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Contaminant in Auburn district drinking water exceeds EPA standards

info2019-08-12T20:36:28-05:00August 12th, 2019|

Each of the three times it was tested this year, water provided by Auburn Rural Water District No. 1 near S.W. 61st and Hoch Road was found to be out of compliance with Environmental Protection Agency standards for a contaminant called haloacetic acids. That district receives its water from the city of Topeka. The city blames this year’s abnormally high contaminant levels at Auburn and in other cities across Kansas on excessive rains and releases of water into the Kansas River from upstream reservoirs. The Auburn water is still safe to drink, and customers do not need to switch to bottled [...]

KDHE secretary making push for emphasis on quality of Kansas drinking water

info2019-08-12T20:34:16-05:00August 12th, 2019|

The top environmental and health official in the administration of Gov. Laura Kelly said understandable public attention on sustaining sufficient quantities of water in the agriculture-heavy state led to lack of focus on the quality of drinking water. “One of the things that gets all the attention is water quantity, but I think we can’t turn a blind eye to water quality,” said Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. “We don’t want a Flint, Michigan, in Kansas.” (Read more: News - SJ News Online - St. John, KS)

How One City Saved $5 Million by Routing School Buses with an Algorithm

info2019-08-12T20:26:14-05:00August 12th, 2019|

The yellow school bus has remained largely unchanged since it first debuted in 1939. But while the buses look the same, their routes have grown infinitely more complex in the past 80 years, as the number of students, schools, and road systems grow and change. Drawing bus routes for Boston Public Schools involves challenges unique to the city. BPS allows parents to select their child’s school from a list of about ten options, in an effort to reduce inequalities that might result from isolating students to their neighborhoods. While this represents a greater level of choice than most cities, the resulting [...]

Rates & Financial Planning Workshop (Junction City) this Wednesday, August 14! (Sign up if you haven’t already)

info2019-08-12T11:13:36-05:00August 12th, 2019|

The Kansas Department of Health Environment (KDHE) Capacity Development Program, in partnership with Wichita State Environmental Finance Center (EFC), Ranson Financial and Kansas Municipal Utilities (KMU), encourages representatives from your utility to attend an upcoming rate setting and financial planning training. The session provides participants with an understanding on major considerations when setting rates; rate structure options and pricing objectives; financial planning considerations; and strategies for communicating rate information to your board and community. The training will provide classroom instruction as well as interactive participant exercises and discussion. Training is approved for 1 CMC Experience or 1 MMC Advanced Education point [...]

Rolla offers free rent to help fill teaching positions

info2019-08-11T21:50:54-05:00August 11th, 2019|

For some areas, school starts next week, and for many Kansas communities, the struggle isn’t bringing students into the schools but the teachers. USD 217 Superintendent John Barrett has worked all summer to fill two teaching positions. After making some adjustments, he said they finally found someone. “We decided, in order to attract people, we started out with six months free rent, and we’ve since then increased it to a year,” said USD 217 Superintendent John Barrett. Read more: KSN.

CenturyLink is closing its JoCo office after getting millions in Kansas tax credits

info2019-08-11T19:37:59-05:00August 11th, 2019|

Telephone and internet service provider CenturyLink received millions of dollars in Kansas economic development incentives. But apparently it wasn’t enough. CenturyLink informed employees in July of its decision not to renew a longstanding lease at 600 New Century Parkway in Gardner’s New Century AirCenter. The lease will expire on June 30 of next year. (Read more: KC Star Local News)

Hutchinson Police target repeat offenders with selective enforcement

info2019-08-11T19:28:53-05:00August 11th, 2019|

Thursday night, the Hutchinson Police Department completed their first selective enforcement operation, resulting in multiple drug arrests, warrant arrests and citations. It was a combined effort with the department’s Repeat Offender Unit, two K9 teams, detectives and members of the traffic bureau. Teams of two conducted multiple traffic stops, subject stops and warrant checks. (Read more: KSN-TV)

Officer, television news reporter injured by visitor fleeing Sedgwick County jail

info2019-08-11T19:25:08-05:00August 11th, 2019|

Three people were arrested Friday afternoon after a chaotic car chase across Wichita that started at the Sedgwick County Jail. Victor Walker, 28, was at the jail to pick up property from an inmate Friday afternoon when Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputies realized he had an active warrant for his arrest, Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Lt. Tim Myers said. Deputies had Walker cuffed behind his back and were processing his property when he took off, Myers said. (Read more: Local News |)

Towns near the Flint Hills Trail hope breweries and festivals will draw in visitors

info2019-08-11T19:21:54-05:00August 11th, 2019|

Visitors to one of the state’s newest parks can hike or bike over rocky streams and travel through hills, wetlands, tallgrass prairie and hardwood forests. But the Flint Hills Trail - the longest nature trail in Kansas- also serves as an artery to rural Kansas that pumps economic development into towns left behind when the railroads stopped coming through. Now several towns along the trail in east central Kansas are planning music festivals, opening breweries and bike shops, and converting old buildings to Airbnbs to serve visitors. (Read more: Wichita Eagle)

Local truck traffic regs a hot issue

info2019-08-11T19:18:49-05:00August 11th, 2019|

The ordinance regulating truck traffic through Arkansas City was brought under fire Tuesday during a city commission meeting. Jim Sybrant, owner of Ark City Warehouse on West Madison Avenue, brought his concerns and asked the commission to consider several revisions. Sybrant, who operates a trucking firm, said he was informed by a local officer that on Wednesday officers would be stopping all trucks going through Arkansas City. He said the move was intended to encourage drivers to make use of the U.S. 77 Bypass instead of entering the city. (Read more: The Arkansas City Traveler)

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