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‘Big Flour’ can’t recreate this stone-milled secret ingredient: the Kansas-grown artisan wheat in your favorite KC bakeries

January 2, 2025

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro. NEW CAMBRIA, Kansas — Artisan flour sourced from a network of Kansas growers not only takes any batch of baking up a notch, said Ben Mantooth; it makes a better

Tech takes active-shooter training beyond paper targets as deadly real-world threats rise

January 2, 2025
Power player-turned-poet Pasquale Trozzolo’s new move: Write words worth a thousand pictures

January 2, 2025
How a humble DIY upbringing sparked this streetwear designer’s minimalist aesthetic

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Matt Baysinger: Choir Bar revival is just one note in Swell Spark’s chorus of experiences planned for 2025

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I am Iron Man: Overland Park startup’s AI mouse brings voice-activated tech to your fingertips

December 26, 2024

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KC inventor rolls elevated litter box to market (and cats already are making the leap)

December 26, 2024

Amy Leiker can take criticism and feedback, the Lenexa-based LoftyLoo creator said, noting she couldn’t have survived a career in corporate marketing and health care without it. So when it comes to her elevated litter box invention, she’s quick to jump to its defense, but open to making the product even more user (and cat)

Featured Stories

‘Big Flour’ can’t recreate this stone-milled secret ingredient: the Kansas-grown artisan wheat in your favorite KC bakeries

Tech takes active-shooter training beyond paper targets as deadly real-world threats rise

Power player-turned-poet Pasquale Trozzolo’s new move: Write words worth a thousand pictures

How a humble DIY upbringing sparked this streetwear designer’s minimalist aesthetic

Matt Baysinger: Choir Bar revival is just one note in Swell Spark’s chorus of experiences planned for 2025

I am Iron Man: Overland Park startup’s AI mouse brings voice-activated tech to your fingertips

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KC inventor rolls elevated litter box to market (and cats already are making the leap)

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Strang closes doors to Plaza food hall concept, citing slow foot traffic to its diverse, chef-driven menus

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KC hat maker’s sales soar after national news spotlight, capping year with validation: Made-in-the-USA still sells

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