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Hiawatha Creamery set to bring nostalgic flavor to downtown

info2022-01-10T07:09:33-06:00January 9th, 2022|

Sometimes an idea can hang around for years, and when the timing is right, coincidences and the right people will fall into just the right places for that idea to manifest into reality. The business partners behind the newly-announced Hiawatha Creamery have followed just that type of circuitous path, but find themselves on the threshold of hosting what will surely be one of the hottest spots in town this summer. ... Leaning heavily into the nostalgic, the partners said that The Hiawatha Creamery will offer a unique hometown experience... The owners believe their new business not only fills a hole in [...]

Argonia museums see much needed improvements

info2022-01-10T07:11:43-06:00January 9th, 2022|

The Salter House Museum management board has made some progress toward updates on the museum property. The chimneys at the Salter House Museum have been capped. They were leaking when it rained. The exterior repairs have now been completed and the board looks forward to beginning interior work. Board member Joan Hemberger said the group plans to apply for grants to help them repair the interior of the former home of Susanna Madora Salter, the first female mayor to serve in the United States. Source: Times-Sentinel Newspapers

Kansas court ruling keeps law allowing COVID lawsuits alive

info2022-01-10T07:15:37-06:00January 9th, 2022|

People still can sue Kansas counties over mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions and obtain a quick trial-court decision because of a Kansas Supreme Court ruling Friday. The court declined to consider whether a law requiring trial-court judges to rule on such lawsuits within 10 days is constitutional. While the justices split over the reasons, they were unanimous in concluding that a Johnson County judge had no business striking down the law in a case that dealt with another legal question. Judge David Hauber ruled that the law denied counties their right to due legal process and interfered with the courts’ power [...]

Wyandotte County leaders name Cheryl Harrison-Lee as interim County Administrator

info2022-01-07T07:29:55-06:00January 7th, 2022|

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas unanimously named Cheryl Harrison-Lee as the interim County Administrator on Thursday evening. Harrison-Lee’s appointment comes less than two weeks after Doug Bach announced his retirement as the county administrator. Harrison-Lee’s term is scheduled to run from Jan. 7, 2022 to April 1, 2023. Commissioners voted 10-0. This is the first time Wyandotte County will have a different County Administrator since 2014, when Bach was appointed by former Mayor Mark Holland. Bach’s retirement came less than a month into the term of new Mayor Tyrone Garner, who was elected in November and sworn-in in [...]

Municipal Bond Trends for January 6, 2022

info2022-01-07T07:18:14-06:00January 7th, 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.

Facades of Louisburg Improvement Program

info2022-01-07T07:17:39-06:00January 7th, 2022|

FLIP, or Facades of Louisburg Improvement Program, provides matching funds from the city to assist in facade improvements of homes and businesses. New for 2022 is a change in the award amount for residential applications up to $1,000. FLIP Residential provides city residents a one-time reimbursement grant of 50% of the project costs to make exterior improvements to the front of their home. However, the city’s reimbursable amount shall not exceed $1,000. For example, if your project costs $500 then the reimbursable amount will be $250; a $1,500 project will award $750 and a project $2,000 or more will get a [...]

Riley County receives grant to start drug treatment court program

info2022-01-07T07:15:40-06:00January 7th, 2022|

Riley County recently received a grant from the Department of Justice to start a new drug court program. The $550,000 grant was awarded to Riley County Community Corrections Dec. 9. It essentially creates an alternative to incarceration for criminal or juvenile offenders and parents with pending child welfare cases who have alcohol and other drug dependency problems become and remain sober. The goal of the program is recovery so as to reduce future criminal activity. Source: 1350 KMAN

Overland Park considers using federal pandemic relief funds for environmental projects, like bike trails and tree planting

info2022-01-07T07:14:22-06:00January 7th, 2022|

Environmental projects like tree planting, bike and sidewalk infrastructure may become a part of spending on an upcoming batch of federal COVID-19 relief money coming to Overland Park. Members of the City Council’s Community Development Committee said Wednesday they’d be open to an idea of putting some of an upcoming $9 million disbursement of funds from the American Rescue Plan Act into such projects, as long as they meet the federal government’s rules for how the money is spent. The money is half of another $18 million of federal relief money headed Overland Park’s way from the U.S. Treasury. Source: Prairie [...]

Mayors urge Johnson County Commission to take action as Omicron spreads

info2022-01-07T07:13:56-06:00January 7th, 2022|

Ahead of Thursday’s regular Board of County Commissioners meeting, a group of nine Johnson County mayors is urging commissioners to take countywide action to help tamp spread of the Omicron variant. In a letter addressed to the commission Wednesday, the mayors say that though cities have taken their own steps to try to mitigate spread, “additional prompt action is needed by the [county] to assist our cities in weathering this latest and strongest COVID surge.” Source: Prairie Village Post

Erie library participating in seed program

info2022-01-07T07:13:10-06:00January 7th, 2022|

The Erie City Public Library is part of a growing movement of seed libraries and has shelves stocked full of seed as well as books to help gardeners with tips. “A seed library is a place where community members can get seeds for free and is run for the public benefit,” said Julie Coover Kent, library director. “Helping people to start gardens for their families is the goal of our library.” The idea is for people to take a packet of seed and leave a packet of seed or bring one in later to help perpetuate the seed library into the [...]