- Tonganoxie City Council to meet again today; rezoning for townhome development on agenda
- 09:32 a.m., October 14, 2019 Updated 08:09 p.m.
- Tonganoxie’s next city council meeting will be today due to scheduling conflicts with the regular meeting that was scheduled later this month. City Manager George Brajkovic and Assistant City Manager Dan Porter will be at a conference Oct. 21. The council decided to schedule the meeting for today.
- Opinion: Reviewing Leavenworth County budget discussion for FY 2020
- September 4, 2019
- The battle of the budget for fiscal year 2020 is now over. The debate during the past few weeks has been on how to prioritize spending levels, and whether to give the taxpayers any kind of reduction in the mill levy in light of the enormous property valuation increases and resulting tax increases. Overall, the county budget is about $61 million but this number includes nearly $10 million in carry-over and transfer budget amounts, including pass-through state and federal grants.
- Town hall meeting to discuss local issues, including bond issue
- August 23, 2019
- Leavenworth County Commissioner Mike Stieben will lead a town hall meeting next week.
- Man found guilty in Leavenworth fleeing case
- August 14, 2019
- Orion Sherley, 24, Vassar, Kan., was found guilty in Leavenworth County District Court of fleeing and attempting to elude Tonganoxie police.
- High school bond issue mail-in ballots being sent out this week; voter registration ends 5 p.m. Thursday
- August 13, 2019
- If residents within the Tonganoxie USD 464 district lines aren’t already registered to vote, they have utnil 5 p.m. tomorrow to do so in advance of the school bond mail-in election. Ballots will be sent out Friday for a special Tonganoxie USD 464 bond election that will determine the future of the Tonganoxie High School campus.
- Stieben: Leavenworth County Commissioners go to Washington
- August 8, 2019
- Commissioner Kaaz from Leavenworth and myself representing the southern parts of Leavenworth County recently attended the Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma Leadership Day in our Washington, D.C.
- Leavenworth County asking for residents to take comprehensive plan survey before Sept. 1
- August 8, 2019
- Leavenworth County is creating a new comprehensive plan, and the county commission needs as much input as possible as it weighs priorities that are key to the county’s future growth and development. Residents are encouraged to take a five-minute survey about several issues important to the future growth of the county. The survey closes Sept. 1.
- Ballots 101: All the information for the USD 464 mail-in election
- August 8, 2019
- Ballots will be sent out next week for a special Tonganoxie USD 464 bond election that will determine the future of the Tonganoxie High School campus.
- Council appoints Tonganoxie Planning Commission members
- August 8, 2019
- The Tonganoxie City Council selected two planning commission members from a list of nominees at Monday’s meeting. The council approved another term for Jake Dale and also appointed longtime resident Patricia Bitler.
- Asphalt overlay project bid approved for nearly $239,000
- August 8, 2019
- Asphalt overlay project bid approved for nearly $239,000 The city selected the low bid from Little Joe’s Asphalt, Inc., Bonner Springs, out of five bids, for $239,210.55.
- Tonganoxie City Council holds line on 2020 budget
- August 8, 2019
- The Tonganoxie City Council a budget that holds the line compared to last year’s mill rate. Council members approved, 4-0, the mill rate of 45.284 for 2020, with Lisa Patterson absent.
- Sunflower Stroll, Plein Art festivals coming Labor Day Weekend
- August 7, 2019
- Schedules have been set for this year’s Tonganoxie Sunflower Stroll, which will be Labor Day Weekend in downtown Tonganoxie. The Plein Air Art Contest also will be taking place during the event. Early signup for the Sunflower Run will be 4-7 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Tonganoxie City Fire Station. On Aug. 31, things will kick off with the 1 mile and 4 mile Sunflower Run at 7:30 a.m., while craft vendors will be set up 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Magdalenas, Fourth and Shawnee streets.
- Sept. 3 deadline set for Kansas Supreme Court nominations
- August 1, 2019
- The Supreme Court Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court created by the Sept. 8 retirement of Justice Lee Johnson. Johnson’s retirement triggers a merit-based nomination process that Kansans voted to add to the Kansas Constitution in 1958.
- Final Tonganoxie USD 464 bond issue informational meeting for proposed high school is Saturday
- July 31, 2019
- Tonganoxie USD 464 patrons will have a final opportunity to attend an informational meeting and open house in advance of the mail-in bond election this weekend at Tonganoxie High School. DLR Group and Tonganoxie USD 464 administrators will be available for tours and open houses, as well as to answer questions about the proposed $51.4 million bond issue 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Chieftain Room on the THS east campus.
- Committee seeks Kansas Supreme Court nominations
- July 25, 2019
- The Supreme Court Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court created by the Sept. 8 retirement of Justice Lee Johnson. Johnson’s retirement triggers a merit-based nomination process that Kansans voted to add to the Kansas Constitution in 1958.
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