Sedgwick County, Butler County crews rescue horse stuck in the mud

3 Wednesday, May 3

Sedgwick County, Butler County crews rescue horse stuck in the mud

info2023-05-03T10:58:41-05:00May 3rd, 2023|

A horse on a property near McConnell Air Force Base on Woodlawn Blvd. was rescued after finding himself nearly fully submerged in mud. Sedgwick County emergency crews and Butler County rescue were quick to respond and found the horse, named Chrome, still breathing but struggling. "He was pretty fatigued and definitely in need of assistance getting out," said co-coordinator of Butler County Animal Rescue Janell Jessup. "So we deployed our rescue trailer and equipment and Sedgwick County assisted in getting the horse glides and getting him up out of the ravine." Source: KAKE - News

3 Wednesday, May 3

Municipal Bond Trends for May 2, 2023

Henry Schmidt2023-05-03T07:52:22-05:00May 3rd, 2023|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive Financial Advisory services for your local government, contact your Ranson Financial Municipal Advisor, Larry Kleeman, Beth Warren or Henry Schmidt.

2 Tuesday, May 2

Great Bend gets new city administrator

info2023-05-02T10:18:08-05:00May 2nd, 2023|

Concluding a process that started this past December, Great Bend Mayor Cody Schmidt Monday night appointed Brandon Anderson as the next city administrator. This was the culmination of a series of executive sessions and discussions spanning five months. Anderson will begin his duties in Great Bend June 30. A Caney, Kan., native, Anderson is a 1995 Kansas State University graduate who has served as the city manager in Levelland, Texas, since 2006. Levelland is a town of 12,652 residents west of Lubbock. Source: Great Bend Tribune

2 Tuesday, May 2

If signed, bill could give state chance to buy Walton Rural Life Center

info2023-05-02T10:15:21-05:00May 2nd, 2023|

What’s the plan for the Walton Rural Life Center building? Recent changes added to the state’s education funding bill would give the Kansas Legislature a seat at the planning table. During Friday’s legislative veto session, the Kansas Legislature approved an education funding package that included a provision to give the State of Kansas the right of first refusal to purchase a recently closed school. Sen. Molly Baumgardner chairs the Senate Education Committee and served on the conference committee. She explained the reasoning behind adding the provision. Source: Harvey County Now

2 Tuesday, May 2

Tonganoxie will add a pet food nutrition manufacturing plant

info2023-05-02T10:34:13-05:00May 2nd, 2023|

Netherlands-based multinational corporation DSM plans to build a plant in Tonganoxie to produce nutritional premix for pet food. It plans to break ground in July and be operational by early 2025, according to a release. The plant will create 28 jobs. Nutritional premix includes vitamins and minerals that are assembled and later added to food to improve its nutritional value. The mix made in Tonganoxie will be used in branded pet food throughout the world. Tonganoxie was chosen strategically to be included in Kansas City's Animal Health Corridor. Source: Kansas City Business Journal

2 Tuesday, May 2

UG questions reuse concept for ex-Cerner Continuous Campus as developers seek rezoning

info2023-05-02T10:07:37-05:00May 2nd, 2023|

Officials with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, want more questions answered before they agree to allow former Cerner Corp. offices to become a mixed-use development. UG commissioners on Thursday agreed to a one-month hold on measures that would rezone the 63.5-acre former Cerner campus at 10200 Abilities Way. The rezoning would permit different commercial uses within the campus' two nine-story towers, as desired by developers David Block, of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors, and Philip Goforth, of Genesis Realty & Development LLC. Source: Kansas City Business Journal

2 Tuesday, May 2

Pittsburg book store celebrates its newest mural

info2023-05-02T10:37:21-05:00May 2nd, 2023|

A small, indigenous owned book store in Pittsburg, Kansas yesterday celebrated the unveiling of downtown Pittsburg's newest murals. Books and Burrow officials say "this collaborative project titled Lenaswa Waayaahtanonki or Bison of the Whirlpool/ from the place of the Wea/Wea Homelands is an interpretation of the emergence of our ancestors from the waters of Saakiiweesiipiwi (St. Joseph River near present-day South Bend, Indiana), their homeland journey, and displacement to Kansas and finally northeast Oklahoma where our tribe is located today". Officials say this mural was made possible by a grant from the KCAIC (Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission) and with support/assistance [...]

2 Tuesday, May 2

Coyotes are on the move to more Kansas cities

info2023-05-02T10:01:31-05:00May 2nd, 2023|

Coyote numbers are on the rise in Kansas with some getting increasingly more comfortable living next to humans in residential and other urban areas. KSNT News spoke with Matt Peek, a wildlife research biologist with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), about how coyotes are adapting to life in Kansas towns and cities. "They've [coyotes] adapted and are learning to live in the most urban of areas," Peek said. "The green space of some of our cities now harbor not only coyotes but deer and other wild animals as well." Source: KSN-TV

2 Tuesday, May 2

Sedgwick County expands free public alert system

info2023-05-02T10:00:04-05:00May 2nd, 2023|

Sedgwick County Emergency Management (SCEM) is expanding the use of Civic Ready Alerts to include 17 more towns in addition to the initial test sites of Wichita and Mt. Hope. The free alert system notifies residents by phone or email of emergencies or important news in their area. As of Monday, May 1, citizens can opt-in to receive messages regarding public safety, health, weather or other community bulletins from these cities: Andale, Bel Aire, Bentley, Cheney, Clearwater, Colwich, Derby, Eastborough, Garden Plain, Goddard, Haysville, Kechi, Maize, Mt. Hope, Mulvane, Park City, Valley Center, Viola, Wichita. “Civil Ready Alerts allows each city [...]

2 Tuesday, May 2

Hungry residents and disc golfers alike flood downtown Emporia for return of Glass Blown Open block party and Main Street Food Truck Festival Saturday

info2023-05-02T09:55:08-05:00May 2nd, 2023|

Local residents took to Commerical Street Saturday afternoon and evening to celebrate the return of the Glass Blown Open with good food, music and community. The Glass Blown Open Block Party took over the 800 and 900 blocks of Commercial with hundreds of hungry residents mingling with some of the best amateur disc golfers in the nation. GBO Tournament Director Jackie Morris says Dynamic Discs, and the local community, were ecstatic to have the GBO back after the 2019 event had to be canceled and the event was later named the Dynamic Discs Open. Unlike the DDO, the GBO this year [...]