Takeuchi - Tue July 23, 2019
Takeuchi Names Shay Klusmeyer as Regional Manager
Takeuchi-US has named Shay Klusmeyer as regional manager, effective immediately. His responsibilities include all sales development and activity within Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and West Texas. As the regional manager, Klusmeyer's main responsibility is to achieve region market share objectives through dealer activities such as development, recruiting, goal setting, sales planning and performance evaluations....
Murphy Tractor - Wed June 12, 2019
Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co. Inc. Appoints Bill Buckles New President
Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co. Inc. recently announced the selection of Bill Buckles to serve as the new president of the company. This follows the recent notice of retirement of President Tom Udland....
KCAI - Wed April 17, 2019
KC Institute Breaks Ground on New Liberal Arts Building
The Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) will break ground April 26 on a new, 18,000-sq.-ft. building that will house the liberal arts program including art history and creative writing, as well as all student services....
Husqvarna - Tue March 12, 2019
Husqvarna Opens New Distribution Center
Husqvarna Construction Products, headquartered in Olathe, Kan., has expanded with a brand new 150,000-sq.-ft. distribution center. The center, located in Lenexa, Kan., is only a mile away from the company's present headquarters and central warehouse....
AASHTO Journal - Wed January 23, 2019
Incoming Ohio, Kansas Governors Fill DOT Directorships
Incoming Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly named Julie Lorenz to serve as interim secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation on Jan. 10, according to news reports, while Jack Marchbanks is being tapped by Ohio Gov.-elect Mike DeWine as the Ohio Department of Transportation's new director....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed December 26, 2018
Energy Farms Rise on Windy Kansas Plains
A flat, dry portion of northwestern Kansas, where, just as in Oklahoma, "the wind comes sweeping down the plain," is the home of a pair of large turbine wind farms currently under construction. Each are designed to provide the local population and a couple major companies with clean, renewable energy....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 12, 2018
Kansas Road Crews Tackle Soil, Subgrade Issues
Crews from Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. started work in May on the Kansas Department of Transportation's (KDOT) $16 million pavement reconstruction of a 7.12 mi. section of U.S. 169 in Allen County, from Minnesota Road south to Delaware Road....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 28, 2018
Expansion of U.S 69 Aims at Student Safety
Work began on March 13, 2017 on the $20.4 million Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) project expanding a 6-mi. section of U.S. 69 to a four-lane upgradable expressway in Bourbon County, as well as rebuilding or refurbishing several bridges....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 31, 2018
KDOT Places High Hopes on Viaduct Reconstruction
The Kansas Department of Transportation is spending $65 million to replace the aging and deteriorating westbound section of the Lewis and Clark Viaduct on Interstate 70, which links Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan....
Kansas Department of Transportation - Wed September 05, 2018
Cities Receive $13.7M for Road Projects
Twenty-seven projects that will improve intersections and roads in Kansas cities have been selected for funding through the Kansas Department of Transportation's City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP), which funds improvements to state highways that extend through cities....
