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By Charissa Graves HAVEN – On Monday, Aug. 18, Haven City Council had their second meeting of the month, focusing on bud...
08/20/2025

By Charissa Graves HAVEN – On Monday, Aug. 18, Haven City Council had their second meeting of the month, focusing on budget decisions, upcoming changes in community infrastructure and preparations for this year’s Fall Fest. After standard opening proceedings, Les Banman, chairperson of Haven Park Board, brought forth the first few agenda items of the evening. Banman used his time to discuss the 2026 Park Board budget proposal, choice of bid for the new park bench cover and a potential increase in community building rental fees....

By Charissa Graves HAVEN – On Monday, Aug. 18, Haven City Council had their second meeting of the month, focusing on budget decisions, upcoming changes in community infrastructure and preparations …

By John Mesh The No. 15-ranked Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragon women’s soccer team opens the season against No....
08/20/2025

By John Mesh The No. 15-ranked Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragon women’s soccer team opens the season against No. 12 Trinity Valley at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, at the Salthawk Soccer Complex. Head Coach Sammy Lane is 270-74-19 in his first 20 seasons at Hutchinson. He is the only head coach in Hutchinson Blue Dragon women’s soccer history....

By John Mesh The No. 15-ranked Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragon women’s soccer team opens the season against No. 12 Trinity Valley at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, at the Salthawk Soccer Compl…

By Brendan Ulmer The Hutchinson City Council voted unanimously to create a formal Request for Proposals in search of a v...
08/20/2025

By Brendan Ulmer The Hutchinson City Council voted unanimously to create a formal Request for Proposals in search of a venue management company for Memorial Hall. The City is currently in the process of renovating the building, and they are seeking to have a facility manager on board as they go through the design process. They are seeking a ten-year management agreement after renovation is completed....

By Brendan Ulmer The Hutchinson City Council voted unanimously to create a formal Request for Proposals in search of a venue management company for Memorial Hall. The City is currently in the proc…

By Adam Stewart Yoder will become the second-largest community in Reno County for a few hours Saturday, weather permitti...
08/19/2025

By Adam Stewart Yoder will become the second-largest community in Reno County for a few hours Saturday, weather permitting, as thousands of people attend Yoder Heritage Day. Yoder Heritage Day board member Titus Yutzy said the annual celebration usually draws between 6,000 and 9,000 people to the community of fewer than 200 people. “It takes a lot of people from the community to volunteer our time to make it happen,” Yutzy said....

By Adam Stewart Yoder will become the second-largest community in Hutchinson for a few hours Saturday, weather permitting, as thousands of people attend Yoder Heritage Day. Yoder Heritage Day board…

By John Mesh While the Haven High School football has another good group of seniors returning, most of the offensive pro...
08/19/2025

By John Mesh While the Haven High School football has another good group of seniors returning, most of the offensive production from an 8-2 Wildcats’ team in 2024 graduated. Graduates Van Loop, Aiden Hoopes and Nash Wray combined to score 41 of Haven’s 51 touchdowns in 2024 (80.4%). “Looking to fill those shoes will be returning senior Grant Patry at tight end,” said Haven’s Drew Thalmann, who along with Thomas Cooprider will be co-coaching Haven for the seventh season....

By John Mesh While the Haven High School football has another good group of seniors returning, most of the offensive production from an 8-2 Wildcats’ team in 2024 graduated. Graduates Van Loop, Aid…

By Brendan Ulmer Seating was an issue at the last Kansas Authors Club meeting, as they filled the Hutch CC Blue Dragon r...
08/19/2025

By Brendan Ulmer Seating was an issue at the last Kansas Authors Club meeting, as they filled the Hutch CC Blue Dragon room for guest speaker Kim Stanley’s workshop on putting family stories to paper. “We thought we would get 12 people — we ended up getting 37,” said local Author Jim Potter. “I think we’re up to 39.” She began the seminar by emphasizing the importance of having a strong knowledge of and connection with your family....

By Brendan Ulmer Seating was an issue at the last Kansas Authors Club meeting, as they filled the Hutch CC Blue Dragon room for guest speaker Kim Stanley’s workshop on putting family stories to pap…

By Brendan Ulmer This article is an update to a previous story about the upcoming City Council meeting on Aug. 19. The p...
08/18/2025

By Brendan Ulmer This article is an update to a previous story about the upcoming City Council meeting on Aug. 19. The previous article can be found here. The agenda for the Aug. 19 City Council meeting has been amended to add a new item concerning the search for a venue management company that could potentially take responsibility over Memorial Hall....

By Brendan Ulmer This article is an update to a previous story about the upcoming City Council meeting on Aug. 19. The previous article can be found here. The agenda for the Aug. 19 City Council me…

By Adam Stewart Astronaut Jim Lovell died Aug. 7 at the age of 97, and the Cosmosphere is honoring his spaceflight legac...
08/18/2025

By Adam Stewart Astronaut Jim Lovell died Aug. 7 at the age of 97, and the Cosmosphere is honoring his spaceflight legacy with a memorial display of items associated with his most famous mission, Apollo 13. Lovell’s spacesuit from Apollo 13 is on display alongside Odyssey, the Apollo 13 command module, in the Hall of Space Museum at the Cosmosphere. Visitors can share personal reflections and memories in a memorial book by the exhibit....

By Adam Stewart Astronaut Jim Lovell died Aug. 7 at the age of 97, and the Cosmosphere is honoring his spaceflight legacy with a memorial display of items associated with his most famous mission, A…

By Brendan Ulmer The Hutchinson Community College board of trustees met on Aug. 14 to discuss the budget for the upcomin...
08/18/2025

By Brendan Ulmer The Hutchinson Community College board of trustees met on Aug. 14 to discuss the budget for the upcoming school year. The new proposed budget is for a total of $74,840,946 and includes a projected increase in funding for all their programs and expenditures across the board. Despite increases in expenditures, the mill rate levied by the community college will drop to 21.538 from 21.840....

By Brendan Ulmer The Hutchinson Community College board of trustees met on Aug. 14 to discuss the budget for the upcoming school year. The new proposed budget is for a total of $74,840,946 and incl…

Back in college, when I decided I was going to change my major and get my teaching degree, one of my first undertakings ...
08/18/2025

Back in college, when I decided I was going to change my major and get my teaching degree, one of my first undertakings was to learn what I deemed to be a very important teacher skill: how to drink coffee. Growing up, the coffee maker only came out at our house if we were having company—neither of my parents really like it—so the smell of freshly brewed coffee was not part of my morning routine....

Back in college, when I decided I was going to change my major and get my teaching degree, one of my first undertakings was to learn what I deemed to be a very important teacher skill: how to drink…

By Brendan Ulmer During their upcoming meeting Aug. 19, Hutchinson City Council will vote on a resolution to schedule a ...
08/18/2025

By Brendan Ulmer During their upcoming meeting Aug. 19, Hutchinson City Council will vote on a resolution to schedule a public hearing on the establishment of the Landmark Hotel building as a Reinvestment Housing Incentive District (RHID), and the development plans that correspond with this proposal. Establishing this area as an RHID would allow the city to begin paying for improving the public infrastructure in the area through bonds to be paid back later from the revenue generated by the newly developed property’s tax increase. ...

By Brendan Ulmer During their upcoming meeting Aug. 19, Hutchinson City Council will vote on a resolution to schedule a public hearing on the establishment of the Landmark Hotel building as a Reinv…

By Brendan Ulmer TECH, Inc. held a block party fundraiser last Saturday on West Avenue B between South Main Street and S...
08/18/2025

By Brendan Ulmer TECH, Inc. held a block party fundraiser last Saturday on West Avenue B between South Main Street and South Washington Street. “Tonight, we’re having some bands and some food trucks going on,” TECH Board Member Kathy Wagoner said. “There’s an art center for the kids, there’s a co****le tournament inside, there’s lots of other little booths to come visit, and there's a lot of art from the clients too.”...

By Brendan Ulmer TECH, Inc. held a block party fundraiser last Saturday on West Avenue B between South Main Street and South Washington Street. “Tonight, we’re having some bands and some food truck…

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