18 Thursday, August 18

Garden City seeks artists for Southeast Park’s mural

2022-08-18T07:29:48-05:00August 18th, 2022|

The Garden City Commission received an update on the Fitness Court mural selection for Southeast Park at the Commission’s regular meeting Tuesday. Aaron Stewart, Garden City Parks and Recreation director, said a Request for Proposals has been released to “capture a local artist” to create a mural design. The rear wall is where the largest focal pieces of the park will be, it’s approximately 32 ft. by 7 ft. Additionally, there are four areas for graphics called the Front Wall Windows. Stewart said the mural will not be painted directly on the apparatus, the submitted design will be digitized and transferred [...]

18 Thursday, August 18

Three century-old local businesses still thriving as Hutch celebrates 150

2022-08-18T07:28:08-05:00August 18th, 2022|

Throughout Hutchinson’s history, some of the city’s oldest businesses continue today — some through innovative technology and others with consistent business practices. These businesses range from grocery stores to mining operations, many from the 1920s or earlier in or around town. “A lot of the business owners, especially the early ones, really focused on the county and their immediate customers and focused on giving the best service to the community,” said Reno County Museum chief curator David Reed. Source: Hutch News

18 Thursday, August 18

Municipal Bond Trends for August 17, 2022

2022-08-18T07:13:53-05:00August 18th, 2022|

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.

17 Wednesday, August 17

Fed sees interest rate hikes continuing until inflation eases substantially, minutes show

2022-08-17T22:06:21-05:00August 17th, 2022|

Federal Reserve officials at their July meeting indicated they likely would not consider pulling back on interest rate hikes until inflation came down substantially, according to minutes from the session released Wednesday. During a meeting where the central bank approved a 0.75 percentage point rate hike, policymakers expressed resolve to bring down inflation that is running well above the Fed's desired 2% level. They did not provide specific guidance for future increases and said they would be watching data closely before making that decision. Market pricing is for a half-point rate hike at the September meeting, though that remains a close [...]

17 Wednesday, August 17

Old Settlers Days to be held in downtown Mulvane

2022-08-17T22:04:47-05:00August 17th, 2022|

The Old Settlers Days festival will return to Mulvane Aug. 19 through 21, with a host of activities for all ages. While the festival will feature an expanded carnival and new cornhole tournament, a host of classic activities will make their return – including the annual parade, road run, car show and more. More entries have already been reported for both the parade and arts and crafts fair this year. Source: Derby Informer | Area

17 Wednesday, August 17

USD 260 continues to improve school safety

2022-08-17T22:02:44-05:00August 17th, 2022|

As the general trend across the U.S. has seen active shooter incidents increase over the past 20 years, the Derby school district has continued efforts over that same time frame to put safety in its classrooms at a premium. Retired Derby police officer Matt Liston has taken that on as his primary task, now serving as the Safety and Security Officer for Derby Public Schools. Liston updated community members on what the district is doing to keep kids safe at a recent chamber luncheon. Source: Derby Informer | News

17 Wednesday, August 17

Johnson County rated as fastest growing home prices

2022-08-17T21:58:54-05:00August 17th, 2022|

Stacker compiled a list of cities’ fastest growing home prices in Kansas with data from Zillow. Cities are ranked by the dollar change in Zillow Home Values Index for all homes from the twelve months ending June 2022. Data was available for 401 Kansas cities and towns. Mission Hills in Johnson County was ranked in the top spot with home values growing by $153,385 over the last 12 months. The Kansas City area had 30 cities in the Top 50, Wichita 12, Lawrence 4 and Topeka 3. Locally, Paola and Spring Hill topped the list at the number six and seven [...]

17 Wednesday, August 17

Harvey County agrees to contribute $75,000 for broadband expansion

2022-08-18T06:56:15-05:00August 17th, 2022|

The Board of Harvey County Commissioners gave a verbal commitment Tuesday to provide $75,000 in matching funding toward a IdeaTek project to provide broadband service to underserved rural areas. Commissioners also approved setting aside a total of $250,000 for future broadband projects. Commissioners’ actions followed a long discussion with Nate Oswald, director of customer service and sales for IdeaTek. He told commissioners that five other counties that were part of the company’s grant application had agreed to contribute funding. He said Finney County was contributing $400,000. Other counties and their pledged commitments were: Kingman, $60,000; Saline, $54,000; Reno, $15,000; and Seward, [...]

17 Wednesday, August 17

Remote-control mower clears the landscape

2022-08-17T21:49:41-05:00August 17th, 2022|

A group of skateboarders talking about getting a taco 12-pack of Taco Bell noticed something wasn’t right about a mower sticking out of Sand Creek near the restaurant. “Just the nose was in the water,” said Hondo Collins, city of Newton parks superintendent. At the time, Newton Parks Supervisor Tyler Schmidt was using the city’s remote control mower at that location and the kids asked him if he needed help. Schmidt told them it was remote controlled and they said, “That’s dope.” Source: Harvey County Now

17 Wednesday, August 17

Pride of Hoyt Days this weekend

2022-08-17T21:47:50-05:00August 17th, 2022|

What began in 1986 to mark the centennial of Hoyt has continued to grow over the years into a celebration of the southern Jackson County community. This year’s Pride of Hoyt Days, the 35th-annual town festival scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20, promises to keep the celebratory spirit going, according to Nancy Bailey, president of the committee that organizes the annual festival, held in Hoyt City Park. Many events associated with the festival will be back this year, including the sand volleyball tournament, car show, quilt display, the community fried chicken dinner and the parade, which Bailey said will be led by [...]

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