Garden City to Hold Monday Special Meeting
Garden City Commission schedules a noon meeting at City Administrative Center to review an FAA grant offer for Taxiway A Phase 7 at Garden City Regional Airport, an interlocal planning services agreement with Holcomb, two contracts for property removals and demolition, and a KDHE Household Hazardous Waste Grant agreement. Stacey Frizzell, city clerk, 276 1100.
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Garden City
N. 11Th Street
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Stacey Frizzell
Sfrizzell
Gardencity.org
Garden City DUI Sobriety Checkpoint Planned Overnight
Garden City Police Department plans a sobriety checkpoint from 1 to 8 a.m. Sunday in a high traffic area within Garden City limits. Drivers may be stopped but officers will limit traffic interruption for non intoxicated motorists. Patrol costs are funded by the Impaired Driving Deterrence Program grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation.
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Garden City
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansans Tell Their Stories exhibit at Finney County Museum
A traveling exhibit titled Kansans Tell Their Stories runs at the Finney County Historical Museum in Garden City until July 30. It showcases Garden City’s Vietnamese community, Topeka’s Mexican community, railroad history, orphan trains in Kansas, Collyer’s Volga German heritage, northeast Kansas African immigrants, Shawnee Belgian community, Wichita El Huarache neighborhood, and Fort Scott African-American heritage. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. For details, contact KHC or visit kansashumanities.org. After Garden City, the exhibit moves to Collyer and Concordia. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
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Finney County Historical Museum
S. Fourth St
Garden City
Topeka
Railroad
Kansas
Collyer
Wichita
el Huarache
Fort Scott
Mountain lion sighting confirms rare Kansas visit
AP report says a Colorado trapped male mountain lion, about 90 pounds, with GPS collar, wandered through parts of Kansas this spring. Biologist Matt Peek notes it is only the third confirmed Kansas sighting in 106 years after release near Estes Park last October.
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Herington
Colorado
Kansas
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Matt Peek
Peek
Wildlife and Parks Commission
Estes Park
OSHA probes deadly Russell elevator collapse
Two workers died when two grain bins collapsed at Agco Inc. elevator in Russell Kansas while unloading a truck. OSHA investigators inspected the site and found no prior complaints. Victims were Max Greve 21 from Hays and Sean Banks 19 from Russell.
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Topeka
Kansas
Agco Inc
Russell
Max Greve
Hays
Sean Banks
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Judy Freeman
Harvest underway as Kansas wheat tests show strong yields
Tony Salazar uses a grain tester at Garden City Co-op on Big Lowe Road Friday amid a first week of harvest. Farmers including Jarvis Garetson report test weights 60 to 62 pounds per bushel with 11.5 to 12.5 percent moisture and 14 percent protein, while others like Warren Devore and Ellen Goering note promising test weights and timely progress across Grant, Dodge, Greeley, and Wichita counties.
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Tony Salazar
Garden City Co-op
Big Lowe Road
Jarvis Garetson
Garetson
Grant County
Warren Devore
United Prairie Ag
Devore
Ellen Goering
Dodge City Co-op
Cimarron
Goering
Cimarron Co-Op
Dan Hild
Tribune Grain
Greeley County
Hild
Wichita County
Greg Fletcher
ADM Grain
Fletcher
Kansas
Hays
Midland
Bill Burton
Midland Marketing
Palco
Lacrosse
Doug Johnson
Scott Cooperative
Marienthal
Johnson
Dodge City
Little Caesars
Lamar
Colo
Crases
Critter Land Pet Shop
Garden City
David
Deann
Detroit
Mich
Little Caesars comes to Garden City Kansas
National pizza chain expands to 1801 E Kansas Ave with an August 2 opening. Co owners David and Deann Crase, former Garden City mayor and current commissioner, will run the carry out only site. The concept store aims for hot and ready pepperoni and cheese pizzas with fresh ingredients and a pickup window for quick service.
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Kansas
Little Caesars Pizza
Kansas Ave
David Crase
Deann
Little Caesars
Crases
David
Kadee
Dodge City
Liberal
Hays
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Taylor
Jay Garetson
Providence Grain
Haskell County
Jarvis
National Pizza Chain
Ram
Jose Gutierrez
Arnold Streeter
Keller Plumbing Service
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