinct this fall, citing technical challenges…. since the law was signed, county officials have struggled with how to deal with it. Standing in the way are problems with Wi-Fi signals at polling places, yet-unwritten regulations from the state and the added time it will take to provide all electronic and paper ballots at every site.

Ranson Financial2019-06-06T07:40:38-05:00June 6, 2019|News|

Barbed wire fence spat may have citywide result

Nickerson smallest city to host Rural Prosperity forum

“Taste of Kansas” Event to be Held in Chanute

Shawnee firefighters battle fire at Mill Valley High School

Watershed structures and conservation practices help reduce flooding damages

New airport terminal project stalled

Hundreds gather in Abilene for D-Day’s 75th

Fort Riley ceremony honors sacrifice of Big Red One soldiers in D-Day invasion

What should Wichita do with streets downtown? This week’s events could help decide

JoCo won’t expand precinct access to voters this fall. As for 2020? ‘We’ll do our best’

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