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Fowler, KS · Arts & Culture
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Salina Fire Station Art Integration Complete as Mosaic Tile Project Continues
Salina's Community Art and Design Committee provided updates on two public art projects during its October 20 meeting. Crystal Hammerschmidt, Art Services Coordinator, reported that the artwork and sign for a city fire station has been installed and is complete. The piece includes back lighting that runs behind a central number four, with three set lights above it. The center light had reportedly been turned off because it was drowning out the back lighting. Hammerschmidt encouraged the public to view the piece after dark and sought volunteers with night photography experience to document it for the public art archive.
Wichita Eagle
A lifetime of golf with Dad leads to perfect ending for Newton state champion
For a few precious seconds Tuesday afternoon, Matt Koontz wasn’t thinking about golf. Not the scorecard. Not the state championship. Not even the final round of 68 his daughter had just played, one of the finest performances he had ever witnessed from her. All he could think about was the little girl he used to bring to Hesston Golf Course, where she first learned to swing a golf club with her dad by her side. Now, all these years later, they were back on that same course. Only this time, Naomi Koontz was wrapping her arms around her father as a Kansas high school state golf champion. And Matt, who had spent so many years teaching, driving, encouraging and believing in his daughter, was having a difficult time keeping his emotions in check. “When we hugged, I could see some tears,” Naomi said. “It was really sweet.” Those tears carried the weight of a journey years in the making, one filled with countless hours on the golf course, championships won and the lingering disappointment of a title that had always remained just out of reach. Three previous trips to the state tournament had ended with Naomi agonizingly close to the
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Class 3-2-1A Girls State Golf Results: Hutch High’s Darbie Wells Makes Day Two Cut
Hutchinson High School’s Darbie Wells placed 49th at the Kansas Class 5A girls state golf tournament with a 205 score. Wells followed her first-day 95 score with a 110 on Tuesday. The two-day 5A girls state tournament took place Monday and Tuesday at the par-142, 5.279-yard Hesston Golf Course.
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Mya Niehues Finishes Second at State for Second Straight Season
Concordia Senior Mya Niehues, for the 4th straight season, advanced to the second round of the State Championship Golf Tournament at the Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson. For the 4th straight season, she finished in the top 10, and for the 2nd straight season, Niehues finished in 2nd place.
Little Apple Post
Kansas zoo mourns loss of bison matriarch Sioux
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Zoo is mourning the loss of Sioux, the oldest member of its bison herd and a longtime fixture at the zoo. Sioux arrived at the Hutchinson Zoo in 1999 and spent 27 years helping shape the zoo’s bison program. She was the mother of six and grandmother of one of the bison that have lived at the zoo during that time.
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Ad Astra Radio Earns Top Website Award at KAB Convention
Kansas radio and television professionals gathered in Wichita Monday for the 2026 Kansas Association of Broadcasters convention and awards ceremony. The day was filled with breakout sessions focused on programming, management, sales and engineering. The awards ceremony capped off the evening meal with a celebration of the work on the radio, on screen and in the digital space.
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‘No Choice but Action’ brings together veteran Kansas postpunk bands
They might not look like what most people would expect punk rockers to look like. They’re not 22-year-olds with colorful mohawks or studded leather jackets; just people dressed in jeans and T-shirts that you would expect to find performing in any small Wichita venue. But what makes them stand...
Hutch Post
History finds Its voice at Stage 9’s Talking Tombstones
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — For many Kansas State Fair visitors, J.B. Holdren was Bardo the Clown, a familiar face who helped make a trip to the fair memorable. Others knew his work through the signs he painted or the carousel horses he carved and decorated by hand. On Saturday, Oct....
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Hutchinson Music Census Results to Be Unveiled at Oct. 22 Community Event
Hutchinson Is a Music City event invites local musicians and music community members to help identify priorities and next steps for Hutchinson’s music ecosystem. HUTCHINSON, Kan., Oct. 20, 2026 — What does Hutchinson’s music community need most, and where should the city start?. StartUp Hutch, Third Thursday,...
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Girls state golf tournaments Monday and Tuesday
The KSHSAA State Golf Tournaments will be taking place on Monday and Tuesday across four courses in the state. Class 6A will be at Firekeeper Golf Course in Mayetta, Class 4A at Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson, and Class 3-2-1A is in Wichita at Tallgrass Golf Club. To see...
Hutch Post
⛳️ Newton's Koontz wins state golf title; Buhler finishes fourth in Class 4A
Newton's Naomi Koontz captured an individual state championship, while Buhler placed fourth as the Kansas State High School Activities Association girls golf state tournaments concluded Tuesday across Kansas. The two-day tournaments featured several standout performances from central Kansas golfers, including top-10 finishes from Buhler's Anika Paulsrud and Addison Specht and...
Hays Post
Kansas zoo mourns loss of bison matriarch Sioux
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Zoo is mourning the loss of Sioux, the oldest member of its bison herd and a longtime fixture at the zoo. Sioux arrived at the Hutchinson Zoo in 1999 and spent 27 years helping shape the zoo’s bison program. She was the mother of six and grandmother of one of the bison that have lived at the zoo during that time.
Hutch Post
⛳ Area golfers set to compete at KSHSAA state championships Monday and Tuesday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — High school girls golfers from across Kansas will compete for state championships Monday and Tuesday, with several Hutchinson-area athletes looking to close their seasons with strong performances at the Kansas State High School Activities Association state tournaments. The two-day championships begin Monday, Oct. 19, with competition...
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Preserving a Piece of Salina History
For nearly a century, the United Building has stood watch over downtown Salina. Completed in 1929 by Busboom and Rauh from a design by Charles W. Shaver, the ten-story Art Deco landmark has witnessed generations of change. Businesses have come and gone. Downtown has evolved. Families have built memories beneath its towering façade. Through it all, one thing remained remarkably constant: the building’s original steel windows.
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Concordia Girls Golf Team Finish 10th at State; Niehues Leads Field to Day 2
On Monday, October 19th, the Concordia Lady Panther golf team traveled to the Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson to compete at the 4A State Championship. For the second year in a row, Concordia qualified a full team for State, and this season finished 10th, missing the day-two team cut line of the top 6. Senior Mya Niehues, however, leads the individual standings after day one, shooting a 70 (-1) after 18 holes, and will compete for an individual State Championship on Tuesday.
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Hutchinson Zoo Celebrates the Life of Bison Matriarch
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – [October 20, 2026]- Hutchinson Zoo staff mourn the loss of Sioux, the oldest member of the Zoo’s bison herd and matriarch. Sioux joined Hutchinson Zoo in 1999 and became a steadfast presence in the herd. Named in honor of the Sioux people, she was the mother of six and the grandmother of one of the bison that have lived at the Zoo over the past 27 years.