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Listen to recording of Great Bend City Council meeting (8/21/17)
Click play below to listen to the Great Bend City Council meeting from August 21, 2017. (Abatement requests were cut out to condense the file) Recording also includes public comments at the end made to...
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Sports medicine physician joins HaysMed Specialty Clinic at St. Rose
Dr. Wally Walstrom BUSINESS NEWS Dr. Wally Walstrom, D.O., is filling a gap in health-care services at St. Rose Health Center in a specialty that is not common in this area. Dr. Walstrom, a native...
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Great Bend clinging to the good in troubling times
Christina Hayes Although ugliness has spilled out from both sides of the issue centered on Great Bend Police Chief Cliff Couch’s suspension, one sentiment has come across more and more. The majority of...
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The next step for Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo after tiger’s death
Eagle Radio’s Scott Donovan holding Spirit as a cub alongside his brother Sunny in the late 1990s. It was announced last week that Sunny, the Bengal Tiger at Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo, was euthanized...
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Workshop in Great Bend to address strategic planning and business vision
Joyce McEwen Crane BUSINESS NEWS A plan with no data is merely an opinion. Strategic planning is an organizational effort to set priorities and focus resources towards common goals. In this workshop...
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Great Bend looking into a new HVAC system for Crest Theater
The heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system at the Crest Theater in Great Bend is the same unit that was installed when the building was constructed in 1950. Freon has been leaking from...
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Great Bend approves budget for 2018 with three mill increase
During a Great Bend City Council budget session, the council approved the addition of two positions at the Police Department and one position at the Fire Department over the next year. These additions...
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Superior Essex achieves Zero Waste to Landfill Certification, announces open...
BUSINESS NEWS For the third year in a row, Superior Essex has been certified as a Zero Waste to Landfill facility. The facility is a local copper data cable manufacturer located in Hoisington and...
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Retired Officer: “Great Bend Police Officers feeling the stress too”
Terry Millard speaking at the Great Bend City Council meeting Aug. 21, 2017. Terry Millard spent 23 years with the Great Bend Police Department before retiring in September of 2013. Millard spoke near...
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Work to begin on Arkansas River bridge repair project in Barton County
On Monday, August 28, L & M Contractors will begin the bridge deck repair project on SW 50 Avenue. The bridge crosses the Arkansas River approximately one mile south of US-56. The $398,945 project...
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Listen to Tuesday’s Sports Day show (8/22)
We ask the important questions to Larned High School football coach A.B. Stokes before the season starts. Question 1: What does A.B. stand for? Listen to the interview and show here....
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Listen to Wednesday’s Sports Day show (8/23)
KVGB Baseball Insider Mike Warren stops by the studio for Wednesday’s baseball talk. https://www.greatbendpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/WEDNESDAY-3.mp3
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WorkFit to host Human Resources Policy Workshop Aug. 29
Quality human resource policies are important for any business. WorkFit will host a Human Resources Policy Workshop from 9 a.m.-noon on Aug. 29 in the Learning Resource Center Plaza De Cavanaugh Room...
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Congressman Yoder visits Great Bend, discusses rural housing
Congressman Kevin Yoder Kevin Yoder represents the 3rd Congressional District in Kansas, a district that includes the heavily populated Kansas City Metropolitan Area in Wyandotte and Johnson counties....
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Successful Stuff the Bus events for United Way of Central Kansas
Dianne Call Press release from United Way of Central Kansas… The United Way of Central Kansas would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to all those who participated in our Stuff the Bus event...
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Family Crisis Center receives over $10,000 in donations
Earlier this month, the Family Crisis Center was one of three charities to give a presentation at the third quarter meeting of the 100+ People Who Care group. The Family Crisis Center is a nonprofit...
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Cherry Village practices reinforced, new ideas in the works
BUSINESS NEWS When five Cherry Village Benevolence staff members signed up for a recent seminar, they assumed they were already leaders in many of the agenda categories. They assumed right, Director of...
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Canon recognizes OPI’s three decades as a copier dealer
Kenny Vink, left, and Terry Vink, owners of Office Products Inc., display a plaque commemorating OPI’s 30 years as a Canon authorized dealer. (Photo by Joey Bahr) When Office Products Inc. (OPI) was...
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Listen to Friday’s Sports Day show (8/25)
Misunas and Marzloff from the Great Bend Tribune join the show as we’re one week away from the start of the high school football season....
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New Great Bend council member appointment could be a big decision
Former Great Bend City Council member Wayne Henneke It might be the most anticipated appointment of a Great Bend City Council member position that the City of Great Bend has experienced in a long time....
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