City crews repair broken water main
Garden City residents faced water outages after a water main south of the Mary and Eighth streets intersection ruptured from age around 1 a.m. A city water department crew shut off supply between Thompson and Mary streets while repairing, with water back by 6:30 a.m. and fully by 7:30 a.m. Street repairs were underway and could finish as early as this afternoon or tomorrow.
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Garden City
David Glenn
Mary and
Eighth Streets
Thompson and
Mary
Eighth Street
Water Department
Glenn
Lakin Library Offers Summer Reading Programs
The Kearny County Library Main and Prairie in Lakin announces its annual summer reading program starting June 7. Registration for younger students runs May 17 for Discover New Trails At Your Library, while teens from seventh to 12th grade enroll in Get Lost At Your Library. The program is free, the venue hours vary by day, and a flyer with events is available. For details call (620) 355-6674.
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Kearny County
Healthy Kids Day at Garden City YMCA April 24
The Garden City Family YMCA hosts Healthy Kids Day on April 24 at 1224 Center St. Free events for kindergarten through sixth graders include a one kilometer run at 7:30 registration, an 8 a.m. start, family obstacle courses, activity booths, and information activities in the gym from 9 to 11 am. Tropicana is the national sponsor.
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Garden City Family Ymca
Center St
YMCA
Tropicana
Reno judge denies gas companies bid to delay trial
Reno County District Court Judge Richard Rome denied motions from ONEOK Inc and Mid-Continent Market Center to delay or move the trial of a salt plant disruption case. State geologists and investigators say natural gas leaked from an underground ONEOK cavern and traveled from the Yaggy storage field, triggering explosions that destroyed buildings and killed two people.
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Hutchinson
Reno County District Court
Richard Rome
Oneok Inc
Mid-Continent Market Center
ONEOK
Army awards posthumous Silver Star to Sgt Donald Walters
At Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Sgt Donald Walters, 33, formerly of Kansas City Missouri and a member of the 507th Maintenance Company, received the Silver Star posthumously for actions in Iraq that cost him his life during the March 23 2003 ambush in southern Iraq. Lt Gen William S Wallace presented the honor to Walters widow Stacie and his mother Arlene as she seeks fuller accounting of her son's death.
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Fort Leavenworth
Army
Donald Walters
Iraq
Walters
Kansas City
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
507Th
Fort Bliss
Texas
William S. Wallace
S V Corps
Stacie
Arlene Walters
Fairgrounds offer liability insurance to ease rental costs
Finney County commissioners approved a county plan to provide liability insurance for fairground use, promising cheaper rates than individual policies. Keller Leopold quoted private event costs from 150 to 500 dollars by event size, with higher rates for sporting events and liquor, while deposits would be offset by expected fees within three to six months.
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Finney County Commissioners
Finney County Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Angie Clark
Clark
Keller-Leopold Insurance Co
Alco
Hol
Keller-Leopold
Keller, Leopold's
Roman Halbur
Pat LeClerc
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Antibiotics Found in Kansas Rivers Raising Concerns
Kansas State University researchers report trace levels of antibiotics in wastewater feeding into the Kansas River from cities and livestock facilities. They warn long term effects are unclear and antibiotic resistance could rise, with costs for treatment potentially increasing. Researchers note most medicines pass through excretion and wastewater systems.
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Topeka
Hns
Kansas State University
Kansas River
Alok Bhandari
K-State Research and Extension
Bhandari
Europe
K-State
Robert Hunter
Manhattan
Missouri River
Karl Mueldener
Bureau of Water
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Mueldener
Mercer Gallery hosts Ganstrom's sculptural ceramics exhibit
The Mercer Gallery at Garden City Community College features Sheldon Ganstrom's raku ceramic works, blending ancient and modern influences with fossils and a matte finish. Pieces range from bowls to sculptural vessels priced from a few hundred to $3,000 and are for sale. The show runs through April 25 with a final student show through May 14, and hours are posted on weekdays and Sundays.
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Mercer
Garden City Community College
Sheldon Ganstrom
GCCC
Dave Kinder
Kinder
Ganstrom
Hays
Mercer Gallery
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Ric Dalke
Area Mental Health Center
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Area Mental Health
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EMS
Prewitt
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Jerry Davis
Health Department
Kristi Schmitt
Schmitt
Commerce Bank
Kansas
Garden City High School
Mike Smith
Memorial Stadium
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