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Newton to consider housing incentives

info2019-06-07T07:41:08-05:00June 7th, 2019|

The initial incentive program would have the city set aside $100,000 to act as a safety net for licensed builders. A builder participating in the program would be reimbursed for the interest the builder paid on the construction loan for the building between the time the city cleared the building for occupancy until the time it sold for a maximum of $10,000. The housing study, as well as the group, stated that newly constructed homes stay on the market longer in Newton than in surrounding markets, discouraging builders from taking an additional risk in Newton. “We looked at it from what’s [...]

Wind farm decision delayed

info2019-06-07T07:36:12-05:00June 7th, 2019|

After two lengthy evenings of testimony on the merits of a wind farm proposal — and reasons not to permit it — county planning and zoning commissioners tabled any decision until they meet again Monday evening.Each of the two nights of testimony lasted 31/2 hours. More than 100 people testified, including officials with National Renewable Solutions, developers of the Expedition Wind project.The planning commission is considering the company’s application for a conditional-use permit.Many objectors rehashed the same concerns they had voiced at an earlier public hearing as well as at county commission meetings. They were balanced by a nearly equal number [...]

Barbed wire fence spat may have citywide result

info2019-06-07T07:32:04-05:00June 7th, 2019|

A dispute between neighbors over a barbed wire fence may result in the removal of all barbed wire fencing in the city limits. During the May 28 Marysville City Council meeting, Karen and Terry Hughes, Marysville, defended their right to keep their barbed wire fence despite repeated requests from neighbor Jill Friedrichs to have it removed. Terry Hughes, who is a City Council member, said he had rectified the problem by removing the barbed wire fence adjacent to Friedrichs’ property. Friedrichs said she was not satisfied and she wanted all of the Hughes’ barbed wire fence removed because according to a [...]

Nickerson smallest city to host Rural Prosperity forum

info2019-06-07T07:41:51-05:00June 7th, 2019|

Nickerson, with a population just slightly over 1,000, will be one of only two cities that is not a county seat and/or has a college that has been selected for a forum on Kansas Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers’ Rural Prosperity Tour.The other exception is Sabetha in northeast Kansas, but Sabetha has more than double the population of Nickerson.The 12-city listening tour forums will open with Nickerson’s event, scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Monday, June 17... (Read more: News - The Hutchinson News)

“Taste of Kansas” Event to be Held in Chanute

info2019-06-07T03:48:36-05:00June 7th, 2019|

MANHATTAN, Kan. — From the Land of Kansas brings to you its second annual agriculture experience dinner: “Taste of Kansas.” The dinner will allow guests to experience the diverse tastes of food grown, raised or produced in Kansas; meet Kansas agriculture producers and business owners; and enjoy a relaxing evening as they celebrate and appreciate Kansas. The event will take place on Saturday, August 3, at Summit Hill Gardens Event Center, located outside of Chanute. Summit Hill Gardens Event Center is a family-owned event center founded by sisters-in-law Patsy Smeed and Gretchen Brant in 2016. The venue is filled with rich Kansas history [...]

Shawnee firefighters battle fire at Mill Valley High School

info2019-06-07T03:45:57-05:00June 7th, 2019|

SHAWNEE, Kan. — Shawnee firefighters battled a fire Thursday night at Mill Valley High School. Fire crews were called about 9:30 p.m. to the 5900 block of Monticello Road. The school district said in a tweet that the "fire was contained to outside/exterior, where demolition is underway for expansion." The fire is out. No injuries have been reported. (Read more: KMBC.com)

Watershed structures and conservation practices help reduce flooding damages

info2019-06-07T03:43:50-05:00June 7th, 2019|

Extreme rainfall events of May brought severe flooding and property damage to many residents in central and eastern Kansas. Floodwaters also caused traffic disruptions, including the closure of northbound lanes on the Kansas Turnpike. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service employees have been surveying the damage from the record-setting rainfall events. Despite the lowland flooding damage, NRCS engineers and conservationists determined if it hadn’t been for the flood control structures installed by watershed district sponsors, flooding damages could have been much worse. NRCS models estimate that the federally assisted watershed dams built in Kansas helped prevent over $7 million in flooding damages [...]

New airport terminal project stalled

info2019-06-07T03:42:30-05:00June 7th, 2019|

Plans to build a new terminal at Garden City Regional Airport have been put on hold following news that the airport did not receive a Federal Aviation Administration grant meant to pay for the bulk of the project. Last fall, the airport requested $20 million from the FAA Supplemental Appropriation Program, a new addition to the administration’s Airport Improvement Program. The $20 million would cover most of a proposed $26.85 million terminal construction project, which would replace the current facility where it stands with a new one, updated, upgraded and more spacious. The City of Garden City would still need to [...]

Hundreds gather in Abilene for D-Day’s 75th

info2019-06-07T02:29:11-05:00June 7th, 2019|

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina Post ABILENE — Hundreds of people, including more than 60 World War II veterans, Rosie the Riveters, and labor camp survivors were in Abilene on Thursday morning to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The ceremony was on the grounds of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home, in front of the statue of Eisenhower. It was an appropriate location as Eisenhower, who was the Supreme Allied Commander during World War II, on June 6, 1944, led the Allied Forces in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. The invasion, code-named Operation OVERLORD, has been [...]

Fort Riley ceremony honors sacrifice of Big Red One soldiers in D-Day invasion

info2019-06-07T02:20:54-05:00June 7th, 2019|

Troops stationed at Fort Riley joined the rest of the free world Thursday in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the daring D-Day invasion that led to victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The Fort Riley-based First Infantry Division, also known as the Big Red One, led the assault on German forces on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Abilene, Kan., native, future president and supreme commander of Allied forces, conceived the invasion. Six World War II veterans attended the ceremony at Fort Riley, which included a recitation of names of the 316 1st [...]