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Comprehensive News Feed for Towanda, KS.

Results 1 - 20 of 38 in Towanda, KS

  1. 6 area creeks, rivers surpass flood stage

    Sunday Sep 28 | KansasCity.com

    ... feet; flood stage is 17 feet. • In Butler County, the Whitewater River near Towanda was at 25.49 feet; flood stage is 22 feet. • The Walnut River at Winfield was at 29.20 ...

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  2. Design department gets $25,000 grant to help the Alliance of a Healthier GenerationRead the original story

    Tuesday Sep 16 | The University of Kansas

    ... 67042 Andrew Raymond Kuttler, senior in design; son of David and Judy Kuttler; graduate of Circle High School, Towanda. JOHNSON COUNTY From Shawnee 66203 Kayla Marie Heckman, senior in design; daughter of Kenneth and Maria Heckman; graduate of ...

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  3. 6 area creeks, rivers surpass flood stageRead the original story

    Sunday Sep 14 | Kansas.com

    ... Peck, the Ninnescah River was at 18.31 feet; flood stage is 17 feet. * In Butler County, the Whitewater River near Towanda was at 25.49 feet; flood stage is 22 feet. * The Walnut River at Winfield was at 29.20 feet; flood stage is 18 feet. * At ...

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  4. Butler unleashes running gameRead the original story

    Sunday Sep 14 | Kansas.com

    ... rushers combined for more than 300 yards for Butler, which improved to 2-1. The game was moved from El Dorado to Towanda and pushed back seven hours due to Friday's flooding. "Everybody said that we didn't have a good running game or whatever, and ...

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  5. Flooding conditions in the regionRead the original story

    Saturday Sep 13 | The Wichita Eagle

    ... Peck, the Ninnescah River was at 19.84 feet; flood stage is 17 feet. In Butler County, the Whitewater River near Towanda was at 23.69 feet; flood stage is 22 feet. The Walnut River at Winfield was at 24.5 feet; flood stage is 18 feet. At Corbin, the ...

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  6. Friday recapRead the original story

    Friday Sep 12 | The Wichita Eagle

    ... with artificial turf fields hooked up those without - i.e., the Wichita schools. It was pretty weird heading out to Towanda and Circle High to watch South play Southeast. It's pretty embarrassing for Wichita that this little 4A school, which has ...

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  7. Postponements provide triple header at MaizeRead the original story

    Friday Sep 12 | Rivals.com

    ... field at Circle High School. The game, originally slated for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff, will start at 8:00 p.m. in Towanda. The Grizzlybacker Steak Feed scheduled for Saturday evening has been postponed until next weekend. Saturday action at Maize will ...

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  8. Pedestrian Killed on Kansas Turnpike

    Sunday Sep 7 | KBSL 10

    A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a vehicle on the Kansas Turnpike. It happend early Sunday morning on K-15 near I-135. A 41-year-old Towanda man was driving home and hit something he thought was a ...

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  9. Sports BriefsRead the original story

    Sep 3, 2008 | Arkansas City Traveler

    ... City Middle School is scheduled to make its Pioneer League debut at 5 p.m. Thursday with football and volleyball at Towanda-Circle. Because two volleyball matches will be played at the same time, the normal home date was moved to Towanda. Admission ...

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  10. Fatality crash trial beginsRead the original story

    Sep 2, 2008 | The Capital-Journal

    ... he was struck. The victims were about eight feet from each other before they were hit. Griffith was an employee of Towanda-based Dustrol Inc., a firm that contracted with the state to do repavement work on US-59. The pickup didn't swerve. "It just ...

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  11. Trial to begin today in hit-and-run deaths of highway workers

    Sep 2, 2008 | The Wichita Eagle

    ... and killed Korte, a Kansas Department of Transportation employee, and Griffith, who worked for Dustrol Inc., the Towanda firm hired to do the highway repaving. "All of the witnesses testified she sped through that construction zone twice," Asst. ...

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  12. Butler District 3 race about budgetRead the original story

    Jul 24, 2008 | Kansas.com

    ... o start thinking about that now," Dodson said. District 3 covers the northwest section of Butler County and includes Towanda and western El Dorado.cq

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  13. The R.D. Hubbard story, from small-town Kansas to RuidosoRead the original story

    Jun 26, 2008 | Ruidoso News

    ... Kan., where he graduated with a teaching certificate. Next stop was a junior high school teaching position in Towanda, Kan., where he also coached basketball in 1957. Two years later, Hubbard joined the Safelite Glass Company as a salesman and ...

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  14. Winds topple power poles in Butler County

    Jun 19, 2008 | The Wichita Eagle

    ... also were blamed for toppled trees and broken windows in an eight-mile path of damage that skirted the north edge of Towanda. She said no injuries were reported. The first damage report came in at 3:37 p.m., when someone reported that a shed had ...

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  15. Kansas tornado damage: $40 million and counting

    Jun 13, 2008 | The Wichita Eagle

    ... stuff -- it's just stuff," she said. "Our boys were OK." Alicia and David Kerwood, originally of Arkansas City and Towanda respectively, were hauling items out of their apartment in the complex, which had no roof over it. The newlyweds, K-State ...

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  16. Kansas tornado damage: $40 million and countingRead the original story

    Jun 13, 2008 | The Wichita Eagle

    ... stuff -- it's just stuff," she said. "Our boys were OK." Alicia and David Kerwood, originally of Arkansas City and Towanda respectively, were hauling items out of their apartment in the complex, which had no roof over it. The newlyweds, K-State ...

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  17. Surface recycle, seal scheduled for two rural highwaysRead the original story

    May 30, 2008 | Abilene Reflector-Chronicle

    ... to extend and maximize the life of the road while providing the traveling public an improved roadway. Dustrol Inc., Towanda, is the prime contractor for the $2.46 million project.

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  18. Kansas News and Weather

    May 22, 2008 | KWCH

    ... send what some consider sexual and racial slurs via email. Eyewitness News has obtained those emails. Updated: Towanda residents will get two months of free trash service, saving residents about $20. Updated: No one was hurt after a plane crashes ...

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  19. 'Safety Break' planned on turnpike Friday

    May 22, 2008 | The Wichita Eagle

    The Kansas Turnpike Authority and the Kansas Highway Patrol will be hosting a "safety break" for holiday travelers Friday at the Towanda service area.

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  20. Towanda Offers Its Own Stimulus PlanRead the original story

    May 18, 2008 | KWCH

    Government stimulus checks are still going out - now a Kansas town has its own version of the plan. The City of Towanda is giving residents a break on their trash bill. The city council unanimously approved the move - mainly, because of the high ...

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