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Young Lenexa siblings write letter to city council to install deer crossing signs

info2019-10-15T09:40:40-05:00October 15th, 2019|

Two young siblings who live in Lenexa have seen their fair share of deer along 83rd Street. They wrote a letter to their local city council member asking if a warning sign could be put up. “There’s a family of deer we want to keep safe on 83rd, because people go very fast there,” Dominic and Eve wrote in their letter to the city council member. The 9-year-old and 6-year-old decided to do something about it. They hand delivered the letter they wrote to their local councilman down the road. Read more: KCTV.

Lawrence City Commission to consider proposal that would allow 2 houses per lot with certain restrictions

info2019-10-15T21:08:10-05:00October 14th, 2019|

City leaders will soon decide whether to move forward with a proposal that would allow two houses to be built on one lot as long as both homes are affordable. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a text amendment to the city’s land development code that would codify the so-called density bonus. Following recently recommended changes to the proposal, the ability to build two houses on one lot would only be allowed on certain lot sizes and have other restrictions. Read more: LJWorld.com.

Labette County officials hold special session to appoint replacement county clerk

info2019-10-14T20:58:46-05:00October 14th, 2019|

The Labette County Republican Party is holding a special session Monday night to choose a successor for the county clerk. Peggy Minor has been working for Labette County since 1986 and assumed her role as County Clerk back in 2013. Minor will be retiring from her position early with more than a year left in her term. Monday night, the Labette County Republican Party members will nominate her successor, who will assume the role on December 1st. Deputy County Clerk Gena Landis has expressed her interest in taking on the role. (Read more: KSNF/KODE – FourStatesHomepage.com)

City’s RFP for river ideas closed; so what happened?

info2019-10-14T20:55:57-05:00October 14th, 2019|

The city’s request for proposals to activate the Arkansas River did not get the response that Troy Houtman, director of the Park and Recreation Department, wanted. “I got one proposal,” he says. It was from the same person who Houtman told Have You Heard? about last week, and that’s someone who wants a party barge on the river, which would require hundreds of millions of dollars to dredge the river. (Read more: Wichita Eagle)

Garden City Community College Named One of Top 50 Schools in the US for Transferring

info2019-10-14T20:54:06-05:00October 14th, 2019|

Garden City Community College has been named one of Student Loan Hero’s top 50 schools in the country for successful transfer from community college to four-year university. The rankings were based on transfer-out and graduation rates of students attending public two-year schools that grant less than half of their degrees and certifications for career or vocational training. GCCC shares a 17th place ranking with eight other two-year institutions, putting it in the top 25 out of 513 community colleges ranked overall. GCCC Vice President of Instruction Marc Malone said the rankings confirm what administrators like himself already know about transfer success and the [...]

Kansas Bets On Wrestling Tournaments, Pickleball And Trampolines With $25 Million In Bonds

info2019-10-14T20:52:56-05:00October 14th, 2019|

On the last day of September, a bulldozer scooped dirt from an empty field between a hotel and a fence separating the land from a house-lined street in Garden City. In 18-24 months, a massive $41 million sports complex, called Sports of the World, is slated to open at this site, with courts of all kinds — pickleball, basketball, volleyball. There’ll be a trampoline park and an outdoor recreation area with cornhole and a life-sized Battleship game. It’s expected to host cheerleading, wrestling and other sports tournaments, drawing in people from Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas. “People will travel up to two [...]

8 Kansas counties urged to upgrade their voting equipment

info2019-10-14T20:24:25-05:00October 14th, 2019|

A handful of Kansas counties are being urged to upgrade their voting machines to a voting system that creates a paper record of each vote. The Topeka Capitol-Journal reports the American Association for the Advancement of Science urged Geary, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Harvey, Sumner, Wallace and Wilson counties to upgrade to newer voting machines. Those eight counties currently use voting machines that record voter choices electronically without creating a paper record. Katie Koupal with the Kansas Secretary of State's office says fewer than 10 of the state's 105 counties use election equipment that doesn't create a paper trail. She says several [...]

Spring Hill welcomes new leaders in Public Works, Police

info2019-10-14T21:11:46-05:00October 14th, 2019|

Public Works has a new leader at the helm. Jim Boyer will take over the department, which consists of the Streets, Parks and Utilities divisions. Boyer was appointed by Mayor Steven Ellis at the Oct. 10 City Council meeting. Boyer is no stranger to Spring Hill, having served in a variety of positions within the City for eight and a half years. Previously, he held the titles of City Superintendent, Line Maintenance Supervisor, Wastewater Collections Supervisor and, most recently, Utility Superintendent. (Read more: City of Spring Hill news)

From highways to quilts: KDOT employee uses engineering skills to design and create

info2019-10-14T20:17:35-05:00October 14th, 2019|

Joyce Muhlenbruch, KDOT’s Area Construction Engineer in Dodge City, was recently featured in the Dodge City Daily Globe, but it wasn’t for her ability to highway engineering skills It was for her ability and talent for designing and engineering breathtaking quilts. Muhlenbruch says there were always quilting and sewing projects in their home when she was growing up in Hanoverton, Ohio. She learned to sew by the time she was five and was quilting with the church ladies by the time she was in middle school. However, she didn’t make her first quilt until she was expecting her first child. She [...]

Geary Community Hospital officials identify key issues for potential county commission assistance for the hospital

info2019-10-14T20:15:54-05:00October 14th, 2019|

This past week officials from Geary Community Hospital issued challenges to the Geary County Commission. A member of the governing body, Ben Bennett, said one is to advocate for medicaid expansion. “We’ve advocated for that with our elected representatives for the last year. Hopefully that will give us some relief from the non-paying public that we have to serve.” In the past officials have estimated that could mean one million dollars per year for Geary Community Hospital, if medicaid expansion is approved by the legislature. Another challenge involved discussion of a possible future property tax increase support the hospital. Bennett stated [...]

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