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City Council approves steps for hotel, Expo
With a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and resolutions calling for two public hearings, the Great Bend City Council took preliminary steps Monday that will help a developer build an 80-room hotel and one or more restaurants on 10th St. The…
City cracking down on weeds
The City of Newton has been enforcing more environmental code violations lately. For all of 2023, it targeted 244 environmental violations for weeds. That number increased to 682 for this year up to the end of September, a 180 percent…
Harvey County offers public hunting
As outfitters and leasing agents continue to gobble up access to private hunting land, there is still opportunity for public hunting in Harvey County. In 2018, the Harvey County Commission approved limited seasonal hunting at East Park. The agreement has…
Prairie Village changes how it picks the next council president — Here’s why
The city of Prairie Village is changing how it elects a council president. After nearly a decade of electing the most senior councilmember who has yet to serve as president, the Prairie Village City Council on Monday voted 11-1 to…
Overland Park OKs 1% special sales tax for Stanley Square revamp
Stanley Square, an aging shopping center in southern Overland Park, may use a tax incentive to help finance $7 million in planned improvements. Len Corsi, who leases out the shopping center via Johnson County Management, has applied for the formation…
Houses in Dodge City built by students, for the community
The housing association is a nonprofit that for the past 10 years has partnered with DC3 – local shorthand for the college – to build a house in Dodge City annually. Its mission is to address housing needs by revitalizing…
Sedgwick County is counting homeless deaths for the first time. Here’s what to know
The deaths of more homeless residents are being counted this year after local officials implemented a formal process to identify them – the latest symptom of the intensifying conversation around homelessness in Wichita. As of September, 46 homeless people had…
Medicine Lodge receives high-speed smart pole, state leaders hope to address rural digital divide
Many Kansas rural communities lack high-speed internet. On Tuesday, crews installed a “smart pole” in Medicine Lodge to help tackle that digital divide. The smart pole is just the brink of what the state’s director of broadband development said needs…
Pratt sends linemen ahead to assist ahead of Milton
Pratt is sending linemen to assist in restoration efforts after Hurricane Milton. The now Category 4 storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday night in Tampa Bay, an area of over 3 million people. Along with devastating sustained winds, Milton…
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