Jul 18, 2022

Whether you have an irrigation system or water your lawn and home landscape with hoses and portable sprinklers, you can reduce water use by implementing just a few simple water-saving steps. K-State Research and Extension horticulture agent for Johnson County, Dennis Patton, says a well-designed landscape and...

Aug 30, 2021

For decades, Mary Knapp has been the “go-to” person for agricultural weather in Kansas. As a climatologist at Kansas State University, she has helped advance and improve the collection of weather data. As she gets set to retire in mid-September, we look at the role data collection plays in research and...

Jun 8, 2020

The Weather Data Library, part of Kansas State University’s Department of Agronomy and home to the Office of the State Climatologist and Kansas Mesonet, serves as a repository of information about the weather and climate of Kansas. Assistant state climatologist Mary Knapp (nap) explains how data is collected, how it...

Jul 24, 2018

Johnson County 4-H was awarded one of five community-based grants through Science Matters, a national program created by Bayer and National 4-H, to foster an interest in science. Johnson County Extension director Tara Markley and 4-H volunteer Nancy Bergdall discuss how this grant helped 15 local teenagers identify...

Aug 29, 2017

A total solar eclipse of the sun occurred on Aug. 21. The path of totality clipped the northeastern corner of Kanasa, going basically across Hiawatha into the Kansas City suburbs and then into Missouri. Because of cloud cover in many areas, the eclipse – while still spectacular – was not what everyone had hoped...