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Re-dedication for band shell in Great Bend set for June 1
Improvements to the band shell’s stage. A re-dedication will be held June 1, 2017 at 8:15 p.m. The original Clayton Lawyer Moses Band Shell was built during the summer of 1926. Two of his children,...
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Eight Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility offenders pass GED through...
Shayne Motes poses for a portrait with his high school diploma. Barton Community College President Dr. Carl Heilman gave offered words of hope and opportunity to the inmates at the Larned Correctional...
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Field Ops Day simulates emergencies for Barton students
Barton Adult Education Coordinator Matt Connell (center) acts out his role as an angry individual who punched out the back windshield of a car, resulting in an arm laceration during Barton EMS Field...
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“Fresh blood” coming into the Great Bend school board
USD 428 Board of Education members (left to right): Joyce Carter, Dr. Larry Kutina, and Kevin Mauler at the May 8, 2017 meeting. Three of the longest serving Great Bend school board members announced...
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How Great Bend is financially gaining from the transload facility and looking...
With over $7 million invested into the project, the City of Great Bend along with its partners are trying to get the most out of the Great Bend Transload Facility west of town. A large manufacturer...
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Barton County Commissioners discuss funding Sunflower more
Barton County Commissioners Monday approved allocating $15,000 to Sunflower Diversified Services Early Childhood Intervention Program. The program provides serves in Barton, Rush, Rice, Pawnee, and...
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Township faces a big drop in revenue after Barton Community College wins tax...
Barton Community College will get a tax reduction of $41,698 after winning an appeal to the Kansas State Board of Tax Appeals. Over 98 percent, or $40,994, of the reduction is for an exemption for Camp...
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USD 428 emphasizes the need for another counselor at the middle school
Great Bend Middle School The State of Kansas is looking to take a new direction in its approach to educate children. Instead of just testing and preparing a student for reading and math requirements,...
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Attendance becoming an issue at Great Bend High School
Great Bend High School has a large number of students that have missed more than 10 days of school for the fall semester and this number has been increasing over the past three years. Dropout rates are...
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Listen to Tuesday’s Sports Day show (5/9)
Barton Community College baseball coach Brent Biggs joins the show as the Cougars get ready for Friday’s Region VI Tournament in Wichita.
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New real estate group launches in Great Bend
Aaron Andrews A new real estate brokerage in Great Bend known as MPIRE Realty Group announced its launch late last week. Licensed realtor Aaron Andrews brings over 12 years of experience in banking,...
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Meningitis death in Barton County
The Barton County Health Department (BCHD) along with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are collaborating with health care and other public health partners to investigate the death of a...
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Great Bend seniors receive graduating gift from the school district
The Great Bend school district continues to expand their technology outreach with more Chromebooks, or laptops. USD 428 currently provides a Chromebook to each student from grades 6th through 12th. The...
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Listen to Wednesday’s Sports Day show (5/10)
KVGB Baseball Insider Mike Warren is back for the Wednesday show to talk Royals and Barton baseball.
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Barton women’s tennis places 9th at Nationals, best since 2008
A tremendous season came to an end Wednesday in Tucson, Arizona, as the No. 1 doubles team of Neus Torregrosa and Idah Longwe of the Barton Community College women’s tennis team had their nine match...
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St. Rose physical therapy expands with more space, new equipment
Melanie Schroeter, right foreground, and Holly Milligan, both physicaltherapists, check out the new equipment in the St. Rose Health Center Physical Therapy Department. The department recently...
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USD 428 considering “Walking School Bus” expansion again
The “Walking School Bus” was created to promote a healthier lifestyle for children going to and from school. Volunteers map out routes to pick up grade school students along their way until they reach...
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library up and running in Hoisington and Otis
It is official! Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is up and running in Hoisington and Otis. Thanks in large part to USD 431 and everyone who donated to the Read-A- Thon, First Kansas Bank, Wilson...
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USD 428 saving money on reduced paper use
The Great Bend school district is far from a paperless organization, but the district is cutting back on their paper consumption each year. Beginning next year, each student in grades 4th through 12th...
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Barton County Health Director explains the dangers of treating for meningitis
Barton County Health Department The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is still studying the medical culture from a Barton County resident’s death, but it is highly likely the death was caused...
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