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New assistant Manhattan city manager named
Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr has announced that Dennis Marstall has been named Assistant City Manhattan. Marstall, a 1987 Manhattan High School graduate, was selected from a group of four finalists. He plans to begin work January 25th. Marstall will…
Lawrence bus drivers prepared for possible strike after city changes contractor
Amid renegotiation of their contract, members of the local transit union are prepared to strike, raising the possibility that local bus service could come to a halt. The city of Lawrence and the University of Kansas recently decided to hire…
Spring Hill’s Broadband Task Force kicks off fiber feasibility study
The Broadband Task Force officially kicked off its fiber feasibility study with CTC Technology and Energy last month. The Task Force met with CTC Sept. 7 and mapped out how the next six months will go during the study and…
Reno County Commissioners to Deming: Learning from his example
Reno County Commissioner Dan Deming wraps up his eighth and final year on the board when Ron Sellers is sworn in Jan. 14. The farewells began Monday because Commissioner Bob Bush will not be present for Deming’s last commission meeting…
Industrial park in Parsons discusses possible tenant
Labette County commissioners heard Monday that the owner of the administration building at the former Kansas Army Ammunition Plant may have an interested tenant or purchaser. Becky Dantic, Tim Peoples and Bob Wood provided commissioners with an update on activities…
Landowners to receive written notice of wind farm hearing
Owners of property within a thousand feet of any proposed wind turbine location in NextEra Energy’s planned Pretty Prairie Wind Farm will receive notice by first-class mail of the public hearing - tentatively expected to take place Feb. 21 in…
Hutch has extra time to file legal response
The city of Hutchinson has extra time to file its response in U.S. District Court to charges by a former Hutchinson police officer that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and retaliated against him. Former Officer Devin Berman has…
Commissioners relent, won’t hire administrator
In a striking reversal, county commissioners voted 2-1 Monday to rescind their controversial decision of three weeks earlier to hire a county administrator. Commissioner Dianne Novak made the surprise motion despite also having made the original motion to create the…
Subzero wind chills impact fire efforts, community responds with kindness
Hutchinson fire crews were called to a structure fire just before 7 a.m. on New Year's Day. A wood hobby shop in the 900 block of South Main caught on fire. But crews were not only battling the blaze but…
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