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Keeping Businesses Running from Generation to Generation

Monday, February 6

Sterling, Kan. - First Bank will be bringing in a nationally known speaker on succession planning this February.Jolene Brown, CSP, CPAE is an award-winning author specializing in helping families navigate the difficult waters of planning ahead. Brown is often called the “Doctor Phil of...

Black-Footed Ferrets: An Endangered Species Back from the Brink

Monday, February 6

HUTCHINSON, Kan. - Join Dillon Nature Center to kick-off the Taylor's Shady Lane Cabin Lecture Series on February 7th, 2023. The series welcomes Jackie Augustine, the Executive Director for Audubon of Kansas, to Taylor’s Shady Lane Cabin and learn more about the...

Prevent a blood shortage – donate in February

Monday, February 6

KANSAS — Spring is close, but February often brings unpredictable winter weather that can cause blood drive cancellations and make it difficult for donors to make it to their appointments safely. As the American Red Cross continues to monitor seasonal challenges that could...

State Awards $230,000 to Fund Kansas Suicide Prevention Efforts

Monday, February 6

TOPEKA, Kan. (KPR) – A state agency has awarded the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability...

Career and Technical Education Month Celebrates Value of CTE Programs

Monday, February 6

TOPEKA, Kan. — February is Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month®, which celebrates the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across Kansas and the nation.Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly last week...

HHS Choirs Offer Singing Valentines

Monday, February 6

HUTCHINSON, Kan. - The Expressives and Harmonics choirs at Hutchinson High School will travel to perform Singing Valentines on Valentine’s Day.The HHS choir groups will travel to perform special serenades on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Singing Valentines are available to...

Kansas Wheat Battling through Tough Conditions

Monday, February 6

By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension News Service MANHATTAN, Kan. – No need to tell Kansas wheat producers, but drought has really been a bummer for the hard red winter wheat crop.On Jan. 17, the

Boys & Girls Clubs of Hutchinson Fundraising Campaign will Help Kids to Live Healthier

Friday, February 3

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Through healthy lifestyles programming at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hutchinson, kids learn how to live healthier. Through its current fundraiser, For the Health of It, BGC Hutch has set a goal of raising $10,000 to expand opportunities for students...

Have You Checked Your Heart?

Friday, February 3

By Maddy Rohr, K-State Research and Extension News Service MANHATTAN, Kan – The story of a professional football player suffering a heart condition while on the field has recently drawn national headlines, but a Kansas State University food scientist said it’s important at all times...