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Lenexa to start bike share program with local nonprofit Bike Share KC

info2019-03-22T07:35:59-05:00March 22nd, 2019|

Lenexa is starting a bike share program with local nonprofit Bike Share KC. The project includes the purchase of 25 smart bikes equipped to be rented as well as installation of parking racks for the bicycles at Mill Creek Park, Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park, Old Town Lenexa, the Civic Campus and Black Hoof Park, according to a city memo. Bike Share KC will manage and operate the bike share program. The council on Tuesday voted 7-0 to accept reimbursement through the Kansas Department of Transportation for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funding for the bike share program. Councilmember Steve Lemons was absent. [...]

Commissioners re-establish public comment policy

info2019-03-22T07:34:09-05:00March 22nd, 2019|

Leavenworth County commissioners are re-establishing guidelines for making public comments during their meetings. Commissioner Vicky Kaaz said Wednesday that commissioners were reimplementing a policy regarding the public comment period of their meetings. “I apologize that it was not adhered to in the past,” she said. Kaaz’s comments came a week after Tamara Copeland, former human resources director for the county, addressed the commission. During her March 13 remarks, Copeland argued the county clerk and county treasurer are overpaid and the register of deeds is underpaid. At one point, Commission Chairman Doug Smith said he was cutting off Copeland because she had [...]

Clearwater community comes together for solutions to a dangerous intersection

info2019-03-22T07:03:53-05:00March 22nd, 2019|

Community members in Clearwater are fed up with what they're calling a dangerous intersection. An accident at 71st and 135th recently injured 9 people, most of them children. The intersection of 71st and 135th is the main way both in and out of Clearwater. As accident after accident happens, citizens are demanding solutions to a safer intersection. People filled an auditorium Wednesday night, lining up to let county officials know just how dangerous they believe the intersection is. "Any time I drive on that road, I am prepared that the car that has the stop sign probably won't stop," says Steffanie [...]

Olathe council holds hearing on TIF for Mentum project at former Great Mall site

info2019-03-22T07:02:19-05:00March 22nd, 2019|

The Olathe City Council on Tuesday held a public hearing on whether to create a tax increment financing district to financially help the developers of the former Great Mall of the Great Plains site. The council did not vote on creating the district, but two residents voiced concerns with the city providing such a large amount of public incentives for one project. “We’re giving them lots of money,” said resident Adam Mickelson. “It’s a lot of give and no guaranteed return.” The developers and city business leaders have lauded the project as a way to add new entertainment and retail uses [...]

Elwood, Kansas under mandatory evacuation due to Missouri River flooding

info2019-03-22T06:58:58-05:00March 22nd, 2019|

Elwood residents evacuated Thursday evening as emergency sirens sounded in the Doniphan County community. The evacuation began as the Missouri River, at Elwood, reached 30 feet. At that level, the City of Elwood’s mandatory evacuation plan is implemented. Elwood City Attorney Joel Euler told those in attendance at Thursday evening’s flood-focused community meeting that residents had 8 hours to evacuate once the sirens sound. After 8 hours, residential power and gas are shut off. In order to re-enter after evacuating, residents will be required to show a City of Elwood sewer/water utility bill and identification. (Read more: WIBW News Now)

Kansas communities order evacuations overnight due to flooding

info2019-03-22T06:57:13-05:00March 22nd, 2019|

The KDOT is currently assisting with response to flooding in Doniphan by moving 100 tons of sand from storage domes in Horton to Elwood. Just after 8p.m. Thursday, Doniphan County Emergency Management sounded alarms to begin evacuations, according to their social media page. The city of Elwood sounded the sirens for evacuation of the city. The water level has reached 30.13 feet and still rising 2 tenths of an inch an hour. KDOT was on stand-by to assist with evacuations. Once evacuation were complete KDOT had planned to close the U.S. 36 ramps going into the city to keep people from [...]

Horton Community Hospital May Reopen

info2019-03-22T06:55:38-05:00March 22nd, 2019|

Plans are being put in place to reopen the Horton Community Hospital. That was revealed during a community meeting held Thursday evening at the Horton High School. The crowd of around 175 seemed shocked when Horton City Administrator John Calhoon made the revelation. After a moment of digesting the announcement, the crowd erupted into applause. Calhoon told MSC News the plan to reopen was developed after he placed an unrelated phone call Thursday afternoon to the court-appointed trustee involved with the bankruptcy filing that came two days after the hospital’s March 12 closure. Calhoon said he was soon involved in a [...]

Council OK’s low-cost burial for cremations to extend use of cemetery

info2019-03-22T06:54:31-05:00March 22nd, 2019|

In an effort to extend the life of Greenwood Cemetery, the Clay Center Council approved buying 48 columbariums for $11,095. The council approved the bid from Wilbert Memorials, out of Parsons, over a local bid of $12,905 from Mastercarved Memorials. The stone structures provide an inexpensive place for people to bury urns with cremated remains and each one of them can hold up to four urns. (Read more: www.ccenterdispatch.com - RSS Results in news,local/* of type article)

With local recycling programs in jeopardy all over the nation, Ark City and Winfield work together to try to save theirs

info2019-03-21T09:08:44-05:00March 21st, 2019|

The cities of Arkansas City and Winfield are working together to save their cooperative recycling program after notification of a large rate increase. The cities were notified Feb. 28 by Waste Connections that their recycling rates were going up substantially, effective March 1. Due to the timing of the notice, the 2019 budgets did not account for this. Currently, the cities are paid $21 per ton of recyclable materials. This is part of a 60-percent rebate program through the OBM Chicago Midwest Stock Market. But Waste Connections now will charge the cities $120 per ton of recyclable materials — an effective [...]

Atchison residents monitor Missouri River as Nebraska flooding continues

info2019-03-21T09:07:23-05:00March 21st, 2019|

As flooding continues to devastate Nebraska, those who live south of the border are concerned the rising water will seep into northeast Kansas. Residents in Atchinson, Kansas are monitoring the Missouri River. The river has already risen submerging tables and benches that sit along its banks. Now, people fear that water could soon end up in their homes and businesses. Thirty miles north, driveways are impassible as water comes close to the road and the river hasn't even crested yet. Norman Ladesic says his way of preparing is checking out the water every day and crossing his fingers. "There ain't no [...]

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