Gardner public works recognized

Seven Gardner Public Works employees were recognized for their accomplishments at the Kansas City Metro Chapter of the America Public Works Association’s Snow Removal and Equipment Training Expo. Kellen Headlee, public works director, and Mayor Todd Winters presented a trophy to Eric Willard, Public Works Street Maintenance employee, who won first place in the skid steer operations event. Jake Milkey, public works street maintenance employee, placed first in the vendor’s mini excavator event, but was unable to attend.
Source: Gardner News

Ranson Financial2022-12-02T09:29:02-06:00December 2, 2022|News|

KSDE Commissioner to USD 443 BOE: How does Dodge City raise happy 30 year olds?

A young lady from the Sunnyside Elementary School student council introduced herself to the Dodge City Globe with a handshake, then ushered this reporter into a classroom in which Kansas State Department of Education Commissioner Randy Watson “was happy to share really great information” with the Dodge City USD 443 Board of Education. … how does one even define success? Watson asked, rhetorically. “How does one raise a happy 30 year old?” “A successful Kansas high school graduate has the academic preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, employability skills and civic engagement to be successful in postsecondary education in the pursuit of the attainment of an industry-recognized certification in the workforce without the need for remediation,” he answered. In other words, a happy 30 year old has the skill set to earn a living in the middle class and the ability to serve their chosen field while giving back to their community.
Source: Dodge City Daily Globe

Ranson Financial2022-12-02T09:30:29-06:00December 2, 2022|News|

Kansas collects $642.3 Million in total taxes for November

The Kansas Department of Revenue today announced that total tax collections for November were $642.3 million, which is $15.4 million, or 2.5%, more than last November. Total tax receipts for Fiscal Year 2023 continue to outpace Fiscal Year 2022, with year-over-year growth at 5.4%. Total tax collections for November were 5.3% below the estimate, which was recently raised at November’s meeting of the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group to align with consistently strong revenues. The estimate for November and the remainder of FY 2023 was raised by $773.0 million.
Source: hiawathaworldonline.com

Ranson Financial2022-12-02T02:04:15-06:00December 2, 2022|News|

Topgolf, Scheels bringing hundreds of jobs to Wichita

Companies new to Wichita are hiring and filling hundreds of jobs right now. Topgolf, near K-96 and Greenwich, is celebrating its grand opening Friday, Dec. 2. The company has already hired close to 300 people to work at its Wichita location. “I called my mom and I said, ‘I’ve never wanted to work somewhere as much as I wanna work here,’” new employee Anyssa Torres said. Torres and Carmella Estrada are getting trained this week to work at Topgolf. It held a hiring event last week and Estrada attended.
Source: KAKE – News

Ranson Financial2022-12-02T01:57:49-06:00December 2, 2022|News|

Kansas Supreme Court justice tackles state’s severe shortage of rural attorneys

Eighty percent of all active Kansas attorneys live in six urban counties, leaving Kansas rural communities struggling to find legal help. The newly created Rural Justice Initiative Committee plans to tackle the issue, with the goal of attracting attorneys to practices in rural areas. In Kansas, there’s a ratio of two attorneys per 535 residents in urban areas, and a ration of one attorney per 808 residents in rural areas, according to the Kansas Judicial Branch. Wichita and Hodgeman counties have no attorneys at all, and five other rural counties have only one practicing attorney in the area. Eleven rural counties in the state have only two practicing attorneys in the area.
Source: Kansas Reflector

Ranson Financial2022-12-02T01:52:39-06:00December 2, 2022|News|

Kansas banking commissioner pleads for greater oversight of TEFFIs

The top banking regulator in Kansas urged legislators Thursday to embrace bills clearing a path for criminal background checks and fingerprinting of officers, directors and organizers involved in a new type of financial institution catering to wealthy people securing loans with their illiquid assets. State banking commissioner David Herndon asked a joint House and Senate committee to endorse the reforms and he reiterated frustration with state law inhibiting routine scrutiny of Beneficient Company Group, the state’s first authorized TEFFI or Technology Enabled Fiduciary Financial Institution. Beneficient, with offices in Hesston, is an online trust company offering services typically reserved for large institutional investors.
Source: Kansas Reflector

Ranson Financial2022-12-02T09:31:08-06:00December 2, 2022|News|

Russell warns of utility disconnect scam calls

The City of Russell is warning residents about scam phone calls. The caller calls a home or business and threatens to disconnect their electrical service if they don’t immediately pay a past-due balance. Several utility customers in Russell have reported receiving these calls. The City wants to let residents know that you should never give out personal or financial information like credit, debit card, social security, or bank account numbers, no matter how insistent they may be. Also, no utility will ask you to purchase a gift card, especially from another company like Amazon, a reloadable debit card, or some other form of non-traditional payment method to pay an outstanding balance.
Source: KSN-TV

Ranson Financial2022-12-02T01:46:49-06:00December 2, 2022|News|

Metal detectors are being installed at Wichita high schools

Students at Wichita West High School will be the first in the district to use security screening devices, starting Friday. The devices, approved by the school board in September, are being delivered and installed at all high schools. Staff at several Wichita high schools found guns at East, Heights and North in the first two weeks of the academic school year, The Eagle has previously reported.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle

Ranson Financial2022-12-02T09:31:35-06:00December 2, 2022|News|

After 45 years the on job in the courthouse steps out

Clerk of the District Court Donna Oswald is retiring after more than four decades of service in Atchison County District Court. Oswald plans to retire effective Friday, Dec. 9. Through mounds of court documents to the age of e-filing in the 1st Judicial District and the entire Kansas Judicial Branch, Oswald has overseen the district court operations for most of the 21st Century up to this point.
Source: News | atchisonglobenow.com

Ranson Financial2022-12-02T01:40:31-06:00December 2, 2022|News|

Altamont talks water costs

Cost of water to the city of Altamont is going up from $0.004 to $0.0045 per gallon, lending to the Altamont City Council discussing the amount of water being purchased versus documented usage prior to signing a contract for 2023. Altamont City Council member Raymond Coffey told the council that Rural Water District No. 4 is checking with all cities to see if towns are wanting to decrease or increase their minimum usage and is looking at changing the maximum amount the city can purchase from three times the amount to two times the amount, which would lower the obligation of what they have to supply to the city. Coffey said that would lower the water district’s obligation of what it has to supply the city.
Source: Parsons Sun

Ranson Financial2022-12-02T01:34:07-06:00December 2, 2022|News|

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