Boyhood Home Now Open for Tours
Abilene, KS– Tours of President Eisenhower’s boyhood home are once again available to the public. Extensive preservation work including exterior lead paint abatement and maintenance updates closed the home for several months. The project is now complete and guests are welcome to once again step back in time and see the home where our nation’s […]
Cattle Chat: Giving Calves a Healthy Start
By Lisa Moser, K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS— Good nutrition is important to overall health, and it begins at birth. said the experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute on a recent Cattle Chat podcast where they discussed the importance of the calves nursing within the first 24 hours […]
Energy Study Proposes Ways to Reduce Costs for All Customers
Topeka, KS – The Kansas Chamber on Monday released its energy study, State of Electricity in Kansas. Chamber President and CEO Alan Cobb said the state’s high energy costs impact all customers, hurt the state’s economic growth and discourage investment and expansion. “High energy costs, especially high electric rates, have been a top […]
Kansas KidWind Challenge Kicks Off This Week with a Record Number of Teams
Topeka, KS– Just as the amount of wind energy being produced in the state is growing, so are the number of students participating in the Kansas KidWind Challenge. The annual event has grown from one regional challenge in 2016 to six regional events in 2022. This year’s competition promises to be bigger than ever with […]
NSP Seeks Information on Disappearance of Thayer County Man
Lincoln, NE— The Nebraska State Patrol is requesting assistance from the public in locating a person who went missing from Bruning, Nebraska on February 2. Jamie Balluch, 43, of Bruning, was last seen at his place of employment, Bruning Grain and Feed Company, on Thursday, February 2. Balluch is believed to be missing under suspicious […]
Now is the Time to Detect Early Season Pests
By Maddy Rohr, K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS— A wave of warm weather in the middle of February may draw the attention to winter grain mites – a concern to many farmers – but Kansas State University field crop entomologist Jeff Whitworth said they aren’t doing any damage right now. […]
Cattlewomen’s Camp, 4-H Food and Livestock Training Programs Win Annual Extension Awards
By Alisa Boswell-Gore Stillwater, OK– Oklahoma State University Extension presented a group of annual honors during an awards luncheon Jan. 25 on the OSU campus. “Our Extension awards program gives us an opportunity to celebrate the great work of our employees in bringing impactful programs to local communities throughout the state,” said Damona Doye, […]
Wichita Children’s Theatre at the Brown Grand
Concordia, KS- As the Brown Grand Opera House, Inc. continues to celebrate its 115th anniversary the Wichita Children’s Theatre performed for over 1,000 area students on Friday, February 10, 2023. The Wichita Children’s Theatre presented two short musicals entitled The Three Little Kittens and Yankee Doodle. The students attended from Concordia, Beloit, Miltonvale, Glasco, and […]
Severe Weather Preparedness Week is March 6-10
By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS– Live in Kansas and the Midwest for very long, and it becomes commonplace to expect a wide variety of spring and summer weather. Tornadoes, damaging winds, large hail, flash flooding and lightning often dominate the news headlines in this part of the country. […]
Big Losses in November Fuel a Kansas Republican Party Changeover in February
Topeka, KS— Spurred on by frustrations over losing high-profile races to Democrats, Kansas Republicans on Saturday picked an aggressive conservative to lead the party into the 2024 election cycle. Party officials elected Mike Brown, a former Johnson County commissioner, to party chair during the Republican state convention. He beat out Helen Van Etten, a longtime party […]