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Douglas County set to sell tax foreclosed properties, six years after the delinquent owners last paid
While the Douglas County government tends to give local property owners a few years to pay back taxes, it could take five years — or even more — before it sells those properties to recoup lost tax revenue. Douglas County…
Baldwin City to ask KDOT to help with multiuse trail on Midland Railway easement
After purchasing a multiuse easement along the length of Midland Railway in April 2018, Baldwin City will soon apply for a Kansas Department of Transportation grant to help install a concrete trail on the section of the easement within the…
Healy USD 468 drops to 44 students
The kindergarten through 12th grade headcount this month for the entire Healy school district, based in Lane County, was 44. Superintendent Cheryl Cook said that represented a new low. She also said there are no first-graders in the school district.…
Dollar store food requirement rule tabled
Some Hutchinson Planning Commission members showed no interest Tuesday in pursuing regulations that would require future dollar stores to dedicate a certain percentage of space for fresh foods, but they voted to return to the subject Oct. 8. City staff…
Restaurants wanting to use Naftzger Park for patio seats strike deal with board
Restaurants that want to use Naftzger Park land for outdoor dining and drinking have struck a deal with a Wichita board. The agreement unanimously approved by the Board of Park Commissioners on Wednesday reduces the space available to the restaurants…
Couple steps in to save Kansas cafe known for German buffet that closed after flood
They’ve become pretty good bakers and meat smokers, and with 17 years of experience selling food on their resumes, Mark and Kris Wiebe think they’d be pretty good at running a restaurant. But that’s not their only reason for reopening…
Newton follows teens’ lead in raising age limit
On the heels of a second death attributed to vaping products in Kansas announced this week, the Newton City Commission took action on a request from high school students this summer to move the legal age of purchase for tobacco…
Dodge City forms census committee
In preparation for the 2020 census, the first Dodge City Complete Count Committee has been formed with community leaders and stakeholders to develop and implement a plan to get every Ford County resident counted in the decennial census. The committee’s…
County, wind farm representatives disagree on flood damage to roads
A Friday county commission meeting to discuss road maintenance issues with Enel Green Power, the company developing Diamond Vista wind farm in the northern section of the county, and talk to Expedition Wind about future development of a wind farm…
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