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Volume 137 Issue 32 February 2, 2012

 

Child abuse in our community
Come find out what’s being done to help kids more...

Raise in wages may lead to less benefits
Although the county commissioners have given employees a 5% raise during special session on January 19, that raise may come at the expense of some benefits, mainly insurance. more...


Officials from the Kansas Department of Commerce met with this year’s Leadership Wallace County class last Wednesday to talk about Economic Development and Rural Development. L to R: James D. Foster, representative of the KDOC, Linda Hunsicker, Small Cities CDBG program, and Dan Steffen, Regional Manager of the NW Regional Office of Business Development. Steffen talked about the term economic development being an umbrella term that encompasses a lot of things including job recruiting, job retention and travel & tourism. He had the students all take dollar bills out of their pockets and see where they originated. It was surprising how many originated in different places.

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Blood donations needed every day
Like the Emergency Room of a hospital, the American Red Cross must be prepared to respond to patient emergencies with blood products 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. more...

Midwest Energy to award grants
Midwest Energy Advisory Board will be granting awards ranging from $50-500 more...

Local election dates near
Local elections are scheduled for this coming August and the deadline to sign up to run for office is nearer yet. more...

Separation of Church and State revisited
Sunflower president and CEO, addresses challenges in electric industry
Veterans’ Affairs rep to be in Sharon Springs
Smoky Valley FCE met
Huelskamp: Sebelius gives union waivers, ignores Kansas
Moran’s memo: A free and open internet
Huelskamp introduces Military Religious Freedom Protection Act
Kansans understand the solution to our debit crisis is not more debt
Inge Collins passes
Services held for Mildred Smith
It’s a ‘Super’ mistake to drink and drive
Huelskamp joins ACLJ amicus brief in Obamacare suit
Will your grand kids come to visit?
USDA Rural Development seeks applications for home loans
From the desk of Representative Hineman
Work, wonder and worry
Legal Publications
New legislation to extend permanently Bush-Obama tax cuts
Moran sponsors legislation to approve Keystone XL Pipeline
Local girls become student teachers

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