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Satellite Office for Reno County Department of Aging Opening at Wesley Towers
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Wesley Towers will be hosting a satellite office for the Reno County Department of Aging one day each month. Any citizen over age 60 or their caregivers may meet with John Eberly or Denise Pina, Reno County Social and Human Service...
Hutchinson City Council Approves APAC Bid for Work on K-61
By Lucky Kidd, Ad Astra Radio HUTCHINSON, Kan. –A bid for an upcoming project involving two segments of the Ken Kennedy Freeway (K-61) in Hutchinson was accepted Tuesday by the Hutchinson City Council.The project involves mill and overlay of the northbound lanes of K-61 from...
IRB’s Approved, Franchise for New Hutchinson Hotel Identified
By Lucky Kidd, Ad Astra Radio HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A franchise has been obtained for the new hotel and convention center coming to Hutchinson. It was announced during Tuesday's Hutchinson City Council meeting that an agreement for a Hilton Garden Inn was finalized in the...
McPherson Center for Health to Host Health Care Job Fair Friday
McPHERSON, Kan. - McPherson Center for Health announces they are hosting a Health Care Job Fair to be held Friday, February 24 from noon to 2:00 p.m. in the east side of the hospital building at the corner of Walnut and Third...
McPherson Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee Names Friend of Ag, Farm Family of the Year
By Cindy Baldwin, Baldwin Creative Services, and Chamber Ag Committee member McPHERSON, Kan. – Mike and Cathy Patrick, Lindsborg, have been named the 2022 McPherson County Farm Family from the McPherson Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee. The Patricks operate a diversified crop and cow/calf operation...
U.S. 183 Restricted through Kinsley for Reconstruction Project
KINSLEY, Kan. – U.S. 183 between U.S. 50 and U.S. 56 in Kinsley will be restricted to one lane starting around Feb. 27 for a Kansas Department of Transportation project.The restriction is needed to allow crews to resume work on...
Coalition of Leading Kansas Nonprofits and Organizations Launch Engaged Kansas
MANHATTAN, Kan. – A coalition of Kansas organizations have launched Engaged Kansas in a first-of-its-kind effort to encourage and support civic-minded individuals to consider local public service.Partners in Engaged Kansas include the Kansas Association of Counties,...
First Dillon Lecture of 2023 is Tuesday, Feb. 21st
Hutchinson, Kan. – The Ray and Stella Dillon Lecture Series at Hutchinson Community College will open its 2023 series with NASA veteran and STEM ambassador Ginger Kerrick on Tuesday, February 21 at 10:30 am at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.Kerrick served...
Attorney General Kobach: Walgreens Won’t Send Abortion Pills into Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. – (KPR) - Walgreens has announced it will not send abortion pills into Kansas. In a letter, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach warned the company in early February that dispensing the abortion drug Mifepristone would be a violation of...
K-State Grazing Specialist to Speak on Environmental Concerns in Beef Industry
By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension News Service MANHATTAN, Kan. – Beef cattle is big business in Kansas.The state holds the United States’ third largest number of cattle on ranches and feedyards – 6.5 million head, behind only Texas and Nebraska –...
Fire Department to Work Fire Mitigation North of Hutchinson on Monday
RENO COUNTY, Kan. – The Hutchinson Fire Department (HFD) will begin fire mitigation efforts Monday, Feb. 20th along Plum Street between 69th and 82nd Avenues. Work will begin at 1:00 p.m.HFD will then turn on 82nd Avenue between Plum and Monroe Streets.Traffic on Plum...
