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K-State Lab to Continue Advancing World’s Top Crops

Thursday, May 1

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State University's Climate Resilient Cereals Innovation Lab continues work after federal funding resumed earlier this month.The innovation lab aims to help double the world's food supply by 2050 through crop production improvements for four of the world's... Read More.

IL Beef Expo brings cattle worlds together

Friday, February 21

A longtime cattle exhibitor says commercial beef producers and show competitors can learn from one another. Kim Carney Rhodes, chair of the 2025 Illinois Beef Expo, says there’s two worlds within the cattle industry. “Sometimes the commercial producer doesn’t understand the show ring, and... Read More.

Kansas College Students Win First-Ever Honors at World’s Most Prestigious Car Show

Friday, August 25

The student-restored 1953 Mercedes is first in 72-year history of Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to make it on the podium Kansas U.S. Senator Jerry Moran congratulates students on “their outstanding accomplishment”; McPherson College has the nation’s only bachelor’s degree program in automotive restoration By McPherson College... Read More.

Lyons City Council Hears Update on Planned World’s Largest Salt Shaker

Wednesday, June 21

LYONS, Kan. – The Lyons Council Tuesday heard an update from Community Development Coordinator Alicia Hommon and Rice County Community Foundation executive director Karly Frederick on the project that will bring the world's largest salt shaker to Lyons. Hommon and Frederick said that they... Read More.

More than Half of the World’s Largest Lakes are Shrinking, Collaborative Study Finds

Thursday, May 25

By K-State News and Communications Services MANHATTAN, Kan. — Satellites have revealed widespread loss of water storage in the Earth's large lakes since the early 1990s, and much of the decline is attributable to climate change and human consumption, according to a study involving a... Read More.

Lyons to Soon be Home to the World’s Largest Saltshaker

Wednesday, May 17

LYONS, Kan. – The City of Lyons will soon lay claim to having the world's largest saltshaker. Last week the city was awarded a $14 thousand grant by Kansas Tourism for the project, which will be placed on a vacant lot at the southeast... Read More.

Grant will Allow for Major Restoration To 1904 Worlds Fair Swedish Pavilion in Lindsborg

Monday, May 1

LINDSBORG, Kan. - In the last six months, the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum has been on an impressive run of securing grant funding for critical repairs and restoration to its 1898 Smoky Valley Roller Mills and 1904 Worlds Fair Swedish Pavilion... Read More.

Presentation at Lindsborg Museum Explores World’s Fair Remnants in Kansas

Wednesday, March 15

LINDSBORG, Kan. - Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum will host “World’s Fair Remnants in Kansas,” a presentation and discussion by Thomas Prasch on Thursday, March 30 at 6 p.m. in the 1904 Swedish Pavilion, 120 E. Mill St. All are invited to attend... Read More.