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Municipal Band season starts Memorial Day
HUTCHINSON, Kan. —The Hutchinson Municipal Band will begin its 2024 Season, its 149th year of performances, on Memorial Day, May 27, 2024, as a part of Memorial Day community remembrance ceremonies conducted by the American Legion. The ceremony begins at 11 am in Eastside Cemetery. Regular Tuesday concert performances will be held from June 4, 2024, to July 9, 2024, on the campus of Hutchinson Community College. All performances of the Hutchinson Municipal Band are free of charge and open to all members of the public.
Pipe replacement completed on Pretty Prairie Road
RENO COUNTY —Pretty Prairie Road between High Point Road and Centennial Road is now open to all through traffic, as crossroad pipe replacement has been completed. If you have questions about this or any other project, Reno County Public Works is located at 600 Scott Blvd. in South Hutchinson and can be reached at (620) 694-2976.
Sixth Avenue ramp to K-14 closed this week
RENO COUNTY — The entrance ramp from Sixth Avenue to southbound K-14 is expected to close Tuesday, May 21, and reopen around 10 a.m. Thursday, May 23, weather permitting. The ramp work is part of a nearly $3.6 million patching project on K-14. The Kansas Department of Transportation project is from the west K-14/U.S. 50 junction north to Yaggy Road. The length is almost 7 miles. The work is expected to be completed around mid-August.
Reno County Landfill taking brush
RENO COUNTY — The Reno County Landfill is taking brush from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. You can expect wait times longer than normal due to the high volume of brush being brought out to the landfill. Staff is working as fast as they can. They...
Let's Sing Taylor: Live Band Experience to play at the 2024 Kansas State Fair
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Get ready to sing your heart out and celebrate the music of Taylor Swift like never before! The 2024 Kansas State Fair is thrilled to announce Let's Sing Taylor: A Live Band Experience, as the next act in the 2024 Nex-Tech Concert Series. The concert will be Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30 PM.
Sports Arena sales tax to end
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson City Council approved beginning the process of rolling back the .35% sales tax for the Hutchinson Sports Arena at their meeting on Tuesday. "Back in April of 2015, the city submitted a question on the ballot proposing a 0.35 percent sales tax to finance improvements to the sports arena," said City Finance Director Angela Richard. "The sales tax was approved and it began in July of 2015. The sales tax was set to expire 10 years after or whenever the sales tax revenue is sufficient to pay off the bonds. We are now at a point where we have, we will have collected by October 1 enough to pay off the bonds. We will be paying off the bonds entirely and we will expire the sales tax."
Bridge repair closes section of Maple Grove Road
RENO COUNTY — Maple Grove Road between Sand Creek Road and Halstead Street will be closed beginning May 21, 2024 until further notice for bridge repair. If you have questions about this or any other project, Reno County Public Works is located at 600 Scott Blvd. in South Hutchinson and can be reached at (620) 694-2976.
Hutch residents can take limbs to Carey Park
HUTCHINSON, Kan.— Beginning Tuesday, May 21st, 2024, the Carey Park dump site will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The site will operate Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the exception of Monday, May 27, Memorial Day, when the site will be closed. Please...
Mural painting in Bernard White Park is Saturday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Local artists will lead community members in painting sidewalk murals in Bernard White Park as a project of the Hutchinson Public Art Design Council. All ages and skill levels are welcome. The Creekside Neighborhood will provide a lunch for all participants. This was originally scheduled on...
Lincoln-McCandless keeps name the same
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Last year, the Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education approved the combining of Lincoln and McCandless Elementary into one school. On Monday night, the BOE approved in a 7-0 vote to keep the name of the school as is. "And you know as Shakespeare did a...
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