Fire in Great Bend PHOTO BY BRIAN FRANKLIN The Great Bend fire Department responds to a fire at At 2:50 p.m. at 1324 Kansas Ave. For a report of smoke coming from the back of the building. Units found a fire in piles of paper in the back portion of the building. Access to the area of the fire was limited due to the instability of the back wall. The fire was extinguished and will be investigated by the fire marshal. Latest Park Elementary students party with the Cougars Motorcycle safety remains everyone’s concern Stafford County OKs area budgets Kansas issues blue-green algae advisory