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Lyon County declines membership in Flint Hills Regional Council

info2019-01-07T06:33:10-06:00January 7th, 2019|

The Lyon County Commission declined to renew its membership with the Flint Hills Regional Council for 2019 Thursday morning at the courthouse. The Flint Hills Regional Council is a voluntary service association formed between a number of counties, cities and municipalities to provide services of mutual benefit to the region with a mission to enhance economic viability and overall quality of life for Flints Hills residents. Lyon County has been a member for five years, but Chair Rollie Martin said he wasn't sure if the county was seeing a true benefit from its involvement. He said he believed the county should [...]

Wind opponents tell county: See you in court

info2019-01-07T06:30:39-06:00January 7th, 2019|

Opponents of a planned wind generation facility in southwest Neosho County told commissioners Friday morning that the issue will go to court. They also pushed for an absent commissioner to vote on the measure. “I hope it doesn’t come to any bloodshed,” opponent Dale Jeffrey said. Some opponents said the developer, Apex Clean Energy, is moving ahead with the project until it is too late to prevent it. “Your inaction is going to cause us to be reactive,” Jeffrey told commissioners. “The longer it goes, the more difficult it’s going to become.” Opponent Ed Spielbusch said Apex is trying to circumvent [...]

Lot prices and burial rates to increase at Lawrence cemeteries; some funds to help improve cemetery grounds

info2019-01-07T08:25:26-06:00January 7th, 2019|

Fees at the city’s three cemeteries will see the first of five rate increases this year, funds that city officials say will help to better maintain the cemetery grounds. The fee increase was approved as part of the city’s annual budget process and will increase rates for lots and burials by $50, excluding interment rates for infants, according to a city news release. The rates will increase by $50 each year through 2023. A more expensive nonresident lot space was also added. The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department oversees three cemeteries: Oak Hill, Maple Grove and Memorial Park. Parks and Rec [...]

Prairie Village clerk Joyce Hagen Mundy wrapping up 3 decades with the city today

info2019-01-04T09:05:36-06:00January 4th, 2019|

Joyce Hagen Mundy walked into city hall for her first day of work with Prairie Village on Dec. 1, 1985. Today, more than 30 years and nearly 1,000 city council and planning commission meetings later, Hagen Mundy will enter city hall as an employee for the last time. “It’s been a privilege,” said Mundy, who lives in Overland Park. “I’ve grown to love this town. It’s become my second home.” (Read more: Prairie Village Post)

Farmer decides to grade road himself

info2019-01-04T09:08:40-06:00January 4th, 2019|

A farmer who went off on his own to grade a county road isn’t in trouble for doing so, but he was advised at the county commission meeting Monday that he could be held liable if an accident occurs because of how he’s graded the road. Highway Administrator Ronnie Tremblay and the Clay County Commission met ... about unauthorized grading that had occurred on a Clay County road over the weekend... Tremblay started the meeting by reporting that he had two phone calls on Sunday stating that Bob Wietharn was grading the road in the 1900 block of Kiowa Road with [...]

Clay Center City Council OK’s standards, rates for solar panels

info2019-01-04T09:09:18-06:00January 4th, 2019|

Last night the Clay Center City Council approved an ordinance for standards for people wanting to connect solar panels to the city’s electric grid and another ordinance setting the rate of reimbursement for those generating electricity with solar panels who generate more electricity than they use. Public Utilities Superintendent Scott Glaves told the council the rate of reimbursement for those generating more electricity than they use by solar rate is 150 percent of the “deferred cost,” or what PU would have paid for that electricity had it not been generated by the solar panel. This rate is set by state statute. [...]

70 volunteer and part-time fire departments receive grants

info2019-01-04T08:44:27-06:00January 4th, 2019|

Seventy volunteer and part-time fire departments across the state received funds this year through the Kansas Firefighter Recruitment and Safety Grant Program administered by the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM). The grant awards will be used by fire departments for the purchase of safety gear, washer/extractor machines for cleaning bunker gear, start-up of Junior Firefighter programs and physical costs for firefighters with no insurance or ability to be reimbursed by their department. This year, over $1.3 million in requests from 79 departments were submitted. Fire departments received approximately $310,000 to be used for safety gear and $90,000 for 26 [...]

Commissioner Dan Deming talks wind farm proposal

info2019-01-04T08:41:52-06:00January 4th, 2019|

As we mentioned earlier in the week, the Florida company wanting to build a wind farm in the southern and southeastern parts of the county has yet to file an application for a special use permit for the project. It has become quite controversial. Residents that will be affected by the project wanted a moratorium so more study could be done. They would also like to see regulations for such projects put in place. That failed to get past the Reno County Commission mainly because commissioners Dan Deming and Bob Bush were concerned it might kill the project. Commissioner Dan Deming, [...]

Frontenac history front and center at MHM

info2019-01-04T09:10:31-06:00January 4th, 2019|

What do you know about Frontenac? Do you know about the 100-year-old businesses in Frontenac which are still in business today, how the Frontenac Raiders got their name or how teachers managed to teach students of different nationalities in the 1800s? For the last several years the Frontenac Homecoming Committee amassed an array of artifacts from the coal mining days. There are so many, in fact, the committee can’t show them all off at once at the Miners Hall Museum, Committee Member Linda Grilz said. Although the committee often displays their work at their local town hall, the group had an [...]

Merriam adds two pedestrian-friendly HAWK signals to Johnson Drive

info2019-01-04T07:48:55-06:00January 4th, 2019|

Merriam is installing two pedestrian-friendly HAWK traffic signals on Johnson Drive. Beginning Dec. 26, the city began work to install two signals on the corridor: one at Goodman Street and Johnson Drive and the other at Mastin Street and Johnson Drive. The city intends to complete work by Jan. 10. HAWK signals, which stand for High Intensity Activated CrossWalK, flash red when pedestrians have signaled that they want to cross the street. This provides safer crossing than traditional crosswalks because drivers are more likely to stop for a red light. “They also reduce the number of delays drivers experience in those [...]

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