Mark it on your calendar, CMH will hold its one-day health fair Saturday April 20, from 6-10 AM at the hospital facility. The public is asked to enter through the main (south) doors, where they will be greeted by hospital personnel for registration. Stations will be set up in the front lobby/outpatient area for blood draws. Complimentary refreshments will be ... Read More »
Area elevators report that wheat harvest is nearly complete throughout Kansas. Beattie Coop reports that wheat harvest is at least 90% complete in Frankfort with yield averaging 40-45 bushel. Moisture was steady at 11-12 and test weights were running 60-61 pounds. In Beattie the Coop reports harvest is 95% complete. According to area farmers yield ran between ... Read More »
Wheat Harvest in the listening area is well under way. The Southeast Nebraska Coop in Herkimer reports that they are receiving a steady stream of incoming wheat. The Coop reports that test weights are running between 50 and 63, moisture measuring 11-12, and yield ranging from 30-50 bushel. In Beattie the Coop reports that weights are running 58-36, ... Read More »
Clay County farmers have just started harvesting in earnest, according to Jim Spector, manager at Farmway Coop in Clay Center. Yields range from 40 to 60 bushels per acre for the most part; test weights average 60 to 61 pounds per bushel and protein ranges from 10 to 11. Spector says farmers expect an above average harvest, and the elevator ... Read More »
Marysville, KS – Community Memorial Healthcare (CMH) will hold its 5th annual health fair Saturday, April 21, 2012 from 6 to 10 AM at the hospital. CMH offers the reduced-fee health screenings as a community service. “We put a lot of focus on preventative care and want to help people be knowledgeable about their health, said Curtis Hawkinson, hospital ... Read More »
It won’t be snowing Friday, but the 511 Traveler Information Map (511.ksdot.org) may look like a blizzard is covering the state. The 511 Map will undergo a live simulation test beginning Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, to test its ability to handle information requests when the entire state highway system has snow and ice conditions. During the test, all the highways ... Read More »
Kansas Wheat late last week reported the Kansas wheat harvest has exceeded most expectations for the quality preferred by millers. Kansas Wheat collected the data from reports put out by Kansas State University’s Grain Science and Industry program The reports show farmers in the southern counties exceeded the milling industry’s 2-main quality benchmarks, test weights of 60 pounds per bushel ... Read More »
The US Census Bureau is in the process of hiring nearly 4,000 temporary workers in Kansas from now until July. Dennis Johnson, the Regional Director of the US Census Bureau, says the bureau is in a very active mode of both recruiting and hiring. Interested applicants must be U.S. citizens, 18 years old or older, have a valid social security ... Read More »
The Kansas State Fire Marshal, Dan McLaughlin, is urging all citizens to change your smoke detector battery when you change your clocks back to Standard Time, this year on November 1, 2009. Smoke detectors save lives – but only those that have been properly installed and maintained. In 2008, forty percent of all home fire deaths resulted from fires in ... Read More »
The heavy rains this past Saturday are all but forgotten. That was clear last night at 10 o’clock when I was driving home and still saw several wheat producers hard at it. The two days of vey hot and dry weather since Saturday’s monsoon has regenerated the local harvest effort and for the most part left the quality of the ... Read More »
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