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Regional News

Region Manufacturing Index Shows Fewer Job Openings, Third Straight Month

Posted April 1, 2024 Creighton University released its Mid-America Business Conditions Index for March and shows the region has not broken the growth threshold and the manufacturing sector is losing more workers. The Business Conditions Index, which uses the same… more

Bird Flu Found In Milk from Cattle Farms in Three States, Including Kansas

Posted March 27, 2024 Milk from Kansas dairy cows tested positive for bird flu Monday, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Monday, clinical samples… more

Equity Bank Creates Four Regional Leadership Positions Following Acquisition

Posted March 21, 2024 Wichita-based Equity Bank has hired a new regional CEO to oversee the bank’s operations in its recently expanded Missouri market. Craig Dunn will oversee regional strategies, commercial and consumer business development and local banking operations in… more

Kansas City University Gains $5M Grant to Support CPHE Initiative

Posted March 20, 2024 Kansas City University (KCU) announced it has received a $5 million grant to support the development of its new Center for Population Health and Equity (CPHE) building, bringing its total raised fund to $16 million. The… more

Children’s Mercy Partnership Expands Pediatric Care to Southwest MO

Posted March 20, 2024 Children’s Mercy is entering into a new partnership with Mercy Hospital Springfield and will work to provide enhanced pediatric care to patients in southwest Missouri. In 2023, Mercy announced a similar partnership with Springfield-based CoxHealth to… more

Google to Build $1 Billion Data Center in Kansas City

Posted March 20, 2024 Updated 10:52 a.m., March 20, 2024 Google said this morning that it would expand its presence in Kansas City's expanding tech sector with a $1 billion data center at the Hunt Midwest Business Center, along with… more

Fed Beige Book: CRE Loans Weaken, New Development Nearly Halts

The Federal Reserve Board released its Beige Book report for February indicating economic activity in the Tenth District was pacing at stable conditions but new commercial real estate development has all but ceased. While demand for credit remained stable across… more

Study: Missouri Rents Grew More Than Any Other State in Midwest

A study from Rent.com shows Kansas City rent prices have increased more than 7 percent year-over-year and Missouri’s rent growth leads nationally. From January 2023 to January 2024, rent prices rose by 1.13 percent, from $1,942 to $1,964. However, the… more

Landmark Bancorp Announces Abby Wendel as New CEO

Manhattan, Ks.-based Landmark Bancorp, Inc. announced it has appointed Abigail “Abby” Wendel to president and chief executive officer of the company and its subsidiary, Landmark National Bank. Wendel will begin her new role effective March 29 and will join the… more

Student Loan Company MOHELA Denies Allegations of “Call Deflection” Scheme

The Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, or MOHELA, has denied allegations made against it by a teachers union and an advocacy group claiming the student loan company took part in a “call deflection scheme.” On Wednesday,… more