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Great Bend Youth Academy Reunion is set for Friday
Paul Millard with the Great Bend Police Department has been involved with the Youth Academy in Great Bend for 18 years when it first started. He says roughly 4,500 children have participated in the...
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GBRC Summer Youth Theatre Production: “If The Shoe Fits”
The Great Bend Recreation Commission is sponsoring its 23rd annual youth summer theatre production, “If The Shoe Fits”. Prince Owen is depressed. He’s ready to go to college and study computers...
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Great Bend school district waits for state funding legal battles to settle
Tuesday, July 18 could be the beginning to the end of a seven-year legal war between multiple school districts and the State of Kansas. Whether or not a $293 million increase to school funding is...
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Felony theft cases filed against former Great Bend CVB Director
Former Great Bend CVB Director Cris Collier Barton County Attorney Amy Mellor announced Thursday, July 13 that a criminal case has been filed against Crystal Jo Collier for theft. The complaint, filed...
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LearningRx opens downtown Great Bend office for brain training
Julie Stuhlsatz, right, and a client review information at the new LearningRx office in Great Bend. Its grand opening is set for Thursday, July 20. BUSINESS NEWS When Julie Stuhlsatz, Great Bend, first...
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Nex-Tech donates money to Great Bend school district
BUSINESS NEWS It’s in the bag or at least it will be for incoming freshmen at Great Bend High School. Drawstring backpacks, courtesy of Nex-Tech, will be handed out to all freshmen students on their...
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Listen to Thursday’s Sports Day show (7/13)
Mike Minton visits the studio Thursday to talk Great Bend Bombers baseball. https://www.greatbendpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/THURSDAY.mp3
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Listen to Friday’s Sports Day show (7/14)
Jim Misunas from the Great Bend Tribune drops more knowledge on the show this Friday. https://www.greatbendpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/FRIDAY.mp3
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Speakers announced for upcoming leadership conference in Great Bend
BUSINESS NEWS With only two weeks left until the first ever Vet Leader One-Day, the line-up of entrepreneurial speakers has been announced. The conference is scheduled for Friday, July 28 in Great...
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Sunflower reps attend annual SACK meeting in Topeka
BUSINESS NEWS Sunflower Diversified Services representatives learned up-to-date information about ways to prevent being scammed by strangers asking for personal information. Fourteen Sunflower...
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USD 428 online enrollment starts July 17
Online enrollment for all USD 428 students will open on July 17. If you choose not to enroll electronically, you may do so in person on Aug. 8-9 at all schools. To get started with online enrollment,...
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Diane Olsen new director of nursing at Cherry Village
Diane Olsen, R.N., is the new director of nursing at Cherry Village Benevolence. BUSINESS NEWS When Diane Olsen, R.N., was seeing hospice patients in Great Bend, she visited Cherry Village Benevolence...
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St. Rose expands OB-GYN hours to accommodate families
The women’s health team at St. Rose Health Center is offering expanded Thursday hours. From left to right are: Haley Gleason, Lacey Kern andMelanie Krier. BUSINESS NEWS Haley Gleason and her colleagues...
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Free physicals for Great Bend students on August 5
Physical forms have been mailed to USD 428 all students entering seventh, eighth and ninth grades and to sophomore, junior and senior athletes. If you do not receive a packet, but have a student...
View ArticleCongressman Marshall adds dates to July Listening Tour
Congressman Roger Marshall has announced 7 additional dates for his July Listening Tour. This will make 44 Listening Tour stops this year. The added July Listening Tour stops are: Sharon Springs...
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Thexton “test drives” the superintendent position before officially taking over
Khris Thexton Many people close to the situation could tell you the writing was on the wall when USD 428 in Great Bend was determining who would be selected as their next superintendent of schools....
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Movie Night for first responders to be held at Golden Belt Cinema on July 25
Several local businesses are joining together to show support and appreciation for all the first responders in Barton County with a special Movie Night on Tuesday, July 25. This event will be held at...
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The 10th Street Eyecare Center welcomes Dr. Sarah Stueder, new optometrist
BUSINESS NEWS The 10th Street Eyecare Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Sarah Stueder as a new optometrist at their busy practice, located at 2601 10th Street in Great Bend. As a native of the Claflin...
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Great Bend accepts another large street repair project to start this year
Great Bend City Administrator Howard Partington shows a map of street conditions in Great Bend at the Great Bend City Council meeting on July 17, 2017. The City of Great Bend is about to embark on one...
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Swans on the rise at Vet’s Lake, geese numbers on the decline
Photo from Explore Great Bend’s Facebook page The swan population at Veterans Memorial Lake doubled in June when two stationed swans added two babies (cygnets). The swan number is going up and so far...
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