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Lyon County declares state of local emergency for COVID-19

info2022-01-09T18:16:35-06:00January 9th, 2022|

The Lyon County Commission declared a state of local emergency due to COVID-19 Friday morning. According to County Clerk Tammy Vopat, Newman Regional Health contacted Lyon County Emergency Management and requested the use of two ventilators to be ordered from the State EOC. All local ventilators were currently in use. Emergency Management was unable to request the resource from the State EOC, because a state of local emergency was not already in place. Source: Emporia Gazette

Kansas City, Kansas, Police try something new to get unlicensed cars off the road: Teach driver’s ed

info2022-01-09T18:15:16-06:00January 9th, 2022|

Ulisa Arreola-Campos had a lot on her plate the day she was supposed to attend court on the charge of driving without a license. The Kansas City, Kansas, teenager had only recently been discharged from a month-long hospital stay after being felled simultaneously by COVID-19 and appendicitis. Her mother was also laid up — she broke her leg in multiple places when she fell on a public bus. Ulisa, a high school sophomore, was trying to manage online classes and help her three younger siblings with their school work as they all stayed home during the early months of the pandemic [...]

Main Street Program to help restore and maintain Girard Square

info2022-01-10T07:07:47-06:00January 9th, 2022|

The main square has been one, if not the most memorable locations in cities like Girard, it's a center for shops, food and business. However, a major obstacle current and new businesses face is the maintenance of the buildings which house them, but there could soon be some help. "In order to have jobs and people who want to live here, and come back to Girard, we need a healthy square. We need businesses here, a place to shop, just all around it starts with the square," says Mark Schifferdecker, GNBank President & CEO. Maintaining the historic buildings in the Girard [...]

Hiawatha Creamery set to bring nostalgic flavor to downtown

info2022-01-10T07:09:33-06:00January 9th, 2022|

Sometimes an idea can hang around for years, and when the timing is right, coincidences and the right people will fall into just the right places for that idea to manifest into reality. The business partners behind the newly-announced Hiawatha Creamery have followed just that type of circuitous path, but find themselves on the threshold of hosting what will surely be one of the hottest spots in town this summer. ... Leaning heavily into the nostalgic, the partners said that The Hiawatha Creamery will offer a unique hometown experience... The owners believe their new business not only fills a hole in [...]

Argonia museums see much needed improvements

info2022-01-10T07:11:43-06:00January 9th, 2022|

The Salter House Museum management board has made some progress toward updates on the museum property. The chimneys at the Salter House Museum have been capped. They were leaking when it rained. The exterior repairs have now been completed and the board looks forward to beginning interior work. Board member Joan Hemberger said the group plans to apply for grants to help them repair the interior of the former home of Susanna Madora Salter, the first female mayor to serve in the United States. Source: Times-Sentinel Newspapers

Kansas court ruling keeps law allowing COVID lawsuits alive

info2022-01-10T07:15:37-06:00January 9th, 2022|

People still can sue Kansas counties over mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions and obtain a quick trial-court decision because of a Kansas Supreme Court ruling Friday. The court declined to consider whether a law requiring trial-court judges to rule on such lawsuits within 10 days is constitutional. While the justices split over the reasons, they were unanimous in concluding that a Johnson County judge had no business striking down the law in a case that dealt with another legal question. Judge David Hauber ruled that the law denied counties their right to due legal process and interfered with the courts’ power [...]

Wyandotte County leaders name Cheryl Harrison-Lee as interim County Administrator

info2022-01-07T07:29:55-06:00January 7th, 2022|

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas unanimously named Cheryl Harrison-Lee as the interim County Administrator on Thursday evening. Harrison-Lee’s appointment comes less than two weeks after Doug Bach announced his retirement as the county administrator. Harrison-Lee’s term is scheduled to run from Jan. 7, 2022 to April 1, 2023. Commissioners voted 10-0. This is the first time Wyandotte County will have a different County Administrator since 2014, when Bach was appointed by former Mayor Mark Holland. Bach’s retirement came less than a month into the term of new Mayor Tyrone Garner, who was elected in November and sworn-in in [...]

Municipal Bond Trends for January 6, 2022

info2022-01-07T07:18:14-06:00January 7th, 2022|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.

Facades of Louisburg Improvement Program

info2022-01-07T07:17:39-06:00January 7th, 2022|

FLIP, or Facades of Louisburg Improvement Program, provides matching funds from the city to assist in facade improvements of homes and businesses. New for 2022 is a change in the award amount for residential applications up to $1,000. FLIP Residential provides city residents a one-time reimbursement grant of 50% of the project costs to make exterior improvements to the front of their home. However, the city’s reimbursable amount shall not exceed $1,000. For example, if your project costs $500 then the reimbursable amount will be $250; a $1,500 project will award $750 and a project $2,000 or more will get a [...]

Riley County receives grant to start drug treatment court program

info2022-01-07T07:15:40-06:00January 7th, 2022|

Riley County recently received a grant from the Department of Justice to start a new drug court program. The $550,000 grant was awarded to Riley County Community Corrections Dec. 9. It essentially creates an alternative to incarceration for criminal or juvenile offenders and parents with pending child welfare cases who have alcohol and other drug dependency problems become and remain sober. The goal of the program is recovery so as to reduce future criminal activity. Source: 1350 KMAN

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