Tornadoes strike Seward County Kansas causing heavy damage
A pair of tornadoes tore through Seward County near Liberal and Kismet causing widespread property damage and heavy flooding. More than 3,600 electricity customers lost power, several homes and businesses were destroyed or damaged, roads washed out, and school districts canceled classes. Aquila crews worked to restore power to about 2,800 customers, while U.S. 54 remained closed in parts due to high water.
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Greg Standard
Seward County
Standard
Liberal
Kismet
Aquila
Tom Lowery
U.S. 54
Meade County
Plains
Kansas Highway Patrol
Rain floods southwest Kansas farming heartland
Monsoon rain drenched the southwest region of Kansas with heavy downpours and wind. Farmers in Greeley County hailed the moisture after four years of drought, with rainfall totals from 1.75 to 2.50 inches reported across Tribune Garden City and Wichita County areas. A storm spawned at least two tornadoes in Seward County causing property damage and local flooding, while a separate tornado warning was issued for southeast Haskell and Seward counties but no touchdown occurred. Weather crews logged multiple rainfall measurements and noted no flight delays.
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Liberal
Seward
Kansas
Greeley County
Mike Moritz
Tribune
Sandra Martin
Connie Brandl
Kansas State Research Center
Seward County
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Haskell County
Haskell
Garden City
Kansas State University Research Experiment Station
Garden City Regional
Garden City Public Works
Sam Curran
Curran
Wichita County Dispatch
GCHS Graduation Moves Indoors Due to Waterlogged Field
Garden City High School will hold graduation at 7 p.m. in the main gym because Memorial Stadium is flooded. Each graduate receives four tickets for the gym and four for Clifford Hope Auditorium for the broadcast. Access without a ticket is not allowed. Buffalo Broadcast System will air the ceremony on cable channel 21. Project Graduation shifts to the auxiliary gym and starts after the ceremony.
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Garden City High School
Memorial Stadium
Clifford Hope
GCHS
Kevin Burr
Buffalo
Meat labeling laws stir complaints from ranchers
Kansas ranchers rally paperwork to prove calves are USA born as new federal law requires country of origin labels for pork beef lamb and fish by fall 2004. Ranchers warn audits raise costs while consumer advocates cite safety and informed choice.
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Topeka
Kansas
USA
Holcomb
Larry Jones
Kansas Livestock Association
Traci Bruckner
Center For Rural Affairs
Walthill
Neb
Bruckner
Jones
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Offi
Cials
Kansas City
USDA
Association
Walgreens zoning change eyed for Nazarene church site
Finney County planning panel recommended re zoning the Church of the Nazarene parcel at 1310 E Kansas Ave from residential to C 2 to allow Paul Properties Management Inc to buy and develop a Walgreens pharmacy if the Garden City Commission approves the plan. The church would relocate to a larger site.
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Finney County Area Planning Commission
Walgreens
Church of the Nazarene
Kansas Ave
Paul Properties Management Inc
Garden City Commission
Planning Commission
Gar
Health costs strain city budget at planning retreat
During a two day budget retreat city officials discuss rising employee health costs for 830 city plan members. Human Resources Director Jim Berry notes hospital stays averaging 4000 dollars and a switch from Blue Cross Blue Shield to Roger Insurance as part of cost containment.
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Finnup Center
Jim Berry
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Roger Insurance
Berry
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