info2022-09-23T07:25:35-05:00September 23rd, 2022|
Individuals who are worried that a neighboring tree is a potential hazard for their property finally have a remedy. The Scott City Council has adopted an ordinance that offers a legal option to trim tree branches or remove dead or diseased trees from private property if they are a hazard to life or property, or if they harbor insects or disease that put other trees at risk. Source: Scott County Record
info2022-09-23T07:01:40-05:00September 23rd, 2022|
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.
info2022-09-23T06:50:33-05:00September 23rd, 2022|
The City of Garden City has launched a new customer service tool, My GCKS, a text messaging service that lets residents quickly and easily connect with the City 24/7 without the need to download an app. Launced in partnership with Citibot, the leading provider of interactive chat solutions for local government, My GCKS grew from feedback from public surveys in August of 2021 in which residents indicated support for using a texting option if it were available. With that information, Staff moved forward with the best text messaging options to fit the needs of the residents and the City. Source: Greater [...]
info2022-09-23T06:50:59-05:00September 23rd, 2022|
The K-State Research and Extension Office recently hosted a poverty simulation at Wamego High School. Tuesday’s event, Living on the Edge – The Realities of Living Paycheck to Paycheck in Today’s World, was attended by about forty community members. Pottawatomie County Family Consumer Science Agent Erin Tynon explains. The decisions involved housing and utilities, clothing and laundry, meals, transportation, childcare, communications, personal care, recreation, and insurance. Each decision created decisions in other areas of the budget. If the family owned a used car, they had to use some of their budget for auto insurance. If they chose work-sponsored health insurance, they [...]
info2022-09-23T06:57:39-05:00September 23rd, 2022|
Newton City Commissioner Rod Kreie and Al Vogts used to dream out loud to each other about how to make Newton a better place to live. “Our relationship evolved to where we really liked being around each other,” Kreie said. “We looked at buildings and spaces together to see how they might fit into an overall master plan, talked about how to get people on board and his patent dream was to make Main Street an angle parking street.” Parallel parking had to change for things to work, Kreie said. Vogts died on Sept. 12 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita [...]
info2022-09-23T00:57:55-05:00September 23rd, 2022|
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced a five-year nine-million dollar grant to improve student behavioral health in southeast Kansas. The grant aims to address the behavioral health needs of nearly 40 thousand students. Officials with the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas say the grant will impact children without resources. “If someone is struggling to come to school, unready to learn because they don’t have food, we want to help,” said Leah Gagnon, Director of Patient Engagement at the CHC of SEK. “Our community health workers can really step in and be that bridge between the resources and support that we have [...]
info2022-09-23T07:42:16-05:00September 23rd, 2022|
A dog rescued by the Geary County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) has become a national narcotics detector dog. According to the GCSO, Nova was dumped near Interstate 70, and in 2018, she became a K-9 partner to Captain Justin Stopper. On Thursday, Sept. 22, she became certified through the National Narcotics Detector Dog Association (NNDDA) for meth, heroin, cocaine and marijuana. She also gained certification for articles, such as clothing. Source: KSN-TV
info2022-09-23T06:59:41-05:00September 23rd, 2022|
If Parsons voters in November approve increasing the public safety sales tax up 0.5% to 1%, it will generate approximately an additional $1,000,000 for a total of $2,000,000 for the city, according to City Manager Debbie Lamb. The current 0.5% sales tax in Parsons generates about $1,000,000, Lamb told the Sun on Wednesday. The added money from the tax would go toward the construction of a new public safety center for the Parsons Police Department. Source: Parsons Sun
info2022-09-23T07:00:06-05:00September 23rd, 2022|
The Overland Park Farmers’ Market is the best in the country, according to a new online poll of thousands of farmers’ markets from around the U.S. The 60-year-old market in downtown Overland Park took home the title of America’s “favorite farmers market” in the 14th annual America’s Farmers Market Celebration put on, in part, by the American Farmland Trust. The contest, which lasted throughout the summer before ending on Sept. 19., had farmers markets across the country participate by asking shoppers, farmers, vendors, volunteers and others to vote for their favorite markets. Source: Prairie Village Post
info2022-09-23T07:00:33-05:00September 23rd, 2022|
The Garden City Police Department, in conjunction with the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council, announces the enhancements made to the Text-to-911 service in Kansas. Text- to-911 has been available to citizens of Finney County since November 2017, for individuals who cannot safely make a voice call to 911 in an emergency. Texting 911 can be done by typing “911” in the field for a phone number. No other numbers need to be used. Texting should be done through your wireless phones text messaging service and not from a third-party texting application. Text-to-911 does require an active telephone service plan with data, or [...]
