CAPTION: The Buhler High School girls golf team placed fifth at the Kansas Class 4A state tournament, which place Monday and Tuesday at the Hesston Golf Course. CAPTION BUHLER GOLF By John Mesh Buhler High School’s Anika Paulsrud earned the ninth-place medal at the Kansas Class 4A
CAPTION: CREDIT USD 313 By Kate Irelan The new daycare in the basement of Buhler Grade School passed multiple fire safety licenses and Kansas Department of Health and Environment inspections during the planning and construction phases of the daycare until an annual school inspection resulted in a
CAPTION: Republican Candidate for Reno County Commission District 4 Richard Winger, right, answers a question next to Democratic opponent Lindsey Hatfield. CREDIT CASEY SWARTS By Michael Glenn Reno County Commission candidates discussed how they would prioritize budgets Tuesday evening at the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative
The Reno County Commission will meet on Wed., Oct. 23, 2024, at 9 a.m. in the Veterans Room in the Reno County Courthouse.
The main items are the renewal of a tower lease agreement with Ideatek and Reno County Water District No. 8, allocations of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, formalizing a policy on using the consent agenda for conducting meetings and approving updates to the Title VI non-discrimination policy.
After the meeting, the commission will enter into a study session regarding the landfill methane project.
The commissioners will discuss a potential real estate acquisition in an executive session.
The meeting agenda and supporting documents are published on the Reno County Commission’s website.
The Reno County Commission meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month and the fifth Wednesday if one falls in the month.
From left: Reno County Commissioners John Whitesel, Ron Hirst, Randy Parks, Don Bogner and Daniel Friesen CREDIT SANDRA MILBURN/RENO COUNTY The Reno County Commission will meet on Wed., Oct. 23, 2024, at 9 a.m. in the Veterans Room in the Reno County Courthouse. The main items are
The Hutchinson Community College women’s basketball team, the defending NJCAA champions, are the No. 1 team in the NJCAA Division I women’s poll released on Monday. The Blue Dragons, 37-0 under coach John Ontjes last year, were the unanimous No. 1 pick. The Blue Dragons received
CAPTION: From left: Reno County Commission District 3 Candidate Garth Strand, Candidate Ron Vincent, District 4 Candidate Lindsey Hatfield, Candidate Richard Winger. CREDIT CASEY SWARTS
By Michael Glenn
Reno County Commission candidates discussed the importance of the Reno County Health Department Tuesday evening at the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Forum.
Candidates for Reno County Commission District 3 Garth Strand and Ron Vincent and candidates for District 4 Lindsey Hatfield and Richard Winger were also in attendance. The county commission candidates debated for the first part of the forum with legislative candidates following after the county.
Candidates for Senate District 34, Democrat Shanna Henry and Republican Rep. Michael Murphy, House District 102 candidates Democrat Rep. Jason Probst and Republican Kyler Sweely and House District 104 candidates Republican Rep. Paul Waggoner and Democrat Lynnette Krieger-Zook all attended the forum.
Debra Teufel moderated the forum and said the commission serves as the county board of public health. In a community health assessment conducted, mental health, access to care, child care and substance misuse were all outlined as concerns in the county.
“We need to invest heavily in our Reno County Health Department,” Strand said. “If you remember not too long ago, it seemed like a kind of a political stunt to me as far as changing the medical director. And I’m not sure, but it does seem like there’s some desire on the part of our current commission to If not get rid of, at least start dismantling our public health department.”
Strand said the county should invest in a healthy community, and having a health department is beneficial to residents, especially in a time of emergency.
Vincent currently serves on the county health board advisory committee and agreed with Strand on the county’s replacement of the county health advisor.
“Public health is somewhat needed,” Vincent said. “It’s going to take the burden off the hospital. I mean, a lot of these people use that for their hospital, their clinic. As far as it goes, it needs some looking into on what can be done in the private sector and what we need our health department to furnish.”
Hatfield said supporting the health department was the first reason she decided to run for the commission seat.
“The health department is the only place in the county where you can access WIC, which is really important,” Hatfield said. “The health department was the first reason I decided to run for county commission because the incumbent Mr. Winger defeated in the primary wanted to essentially dismantle the health department and I thought that that was crazy.”
Hatfield said the health department is a tool to use in helping combat mental health and substance misuse disorders.
Winger said the health department was also the reason he decided to enter the race.
“I’ve been a patient or used their facility since 1973,” Winger said. “I’ve got to take advantage of it being here. It does need to be fully funded. It’s a mandated department, so most people don’t know that, but we don’t need to starve it or hang it on the vine. It does do a lot of great in this city and in this county.”
CAPTION: From left: Reno County Commission District 3 Candidate Garth Strand, Candidate Ron Vincent, District 4 Candidate Lindsey Hatfield, Candidate Richard Winger. CREDIT CASEY SWARTS By Michael Glenn Reno County Commission candidates discussed the importance of the Reno County Health Department Tuesday evening at the Hutchinson/Reno County
CAPTION: A rendering of the Reno County Evergy natural gas plant which will be built on Scott Boulevard in South Hutchinson. CREDIT COURTESY OF EVERGY By Michael Glenn Evergy announced the construction of two new power plants Monday morning at a Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce press
CAPTION: Governor Laura Kelly speaks at a Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce press conference. CREDIT MICHAEL GLENN/THE HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE By Michael Glenn Every will construct two new natural gas plants in Hutchinson and in Sumner County, creating the largest investment in Reno County in its history. That’s according
CAPTION: CREDIT KSHSAA By John Mesh Hutchinson High School cross country runners fared well at the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League Division 1 championships Saturday at Clapp Park in Wichita. Hutchinson runners will compete at the Kansas Class 5A regional next Saturday at Great Bend. The girls 5K
CAPTION: A caiman peeks its head out its pond at the World Biome Exhibit at the Hutchinson Zoo. CREDIT MICHAEL GLENN/THE HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE By Michael Glenn The Hutchinson Zoo celebrated its accreditation from the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums Saturday in a series of events showcasing
