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🌱 How Great Bend schools will decide your next snow day
Good day Great Bend! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Great Bend schools will decide your next snow day
- What led to these two serious arrests in Great Bend last week?
- How Great Bend’s new $9.1M pool will change summer 2027
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 60 and low of 24 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 58, low: 36.
- Thursday: Winds becoming strong; cooler, with a high of 45 and low of 24 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Great Bend school board reviews snow days (gbtribune.com) — Great Bend USD 428 is considering using occasional two-hour start delays instead of full snow days, which could reduce make-up days in the spring. Superintendent Khris Thexton and his team personally drive all quadrants of Great Bend before dawn to check roads, then decide by 5:55 a.m. whether to cancel, delay, or hold school as usual, with clear plans for staff and snow-removal crews. 
2. Great Bend police make arrests related to drugs, domestic violence (greatbendpost.com) — Police in Great Bend made two recent arrests tied to drugs and a reported domestic assault, both originating at city addresses. Officers say meth and paraphernalia were found in one home, and in another case a woman reported being threatened with a knife, with both suspects booked into Barton County Jail.
3. Great Bend City Council approves new pool concept, design contract with JEO (greatbendpost.com) — Great Bend residents can expect a brand-new city pool at Brit Spaugh Park, with design work starting in early 2026 and opening targeted for the 2027 swim season. The City Council approved a $705,000 design contract and a $9.155 million project funded by the quality-of-life sales tax, including a lazy river, tall slides, diving boards, and upgraded play features.
4. The City and GBED (gbtribune.com) — Great Bend city officials recently clarified how public comment works at council meetings and explained the city’s partnership with Great Bend Economic Development Inc. They outlined GBED’s structure, funding, and reporting obligations, acknowledged missed quarterly reports, and said those are now being corrected. City leaders also stressed that council meetings are for observation, not Q&A, while encouraging residents to contact council members directly with concerns.
5. LHS Girls 8th of 33 at Great Bend (kscbnews.net) — A major girls wrestling tournament in Great Bend saw Liberal High School finish 8th out of 33 teams at the Christmas Clash, with several wrestlers placing and showing steady improvement. The boys squad also grabbed 8th at the Colby Eagle Invitational. Both teams now turn back to practice to sharpen skills for the rest of the season.
📸 Around Great Bend
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Upcoming Events in
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Dolley Trolley Holiday Lights Tour
City of Great Bend Calendar , 1215 Main Street , Great Bend
6:00 pm -
GBMS Band- Holiday Concert
Great Bend High School , 2027 Morton St , Great Bend
7:00 pm -
VFW Post 3111: Cornhole
City of Great Bend Calendar , 504 Washington , Great Bend
7:00 pm -
Dolley Trolley Holiday Lights Tour
City of Great Bend Calendar , 1215 Main Street , Great Bend
6:00 pm -
R- 3rd & 4th Grade Music Concert @ GBHS
Great Bend High School , 2027 Morton St , Great Bend
7:00 pm -
E-Pizza W Police
Eisenhower Elem Great Bend, KS 67530
11:30 am -
Dolley Trolley Holiday Lights Tour
City of Great Bend Calendar , 1215 Main Street , Great Bend
6:00 pm -
Last Day for Santa's Around the World
City of Great Bend Calendar Great Bend, KS 67530
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Sunday December 21
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Special Board Meeting
Ida Long Goodman Memorial , 406 N Monroe St , St John
8:00 am -
BB at Sterling
Hoisington High Sterling
4:30 pm -
LHS (A) V/JV/C BB @ St. John
Ft. Larned Unified School District 495 Larned, KS 67550
4:30 pm -
LMS (H) Winter Music Concert @ CC
Larned Middle School Larned, KS 67550
7:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
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-- The Patch AM Team
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