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Towanda museum needs volunteers to help complete renovations

info2019-11-07T18:45:53-06:00November 7th, 2019|

The Towanda Area Historical Museum is racing against the clock to get the museum up and running in time for the town’s 150th anniversary next year. Tricia Lee shares her vision for the new look of the Towanda Area Historical Museum once the museum board finishes renovating the 115 year old building. “We’ve got this long wall right here that’s eventually going to become a timeline wall that will start with the date the town began until today,” said Tricia Lee, President Towanda Area Historical Museum. The museum, originally built as a Masonic lodge in 1904, has been closed for about [...]

Moundridge City Council looking at keeping pool at the current location

info2019-11-07T19:49:31-06:00November 7th, 2019|

With public support in favor of building a new municipal [pool], members of the Moundridge City Council need to find a location community members will support. Community members seemed to like the idea of building a new pool in the same area as the existing pool, on south Washington Ave. in Wheatridge Park. The council meeting room was full for a special meeting to discuss the $1 million grant the city received to construct a new pool. There were 15 people who attended the meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 30 to give their input on the pool. “We want to make sure [...]

Great Bend elects write-in candidate for mayor

info2019-11-07T19:49:49-06:00November 7th, 2019|

An overwhelming amount of people in Great Bend voted their next mayor by writing him in on the ballot. Cody Schmidt will take over in 2020 and he’s focused on growing the community. "I want to work together with the people that are currently in place for our future today so we can plan for tomorrow. One of my slogans this year and this campaign was “I’m a man that gets up every morning and goes to work just like you," says Mayor-Elect Schmidt. Schmidt won his campaign by a landslide against three other opponents who were named on the ballot. After [...]

Wichita’s mayor-elect already planning changes for City Hall

info2019-11-07T18:14:43-06:00November 7th, 2019|

"It's going to be a big task. We didn't go into this thinking that this was going to be an easy gig," Brandon Whipple, Wichita's new mayor-elect, said Wednesday morning. Whipple says he knows being mayor of one of the country's largest cities is a far cry from being one of more than a hundred state lawmakers in Topeka. But he's eager to move forward on his ideas for making Wichita a better place for all. (Read more: KAKE - News)

Mere 14 votes separate Topeka City Council candidates Duncan, Coen

info2019-11-07T18:12:12-06:00November 7th, 2019|

Topeka City Councilman Jeff Coen has received 67 more votes in this year’s election for the District 8 council seat than he did in 2015. But that year, he won decisively. This year, Coen trails opponent Spencer Duncan by a mere 14 votes in an election characterized by above-average voter turnout. Duncan has 1,079 votes compared to 1,065 for Coen, according to final, unofficial figures provided by Shawnee County Election Commissioner Andrew Howell’s office. (Read more: Local Government - The Topeka Capital-Journal)

Sedgwick County signs off on extending Union Station taxing district for expansion

info2019-11-07T18:10:50-06:00November 7th, 2019|

The Union Station tax increment financing district expanding to include a 1901 building to the southeast of the vacant building got the go-ahead Tuesday from the Sedgwick County Commission. The Wichita City Council approved the expansion last month. Occidental Management is the developer of the $54 million Union Station project and will also develop and eventually move into the building included in the expansion. The 20-year district was originally approved in 2014. Occidental president Chad Stafford said they would invest another $9-plus million in the building included in the expansion, which is Union Station’s former icehouse at 155 S. Rock Island. (Read [...]

Public expresses support for keeping Newton library downtown

info2019-11-07T19:50:02-06:00November 7th, 2019|

The votes are in. The Newton public, at least those that attended library site selection meetings, want any new library to stay in the same location. The feedback followed two public input sessions held this week at the library as part of the initial process of coming up with a plan for a new library. More than 100 area residents helped select criteria and vote on five provided library locations. With the crowd listing accessibility as one of their top criteria, it perhaps should be no surprise that the current library spot was selected as top choice. (Read more: Newton Now)

County considering repeal of recycling requirements

info2019-11-07T18:04:08-06:00November 7th, 2019|

Swartzendruber updated commissioners on the status of the ongoing recycling situation. He said he didn’t receive a proposal from Waste Connections about going forward, even though a company employee had promised to send him one Oct. 29. Swartzendruber said he reached out to two other haulers with routes in the rural part of the county. Combined, the two have 1,137 accounts, and only 207, or 18 percent, have recycling. Swartzendruber said he spoke with all the municipalities, and Hesston is interested in the county moving quickly on making a decision as to whether mandatory recycling would continue. He said Hesston would [...]

Voters back redistricting amendment to Kansas Constitution

info2019-11-07T18:00:04-06:00November 7th, 2019|

Kansas has ended an unusual practice for redrawing the lines of legislative districts that has cost university communities political clout. Voters on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Kansas Constitution eliminating a requirement for the state to adjust federal census figures when the Legislature redistricts itself every 10 years. The adjustment counts college students and military personnel not where they’re living but in a “permanent” home elsewhere. For thousands of people, that’s outside Kansas. (Read more: 1350 KMAN)

USD 378 Riley County voters approve $15 million bond to upgrade facilities

info2019-11-07T19:54:29-06:00November 7th, 2019|

USD 378 voters have approved a $15 million school bond that will see some much anticipated upgrades to facilities in the district. The issue passed by a margin of 810 to 505 during Tuesday’s election. Riley County Schools Citizens Advisory Committee Treasurer Karen Schroeder says they appreciate the voters supporting them in this matter. “We’re very excited. I’ve gotten all kinds of emails and texts from people and the main word has been ‘thankful.’ Everybody is very thankful that this has passed and we can move forward and fix our schools,” she said. (Read more: 1350 KMAN)