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Young Lenexa siblings write letter to city council to install deer crossing signs
Two young siblings who live in Lenexa have seen their fair share of deer along 83rd Street. They wrote a letter to their local city council member asking if a warning sign could be put up. “There’s a family of…
Lawrence City Commission to consider proposal that would allow 2 houses per lot with certain restrictions
City leaders will soon decide whether to move forward with a proposal that would allow two houses to be built on one lot as long as both homes are affordable. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission…
Labette County officials hold special session to appoint replacement county clerk
The Labette County Republican Party is holding a special session Monday night to choose a successor for the county clerk. Peggy Minor has been working for Labette County since 1986 and assumed her role as County Clerk back in 2013.…
City’s RFP for river ideas closed; so what happened?
The city’s request for proposals to activate the Arkansas River did not get the response that Troy Houtman, director of the Park and Recreation Department, wanted. “I got one proposal,” he says. It was from the same person who Houtman told Have You…
Garden City Community College Named One of Top 50 Schools in the US for Transferring
Garden City Community College has been named one of Student Loan Hero’s top 50 schools in the country for successful transfer from community college to four-year university. The rankings were based on transfer-out and graduation rates of students attending public two-year…
Kansas Bets On Wrestling Tournaments, Pickleball And Trampolines With $25 Million In Bonds
On the last day of September, a bulldozer scooped dirt from an empty field between a hotel and a fence separating the land from a house-lined street in Garden City. In 18-24 months, a massive $41 million sports complex, called…
8 Kansas counties urged to upgrade their voting equipment
A handful of Kansas counties are being urged to upgrade their voting machines to a voting system that creates a paper record of each vote. The Topeka Capitol-Journal reports the American Association for the Advancement of Science urged Geary, Grant,…
Spring Hill welcomes new leaders in Public Works, Police
Public Works has a new leader at the helm. Jim Boyer will take over the department, which consists of the Streets, Parks and Utilities divisions. Boyer was appointed by Mayor Steven Ellis at the Oct. 10 City Council meeting. Boyer…
From highways to quilts: KDOT employee uses engineering skills to design and create
Joyce Muhlenbruch, KDOT’s Area Construction Engineer in Dodge City, was recently featured in the Dodge City Daily Globe, but it wasn’t for her ability to highway engineering skills It was for her ability and talent for designing and engineering breathtaking…
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