Summer activities planned for Garnett area children
Garnett's recreation director Jeff McAdams outlines a packed season of sports and activities for youth this summer and fall. A new national program Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs introduces a fishing clinic at North and South lakes. The city runs baseball, softball, T-ball, and golf clinics while Garnett Girl Scout troops host a multi day camp at North Lake for about 70 local girls, led by Tanya Gould and her daughter Brittany.
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Arnett
Garnett
Jeff McAdams
North
South Lakes
McAdams
North Lake
Kansas
Missouri
Tanya Gould
Ottawa
Gould
Brittany
Colorado
Burglar hits Setter's Quik Shop in Greeley
A burglar entered Setter's Quik Shop about 3 30 this morning but no money or goods were reported stolen. Suspects fled unknown as deputies and Garnett police headed to the scene.
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Greeley
Setter’s Quik
Anderson County
Barber County starts Kansas wheat harvest
The earliest harvest of this year's wheat crop shows good moisture and strong test weights. In Kiowa, the O K Cooperative Grain and Mercantile Co took in 196000 bushels Monday and 100000 Tuesday, with 12 to 14 percent moisture and 60 to 62 pound test weight, per Darrin Hiebert. Caldwell saw 30000 bushels harvested Monday. Tuesday weather halted work.
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O.K. Cooperative Grain and Mercantile Company
Kiowa
Darrin Hiebert
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Hiebert
Caldwell
Rob Johnston
Farmer’s Coop Grain Company
Anthony
Harper County
Comanche County
Barber County
Kansas-Oklahoma
Southcentral
Kansas
East Central
Weather forecasts change little since first observer 110 years ago
In Wichita the weather service notes that forecasts feel modern yet echo 1888 origins. Cpl. Fred L. Johnson logged daily observations with a leather book and a signal flag for heat or cold waves. Today the National Weather Service uses high tech tools, but core data remain temperature, humidity, wind, and rain.
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Wichita
Kan
Cpl
Fred L. Johnson
Johnson
National Climatic Archival Library
Asheville
N.C
United States
Ellis Pike
National Weather Service
Pike
National Weather Service Office
Mid-Continent
Dick Elder
Tank blast kills Emporia man in Coffey County
Emporia man Randy Newkirk, 45, was killed when an oil tank exploded and caught fire in Coffey County about 11 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters found his badly burned body after extinguishing the blaze. Cause under investigation. authorities do not suspect foul play.
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New Strawn
Kan
Emporia
Coffey County
Randy Newkirk
Weekend and Weekday Civic and Cultural Schedule
A compact schedule shows events from Saturday through Thursday, including county Commission at the Courthouse, National Guard Jazz Band at Harris Park in Garnett, Tourism Committee in the Pioneer Room, and Prairie Spirit Trail visits by Girl Scouts through Saturday.
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Garnett
National Guard
Donna Harris Memorial Park
Garnett Optimist Club
Optiburgers
Friends of the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail
Colony
County Commission
Harris Park
Pioneer Room
Prairie Spirit Trail
Tax rush skews April sales tax receipts in area counties
Area revenue figures show April sales tax receipts down sharply due to a heavy rush of last minute income tax returns. Anderson County reports a 26 percent drop for April and a yearly gain of 6 percent to $420.2 thousand. Franklin County falls 52 percent for April with a yearly total near $2.61 million, while Ottawa and Pomona show mixed results. Statewide February receipts posted declines in Anderson and Franklin counties, though year to date totals rose modestly.
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Ocal
Anderson
Franklin County
State Department of Revenue
May
Anderson County
Ottawa
Pomona
Princeton
Wellsville
Williamsburg
Storms bring wind hail across Kansas
The Associated Press reports high winds, tornado warnings, and golfball size hail in Kansas. Manhattan saw hail around 5:15 p.m. with no injuries or damage. Several tornado warnings were active in northeastern Kansas but no touchdowns. Severe thunderstorm warnings covered Anderson and Franklin counties. An airborne tornado was spotted near Rossville, but damage was limited to a bank window. A mile of U.S. 24 near Williamstown washed out by heavy rain.
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Associated Press
Kansas
National Weather Service
Manhattan
Anderson
Franklin
Rossville
Topeka
U.S. 24
Williamstown
Jefferson County
Weather Service
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Garnett Area
Jason Hermreck
B.J. Cole
Anderson County Historical Society
Edwin Smith
Hermreck
Cole
Mandles
Garnett Garnett
Earnest Wright
Blue Mound
U.S. 59
Nora Wright
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wright
Wendy Stacy
Stacy
Anderson County Hospital
Bauman
Pense
Ats
Holland Grill
The
Bauman’s
RM Carpet
Se Forth Edge
Highway
Herald
Ottawa Herald
Veu
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