Plastikon plans $10 million expansion of Lawrence plant
Plastikon Industries files plans for an 80,000 square foot expansion at its East Hills facility in Lawrence. The project would nearly double the size of the production site used for medical test tubes and related COVID response work. The filing notes unknown new jobs while highlighting ongoing employment growth tied to higher demand.
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Local fall harvest 3 weeks behind schedule at Ottawa area elevators
Ottawa Cooperative Association general manager Clark Wenger says the 2021 fall harvest is about three weeks late due to April rains delaying planting. Corn yields run 100 to 200 bushels per acre, averaging around 140 to 150, with irrigated Kansas River fields brightest. Weather forecasters expect two to three warm days before rains move in, raising concern for the soybean crop as harvest lags and beans mature later in shortened daylight.
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Ottawa Cooperative Association
Lawrence
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Lawrence district reports mixed K-12 enrollment changes
Lawrence school district shows a slight rise in brick and mortar enrollment this year while virtual school enrollment drops significantly, causing an overall decrease in K-12 numbers. Superintendent Anthony Lewis announced the unofficial 2021-22 count at a recent school board meeting.
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Lawrence
Anthony Lewis
Lawrence Schools Start Virus Testing Protocol
Lawrence public schools launched a stay, learn, play and participate program allowing students identified as close contacts of a COVID case to stay in school if they pass daily virus tests. District spokeswoman Julie Boyle confirmed the rollout began Monday after a weekend announcement and news release detailing the plan.
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Lawrence Public Schools
Julie Boyle
Longtime KU political scientist Loomis dies at 76
Burdett Loomis, a longtime political science professor at the University of Kansas and advocate for the arts, has died at age 76 in Lawrence after a recent cancer diagnosis. He left a 40 plus year career at KU and developed internship programs in Washington, D.C., and Topeka that colleagues say are nationally renowned.
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University of Kansas
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Topeka
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New York
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Galesburg
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