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Law restricts township fire station efforts
Soldier Township’s fire station is about 50 years old, but the laws governing how it could issue bonds for a new station are even older, and are preventing the community from even considering putting a question to its voters to…
Douglas County commissioners vote to require zinc monitoring for future solar projects
...solar energy projects use piers coated with zinc to support their solar panels. The new rule states that wells will have to be dug upstream and downstream of future solar projects and samples will have to be taken to see…
Solar farm in Valley Center?
Under the ordinance, solar farms could only be located on properties that are zoned industrial. And a six-foot fence would be required around the entire development, among other requirements. Source: Ark Valley News
Manufacturer to move U.S. operations to Winfield
A Swiss-based manufacturer of railroad track technology will move its U.S. operations to Winfield, it was announced Tuesday. ... The company expects to initially hire 15 employees for its Winfield location..., with an additional 10 employees added per year over…
Prosecutor seeks to recruit lawyers
With only one law office left in the county, and that being a half-day satellite office of a McPherson County office, Marion County’s 11,690 residents are seriously underserved.... Newly installed county attorney Michelle Brown has ideas to recruit lawyers to…
Nurses wanted for rural communities
Kansas, especially in rural areas, faces a shortage of nurses that is expected to become worse, a recent Kansas Nursing Workforce Center report shows. ... [Marion hospital] chief executive Alex Haines ... explained that the hospital’s efforts to recruit and…
Marion revives historic district
An effort to get Marion’s downtown designated as a historic district — opening the door to tax credits to pay for building improvements — will continue after a five-year hiatus touched off by 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Marion County RECORD
Renovations ‘seem to create more energy,’ Marysville developer says
Marysville’s iconic Koester Block rust-brick buildings, which date to the town’s early days of the 19th century, stand to see new life once housing is added to their upper stories. Source: The Marysville Advocate
Sand Creek path a huge project, both difficult and ‘cool’
The City recently received an offer for an estimated $3 million from the State of Kansas to help extend the Sand Creek trail by 1.2 miles and connect its two pieces. The City has had plans and estimates for the…
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