LANE COUNTY — Three people were injured in an accident just afer 1p.m. Thursday in Lane County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Dodge Dakota driven by Gerhard Knehans, 72, Garden City was eastbound on Kansas 4 four miles east of Kansas 23

The pickup was behind a 2012 Kenworth semi driven by Christopher Lawrence, 39, Scott City, that
was making a left turn on to a field road.

The Dodge attempted to pass, struck the semi on the front drivers side and rolled.
Knehans and Lawrence were transported to the Lane County Hospital in Dighton.

A passenger in the Dodge Gayle Knehans, 72, Gerden City, was transported to Hays Medical Center.

All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

FHSU University Relations

Fort Hays State University signed two memoranda of understanding today to ensure smooth transfers from Garden City Community College and Dodge City Community College in a variety of majors.

Articulation agreements are a roadmap for course work that helps to ensure a seamless transition of course credits from the community college to the university.

The Garden City agreement covers:
•        Accounting (B.B.A.)
•        Agricultural business (B.S.)
•        Biology and secondary education (B.S.)
•        Computer science (B.S.)
•        Criminal justice (B.S.)
•        Early childhood unified education (B.S.)
•        Elementary education (B.S.)
•        Finance (B.B.A.) with concentration options in:
Banking
Economics
or Financial planning
•        Health studies (B.S.) with concentration options in:
Gerontology
Grant writing and social entrepreneurship
Health promotion
Leadership
or Sociology of medicine and aging
•        International business and economics (B.B.A.)
•        Management (B.B.A.) with concentration options in:
Entrepreneurship
Human resource management
or Operations management
•        Marketing (B.B.A.) with concentration options in:
Business development and sales
or Digital marketing
•        Mathematics and secondary education (B.S.)
•        Nursing (RN to B.S.N.)
•        Psychology (B.S.)
•        Social work (B.S.W.)
•        Social work – Garden City cohort (B.S.W.)
•        Technology leadership (B.S.) with concentration options in:
Business and industry
or Career and technical education

Garden City CC is on the Web at www.gcccks.edu.

The agreement with Dodge City CC covers:
•        Accounting (B.B.A.)
•        Agricultural business (B.S.)
•        Biology and secondary education (B.S.)
•        Computer science (B.S.)
•        Criminal justice (B.S.)
•        Early childhood unified education (B.S.)
•        Elementary education (B.S.)
•        Finance (B.B.A.) with concentration options in:
Banking
Economics
or Financial planning
•        Finance (B.B.A.), banking concentration
•        International business and economics (B.B.A.)
•        Management (B.B.A.) with concentration options in:
Entrepreneurship
Human resource management
or Operations management
•        Management Information Systems (B.B.A.)
•        Marketing (B.B.A.) with concentration options in:
Business development and sales
or Digital marketing
•        Mathematics and secondary education (B.S.)
•        Nursing – RN to B.S.N.
•        Psychology (B.S.)
•        Social work (B.S.W.)
•        Social Work – Dodge City Cohort (B.S.W).
•        Technology leadership (B.S.) with concentration options in:
Business and industry
or Career and technical education

Dodge City Community College is on the Web at https://dc3.edu.

A water leak in the area of Vine and 22nd streets that caused water service to be shut down and snarled traffic Thursday morning has been repaired, according to the city of Hays.

A repair is now being made to the sewer that serves the VFW and, once that is complete, sand will be brought in to cover the water line.

Service could be restored later Thursday or Friday morning. One lane of traffic will be shut down overnight in the area of the work.

138 kV transmission project located in Kingman, Harper and Sumner counties

Mid-Kansas Electric Co. Inc. (Mid-Kansas) celebrated the energization of its high voltage transmission project with a luncheon and remarks at the Westview Lodge Conference Center in Harper on Thursday. Company officials, member-owners met to applaud the efforts of many in bringing its 138 kV Harper-to-Milan Transmission Project to fruition. The project, which was placed in service on May 25 is located in Kingman, Harper and Sumner counties.
Local leaders, including county commissioners, Kansas legislators, and city and business leaders were invited to participate in the celebration.

Mid-Kansas provides wholesale generation and transmission services to its six member-owners, one of which is Wheatland Electric Cooperative Inc., the electric distribution cooperative that serves the area. Operated on the cooperative business model, the mission of Mid-Kansas is to provide reliable service to its member-owners at the lowest possible cost.

“This project was identified by the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the regional transmission organization to which Mid-Kansas belongs, to support growing demands on the transmission grid,” said Bruce W. Mueller, CEO of Wheatland. “We strongly supported the project as the existing infrastructure was not adequate to serve Wheatland’s cooperative members at the level of reliability that we aim to deliver and they should expect.”

The three-year project includes 58.9 miles of new line from Harper to Milan, 12.6 miles of new line from Harper to Rago, 5.8 miles of rebuilt line between Milan and the Viola tie, and the new connection to Westar’s Viola Substation. The $65 million project also includes the new Bluff Creek Substation and modifications to the Harper and Milan substations. This infrastructure not only improves electric service in area and region, but it is also large enough to handle electric growth in Wheatland’s south central service territory.

POWER Engineers Inc. provided technical services, including routing, siting and permitting support and engineering for the transmission lines and substations. POWER also provided material procurement, construction contracting, and construction management of the project. As part of POWER’s team, Land Services Inc. performed the right-of-way acquisition for the project.

The Hays Police Department responded to 4 animal calls and conducted 18 traffic stops Wed., Aug. 22, 2018, according to the HPD Activity Log.

Warrant Service (Fail to Appear)–2900 block Vine St, Hays; 12 AM; 12:03 AM
Water Use Violation–2200 block Main St, Hays; 12:43 AM
Prowler–100 block W 4th St, Hays; 6:32 AM
Mental Health Call–1400 block E 29th St, Hays; 6:36 AM
Suspicious Person–3300 block Skyline Dr, Hays; 7:12 AM
Burglary/vehicle–600 block E 15th St, Hays; 8/21 6:30 PM; 8/22 7:15 AM
Domestic Disturbance–1700 block Volga Dr, Hays; 8:27 AM
Animal At Large–2300 block E 13th St, Hays; 8:29 AM
Lost Animals ONLY–100 block Ash St, Hays; 11:29 AM
Civil Dispute–2200 block Marjorie Dr, Hays; 12:34 PM
Domestic Disturbance–1600 block E 27th St, Hays; 1:03 PM
Theft (general)–4300 block Vine St, Hays; 2:53 PM; 2:59 PM
MV Accident-Private Property–4300 block Vine St, Hays; 3:43 PM; 3:45 PM
Drug Offenses–2800 block Canal Blvd, Hays; 5:26 PM; 7 PM
Found/Lost Property–200 block W 6th St, Hays; 5:32 PM
Custody Dispute–2500 block Sherman Ave, Hays; 5:30 PM
Drug Offenses–4300 block Vine St, Hays; 5:49 PM
Disturbance – Noise–400 block W 7th St, Hays; 10:30 PM; 11 PM

ROOKS COUNTY —A second earthquake in two days shook northwest Kansas Thursday.

The quake at 9:42a .m. measured a magnitude 2.6 and was centered three miles south of Laton in Rooks County, according to the Kansas Geological Survey or approximately 15 miles northeast of Plainville, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

On Wednesday the USGS reported a 3.7 magnitude quake in approximately the same area.

There were no reports of damage or injury, according to the Rooks County Sheriff’s Department.