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Office of the Kansas Department of Transportation The Kansas Department of Transportation, along with the City of Hays, Kirkham Michael, WSP USA and Smoky Hill Construction, recently received the Institute of Transportation Engineers 2022 Transportation Achievement Award in the Traffic Engineering category for the North Vine Street corridor improvements project in Hays. The transportation achievement awards recognize excellence in the advancement of transportation by entities concerned with transportation.

Pat Melgares K-State Research and Extension news service While there’s no reason for alarm, a pair of Kansas extension agents are at least urging the state’s sorghum producers to be on the lookout for a couple of pests that have recently shown up in this year’s crop. Anthony Zukoff, the coordinator of the Insect Diagnostics Program at Kansas State University’s Southwest Research and Extension Center in Garden City, said the sorghum midge was recently found in the southwest part of the state.

Already 92% of students were enrolled as of the Aug. 9 Dodge City USD 443 Board of Education Meeting and there were still nine days left before the first day of the 2022 fall semester.

How the heck did everyone get here, if not for Fort Dodge? It is a trick question. The answer is Dodge City’s location, location, location to the historic military base enabled this city to celebrate its 150th birthday, and with it, two guest speakers to contextualize its accolades.

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Pat Melgares K-State Research and Extension news service Modern technology has brought home-packed school lunches along for the ride. Today’s lunch bags “are made with a high-tech material that kids can use to keep their food cold,” said Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee.