Kiowa's city council held four special executive session meetings Oct. 15–21 in their search for a new city administrator. At the end of their meeting Monday night (Oct. 21), upon return to open session, the council extended an offer to candidate Rusty Varnado, who accepted the position. Read all about Varnado in a separate article in the Newsgram today.

Water Project Update

At the regular Oct. 14 meeting Mayor Bill Watson called the meeting to order with all members present except Tom Wells. They were: RL Simpson, Russ Molz, Brent Shaffer and Brian Hill. Also present was Clerk Trish Brewer an...