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Swimmers plunge into ‘26 as Tonganoxie Water Park opens for season

It might have felt like a polar plunge at times during opening weekend at Tonganoxie Water Park, but crowds still made their way to the pool for the start of the 2026 season. The water park officially opened Saturday for the summer. Denise Bixby at the water park said Tuesday that there were only about 80 visitors on Saturday. “it was a cold start,” she said. “It was pretty chilly.” But attendance started to pick up as the weather got warmer. “Yesterday we had 300 people by 4 o’clock,” Bixby said Tuesday. “It was terribly busy.” In total, the water park had ...

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Representatives from Kansas lead way on rural hospital relief

TOPEKA — A coalition of federal lawmakers from Kansas introduced in the U.S. House last week a bipartisan bill that could offer interest-free loans to rural hospitals “hanging on by a thread.” U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann of Kansas and representatives from Alabama, ...

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