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After One-Vote Defeat, Kiowa County Makes Its Case Again for 1.5% Sales and Use Tax
One vote. That was all that separated passage from defeat when Kiowa County voters considered a 1.5% countywide sales and use tax in November 2025.
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Kiowa County Clerk’s Office Notes & Happenings
Welcome to fall Kiowa County, it’s been nice to be blessed with all the recent rain and beginning to see leaves changing. I wanted to do a quick update for everyone on the happenings in the Clerk’s Office.
More Than $6 Million in Rural Health Funding Awarded to Cheyenne County-Based Organizations
More than $6 million in federal Rural Health Transformation funding has been awarded to two Cheyenne County-based organizations, with projects ranging from expanded local health services and EMS capacity to statewide technology designed to improve communication when rural patients need emergency care or transfers to larger hospitals.
Plainview School and Vilas School District Partner on Hydroponics and Greenhouse Education
Plainview School is partnering with staff and students from Vilas School District to provide junior high and high school students with hands-on experience in hydroponics, greenhouse management, and locally grown food production. The collaborative project gives students an opportunity to explore how technology, agriculture, science, and entrepreneurship can come together to address real-world challenges.
Limit Up
If grain traders were hoping the U.S.-China summit would deliver a clean, bullish headline to start the week, they didn’t get it. Monday’s trade was a reminder that markets can sell the news, or, in this case, sell the lack of news.
Woolgathering With Mike
One of my favorite subjects at school became maths but not until after grade 9 when I was able to choose the subjects I studied each year. (There were no options up until then.)
Limit Up
Grain markets kicked off the week with a little more life, and for once, harvest pressure was not the only story in town. Monday’s session brought solid gains across corn, soybeans and wheat, helped by strong export numbers, weather-related harvest delays and renewed optimism surrounding U.
Woolgathering With Mike
As both of my regular readers know, the question of how best to deal with the huge numbers of people who have illegally entered the United States in recent years is both contentions and highly divisive.
