Archive By Author - Dale Hogg
Drivers, look out
Motorists beware, Barton County Treasurer Kevin Wondra said.
Seeing beyond handicaps
When it comes to those with handicaps, there statistics and there are people who live with the disabilities. Both add to the complex and often lonely tapestry that is being handicapped or a caregiver of a handicapped person in America.
Central Prairie RC&D volunteers honored
For the most part, Great Bend-based Central Prairie Resource Conservation and Development Council flies along under the radar – quietly working behind the scenes on a number projects in central Kansas.
Hunt on for three escapees
MINNEAPOLIS – Three of the four Kansas Department of Corrections inmates housed at the Ottawa County jail here who escaped at about 5 a.m. Wednesday remain at large, according to a KCOC news release.
ON SCHEDULE
If all goes well, movies will be shown in the new downtown Great Bend Cinema Six by next May as the facility draws thousands to the business district.
Local license has Custer connection
Barton County Records Clerk Marion Beck checked her e-mail in-box one Monday morning in February and found a message that started like this: "Good evening, Marion, from a very wet southeast England."
Center plans stayed
The City of Great Bend's arrangement with the owners of the Highland Hotel to manage the city-owned convention center will remain in place, at least through the end of September, the City Council decided Monday night.
Health department gets new computers
The Barton County Health Department will be up to date after the County Commission approved the purchase of new computer equipment Monday morning.
The request is dust in the wind
When the Great Bend City Council meets Monday night, it will take up an issue months in the making. It's an issue that drew two petitions from residents in the southeast part of town and may force two council members to recuse themselves from voting.
For exhibitor, the future is blowin’ in the wind
It seemed like an odd comment for Rod Stambaugh to make as he stood at his Great Bend Farm and Ranch Expo outdoor booth Thursday afternoon.
COLOR THEM CONCERNED
Aiden Loveland Koster wants everyone get their blue on today and raise awareness of problem too often kept tucked in the shadows – child abuse.
Lawmaker glad to be home
Tim Huelskamp has served in Congress as the freshman First District Republican congressman for a little over a year now. He's learned one thing – he's not in Kansas anymore.
Banks doing battle
Barton County banks are ready to do battle against cancer. All they need is you.
Courts to close over budget bickering
Justice may move a little slower in Kansas after the Kansas Supreme Court announced Monday dates for scheduled furloughs of court employees and the closing of Kansas courts, including Barton County District Court.
Articles By Author - Dale Hogg
COUNTRY ROADS
It started as a concern expressed by a rural southwest Barton County resident over the conditions of gravel roads in the area, but it evolved into a discussion of the township road system and whose responsibility it is to maintain them.
Impact of Bartlett Grain traffic examined
Barton County Engineer Clark Rusco has met with Bartlett Grain Company officials over how traffic to and from the new grain-handling facility will impact U.S. 56, which runs along the north edge of the site, the Barton County Commission learned Monday morning.
City starts process to raze old opera house
Three bidders have had a peek inside the old opera house building at Forest and Williams, all eying the possibility of razing the beleaguered structure.
Council flushes bid for water-sewer work
Noting that it was more than double previous projections, the Great Bend City Council Monday night voted to reject a bid submitted for utility improvements in the Amber Meadows housing development.
Keep your cool
We have been spoiled in Central Kansas. July, normally a time for extremely hot temperatures, has been mild. We all knew that we would pay the price, and now we are.
Commission thanks long-time employees
It was a time Monday morning to show appreciation. The Barton County Commission recognized two long-time county employees who are leaving after years of service.
Commission: County treasurer should resign
After somber deliberation, a unanimous Barton County Commission Monday morning approved a non-binding resolution calling for the resignation of County Treasurer Kevin Wondra.
Buyer beware
Two items in the news of late should act as a reminder to all of us that there are folks out there willing to scam us for our money if we let them.
Gleason death sentence overturned
TOPEKA – Ruling the jury instructions may have violated his constitutional rights, the Kansas Supreme Court Friday overturned the death sentence for Sidney Gleason, convicted of capital murder in the 2004 killings of a Great Bend woman and her boyfriend.
Council looks through 2015 budget
Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series about the Great Bend City Council's 2015 budget-planning session Tuesday night. Part one dealt with the council's goals. This installment will delve into the budget's numbers and what they mean.
From crime crack down to run-down houses
On June 13, Great Bend City Council members toured city facilities as the first step in the 2015 budget-planning process. Next they gathered on July 2 for a brain-storming session with the purpose of establishing their goals for the upcoming year.
County braces for loss of oil and gas fund
To help shore up reserves, the Barton County Commission Monday morning approved transferring money from the Oil and Gas Valuation Depletion Trust Fund. However, the commission was warned this critical piece of county funding will not be around for much longer.
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