Colwich News

Colwich-based ICM Inc . has received a $25 million federal grant. The company will use the money to help fund the modification and upgrade of an existing ethanol facility in St.

By DAN VOORHIS The Wichita Eagle - The federal government is expected to announce today whether it will raise the cap on ethanol allowed in a gallon of gasoline.

Colwich-based ICM Inc . announced on Monday a plan to finish an upgrade project to an energy center for Tharaldson Ethanol in North Dakota by February.

The story of Father Emil Kapaun has intrigued me for a long time. A farm kid from Pilsen, a small Czech community in Marion County, Kapaun became a priest, an Army chaplain and a hero.

Acosta, Juan C., and Briones, Bertha E., both of Wichita. Anthis, Jeremy A., and Shirshac, Shannon M., both of Andover.

An overnight fire destroys a garage in Colwich. This morning officials are investigation the cause of a fire that destroyed a garage in the 13 thousand block of West 53rd Street North.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 With prospects of record fall crops, Kansas farmers are anxious to harvest.

Parentdish.com : The new rule at two schools in Kansas is "no hoodies." Cellphones are banned in the Renwick School district.

In response to a shrinking ethanol industry, Colwich-based ICM has put a 3-year-old office building up for sale or lease.

ICM, the Colwich-based company that designs ethanol plants, is trying to sell or lease one of its three main office buildings.

On the first day long before the lawyer from the Vatican showed up, long before talk of saints and miracles young Chase Kear lay on the edge of death in the intensive care unit.It was an accident: pole vaulting.The 19-year-old athletes skull was cracked from ear to ear across his forehead.His bleeding brain swelled.

When Chase Kear fractured his skull while pole vaulting last October, doctors left him with little, if any chance of living.

Chase Kear sits and relaxes at the Wesley Rehabilitation Center a week ago. Kear suffered a traumatic brain injury while pole vaulting during a practice at Hutchinson Community College.

A local town is now the focus of a Vatican investigation. A representative of the Pope looks into what some are calling a genuine miracle.

People in Colwich, Kan., like to touch Chase Kear's arm or his shoulder with their fingers.

A Vatican investigator is headed to southwest Kansas this week to look into whether the recovery of an area man was a bona fide miracle.

A Vatican investigator is headed to southwest Kansas this week to look into whether the recovery of an area man was a bona fide miracle.

Chase Kear sits and relaxes at the Wesley Rehabilitation Center a week ago. Kear suffered a traumatic brain injury while pole vaulting during a practice at Hutchinson Community College.

Family reopens Kechi's only gas station By Chris Hunter Last Updated: June 18, 2009 Terry and Tiffanie Kirkland are not familiar with Kechi.

Wind power is booming -- at the moment. Companies are flocking to build turbine and blade plants in the United States, such as the one Siemens will build in Hutchinson.