May 2024
Watching Cessna Stadium come down
Mark Schnabel: SportSpeak Hello and I hope everyone had a happy holiday. Welcome to a little school-year end roundup of things here at the Kansan Sports Desk at my temporary…
Newton cleanup continues
Special to the Kansan Storm cleanup continues in Newton, with the City’s tree contractor, Alfred’s Superior Tree Service, collecting downed limbs in Area 1 and City crews working in Area…
Sports briefs
Surge blank Missions WICHITA — Jaylen Nowlin pitched six innings of shutout ball to lead the Wichita Wind Surge to an 8-0 win over the… Login to continue reading Login…
Bats silenced for Swather baseball at state
Hesston held to one hit in loss to Topeka Hayden By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan cschnabel@cherryroad.com MANHATTAN — The Hesston High School baseball team had… Login to continue reading Login…
County completes ‘temporary fix’ to courtroom issues
Renovations for “Courtroom 4” at the Harvey County Courthouse are now complete, a project approved earlier this year as a temporary fix of security issues.“Everything turned out about as expected,” said Anthony Swartzendruber, county administrator.
County Commission reviews ethics code
Randy Hague took one last run at creating new policy concerning communication by Harvey County Commissioners via text and email during commission meetings during the May 21 commission meeting.
Sinkhole opens up
After a derecho swept across much of Kansas and Harvey County, the Harvey County Sheriff’s Department found a bit of unexpected damage to a road within the county.
First graduates of Kansas State University physician assistant program aim to fill health care gaps
MANHATTAN – The first graduates from Kansas State University’s physician assistant master’s program hope to help close health care gaps in the state.The inaugural cohort of more than 30 students received training for 12 months in the classroom and 15 months in clinical rotations at regional hospitals and clinics.Taylor Niemeier, a physician assistant student from Gove who graduated this spring, plans to return to northwest Kansas for a job with a local health care provider.“As a class, we were able to help change and mold the program to fit the needs of students,” Niemeier said.