info2022-01-02T21:39:57-06:00January 2nd, 2022|
Bel Aire residents could have a new outdoor activity available by the spring if everything goes according to plan. The city is in the early stages of planning a disc golf course at Alley Park. Alley Park is located near the Park Vista subdivision north of 48th North and Oliver. Currently, the park doesn't offer many amenities. It is a natural park with a large fishing pond and plenty of space. Source: Ark Valley News
info2022-01-02T20:44:59-06:00January 2nd, 2022|
A new non-discrimination ordinance for the City of Wichita that was passed in October goes into effect today. The ordinance prohibits discrimination in the areas of housing, employment and public accommodation based on age, color, disability, familial status, gender identity, genetic information, national origin or ancestry, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other factor protected by law. It allows people to have their discrimination complaints for housing, employment and public accommodation filed with the city and adjudicated locally. Source: Country 101.3 KFDI
info2022-01-02T20:38:20-06:00January 2nd, 2022|
t the corner of Central and Elder in West Wichita, sits Fire Station 8 where Joshua Bruggeman was assigned. "We are family. It's like losing a brother. It is losing a brother," Chief Derek Davis said. "Today the least we could do was pay our respects." Joshua Bruggeman was a 17-year member of the Wichita Fire department. Friday morning, there was a procession from Wesley Hospital to the mortuary. The procession passed by his former station, where his protective gear was on display. Source: KAKE - News
info2022-01-02T20:36:03-06:00January 2nd, 2022|
Linda Berry, spokeswoman for the KCC, said the commission’s staff was working with the Kansas Geological Survey and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to investigate potential links between the latest earthquakes in Saline County and drilling or injection activity. She said there had been no drilling in the past three months adjacent to the earthquakes south of Salina in central Kansas. That serves to rule out theories hydraulic fracturing directly induced the quakes, she said. There are no KDHE-regulated Class I wastewater disposal wells within 15 miles of the earthquakes, Berry said. There are approximately 38 KCC-regulated Class II [...]
info2022-01-02T20:33:58-06:00January 2nd, 2022|
The City of Lawrence is once again putting in place more strict measures to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Among those measures, recreational facilities will be closed to general exercise and free play, the city announced Friday. “Scheduled programs at these facilities will be limited and facility cleaning will be enhanced.” In addition, masks will again be required inside all city facilities for anyone ages 2 and up. Officials with Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health have moved the county’s community transmission indicator status to red, meaning the rolling 14-day average number of new cases reported daily has topped 50 — as [...]
info2022-01-02T17:54:50-06:00January 1st, 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.
info2021-12-31T08:38:01-06:00December 31st, 2021|
Investors have poured more money into municipal bond funds so far this year than they have in decades, providing the fuel for borrowing by states and cities to fund new bridges, sewers and other state and local projects to a second-straight 10-year high. Municipal bond funds now hold an unprecedented 24% of outstanding debt compared with 16% five years ago, according to Federal Reserve data. The move marks the latest step in a fundamental shift away from a buy-and-hold market where individual investors quietly collect interest year after year. The record levels of borrowing and investing in 2021 are evidence that [...]
info2021-12-31T01:14:21-06:00December 31st, 2021|
In anticipation of wintry precipitation starting Friday — going into a holiday weekend — Kansas Department of Transportation crews in south-central Kansas are pretreating some highways. They are especially focusing on elevated areas including bridges, where the surface tends to freeze faster. Pretreatment varies within the region because of varied forecasts from area to area. Around Lyons, for example, a crew has been pretreating with a mix of brine and beet juice. Beet juice is sticky, so it holds the ice-fighting brine to the pavement longer and at lower temperatures. The beet juice looks brown, and it can be washed off [...]
info2021-12-31T01:12:27-06:00December 31st, 2021|
A recent annexation by the city of De Soto, Kansas, could lead to a new industrial development taking root in western Johnson County. In November, the De Soto City Council approved the annexation of roughly 367 acres of land near Edgerton Road and 103rd Street. The annexation also included 6,000 acres of land within the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant north of 127th Street. On Dec. 2, the De Soto City Council voted 3-1 to approve a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Flint Development for the development of roughly 350 acres near Edgerton Road and 103rd Street. The MOU outlines the [...]
info2021-12-31T01:10:38-06:00December 31st, 2021|
With just two days away from a winter storm heading toward KAKEland, the City of Wichita says it will not have crews laying down pre-treatment ahead of the drastic changed conditions. "We are watching the forecast and will change, if necessary," said interim assistant director of public works with The City of Wichita. Nelson says that the rain would wipe away the work that crews would have to do ahead of time so you won't see the 'brine' solution placed in the streets ahead of Saturday. Source: KAKE - News
