Tractor safety structures improve farm safety
Ten years ago, Andrew Koukol nearly became a statistic. Instead, the father of two preschoolers today crunches numbers for a Kansas City-based engineering firm.
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Strong crops ‘a blessing and a curse’
TSnews To borrow from songwriters Robert Hunter and the late Jerry Garcia, every silver lining has a touch of gray. That line from a Grateful Dead song might sum up the crop situation in south-central Kansas at the moment.
School districts repay Medicaid funds to state after error
Kansas Reflector Seventy percent of Kansas school districts are repaying amounts from hundreds to millions of dollars after a Medicaid calculation error by a state contractor, a Kansas official testified this week.
Parents urged to talk with their children
When it comes to helping their children achieve academic success, it sure doesn’t hurt if parents remember how to multiply fractions and diagram sentences.
Argosy Files
From August 1948 The graduating class of 1943 held its first class reunion Aug. 22 in the yard of the Wimp home.
4H raising money through recycling
120 Years Ago Last Tuesday was the hottest day of the year. The government thermometer went to 105.
Star Files
From August 1906 Conway Springs has many things of which the people justly boast.
Kindness, compassion are important gifts for teachers
A thank you note, and even a shiny, red apple, are nice. But Kansas State University child development specialist Bradford Wiles said being kind to your children’s teachers is one of the best things parents can do.
Economists project ‘sizeable increase’ in farm income
Extension A Kansas State University agricultural economist predicts “a sizeable increase” in Kansas farm income this year, spurred by one-time government payments meant to blunt the effects of recent economic- and disaster-related losses.
