McPherson Sentinel

For the third time in about four years, the city of McPherson has picked up a grant to help homeowners replace windows, roofs, siding and other home improvements for those who qualify. Since 2016, the city has been able to make an investment of about $1 million in housing using similar grant funds. “We’ve done rehab on 30 or 32 houses,” said Nick Gregory, city administrator for McPherson. ”... The outside of house, once we have done it, is a fairly noticeable difference.” (Read more: McPherson Sentinel)

Wayne Burns, Public Lands and Facilities Director for McPherson, looked across the gymnasium at the Community Building, 122 E. Marlin, Thursday and puffed up with a bit of pride. Not only because the old building is being made new again, but because of the history within its walls. “This is the home of the Global Refiners, the first gold medal basketball team,” Burns said. “This is where they played games and practiced.” The gymnasium, which will once again host sporting events when it reopens, will tell the story of the Globe Refiners. They are immortalized in the renovated gymnasium. (Read more: [...]

What does Lindsborg, Kansas have in common with Bali, Montevideo and Lisbon? The Vacation Rental Show with Matt Landau, sponsored by Booking.com. Now in its second season, Lindsborg is one of ten exceptional locations from exotic locales around the world that are featured online. In each episode, a vacation rental owner warmly welcomes Landau, who is a passionate advocate for this hospitality alternative, to the best people and places each destination has to offer. “In the world of vacation rentals, being featured on this show is a really big deal,” said Jum Prugh. “Owners and guests from around the world will [...]

As a result of the March 12 special election city of McPherson officials drafted and reviewed various ordinances to allow Sunday liquor sales within city limits. According to the commission “The combined effect of these ordinances changes the allowance for Sunday Liquor Sales from Noon to 8 p.m. to include allowances for the following consumption licenses: CMB Licenses (Beer 3.2 percent alcohol content and below), General Retail Enhanced CMB (Beer under 6 percent in alcohol in content), Limited Retail Enhance CMB (Beer under 6 percent in alcohol in content), Retail Alcoholic Beverage Licenses, and Special Event Permits. If the respective ordinances [...]

The McPherson City Commission will try something new in April. They will be holding their meetings at 5:30 p.m. rather than 8:30 a.m. in an effort to be more accessible to the community. The April 1 meeting will be at 8:30 a.m., but following that, the rest of the meetings in the month will be held in the evening. All will be held on Mondays and in the normal meeting place at the Municipal Building, 400 E. Kansas Ave. in the East Board Room. All meetings are open to the public. (Read more: McPherson Sentinel)

All three McPherson Country commissioners voted earlier this week for a moratorium on applications for conditional-use permits that would allow the construction of wind turbines in the county. No applications for conditional-use permits in connection with commercial wind turbine projects will be accepted for an indefinite period, said Rick Witte McPherson County Administrator. The move was done to allow a comprehensive review of the impact commercial wind turbines may have on the county’s new E-911 emergency system that is being installed as a replacement for EDACS. Witte said the commission wanted to be sure the county’s new emergency system would work [...]

When Moundridge resident Lori Frazer moved from a house with a big yard to an apartment with no yard, she realized her city needed a dog park. When she jokingly mentioned the idea to Moundridge City Administrator Randy Frazer (who is also her brother-in-law), he encouraged her to take action. “I formed a committee...and we took it to city coucil,” Lori said. Amy Stinchcomb, owner of Pawsitive Pet Styles, is also a member of the dog park committee. She said the project will benefit all Moundridge residents, not just pet owners. “It keeps the dogs out of the regular park so [...]

The NASA astronaut who survived last week’s failed launch and emergency landing knew he needed to stay calm. Air Force Col. Nick Hague, a native of Hoxie, Kan., on Tuesday described the closest call of his career: His space capsule violently ripped from his damaged rocket shortly after liftoff, then with lights flashing and alarms sounding, plunged steeply back to Earth with punishing force. Hague said he and his commander, Russian Alexei Ovchinin, were flung from side to side and shoved back hard into their seats, as the drama unfolded 50 kilometers (31 miles) above Kazakhstan last Thursday. One of the [...]

Health care has seen a number of rapid changes in recent decades, and those changes necessitated an evolution in the way hospitals were set up to treat patients. Larry Van Der Wege, administrator at Lindsborg Community Hospital, will present “75 Years and Counting” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Bethany Home Activity Center, 321 N. Chestnut in Lindsborg. The program is sponsored by the Smoky Valley Historical Association. Van Der Wege intends to share some of the hospital’s history and its different locations throughout the year. “A big story to tell is that we still have a very high-functioning, capable [...]

If you were driving by Kaps gas station in Lindsborg yesterday (Monday), you may have seen two little ones, Oliver and Twyla Giesen, out with a red wagon with flowers in vases inside and a “Flowers for Sale” sign. Oliver, 3, and Twyla, 7, have received their mother and father’s green thumbs as they are now selling flowers for the second year in a row from their own garden, and a few from their grandmothers as well. “Last year we just had a surplus of flowers and Twyla started making signs so we said, ’Sure, if you want to sell them [...]