25 years ago: April 26, 2000 Clifford Tessendorf has figured out the ins and outs of moving houses. “We have a unified jacking system,” said the owner of Valley Moving, Wamego. “We set six jacks under a house, jack it up and bring it straight up.” This, he said, helps prevent the walls ...

25 years ago: April 19, 2000 Bernice Gergick and Donna Higbee volunteered last week to help students in Debbie Wedel’s kindergarten class at Tonganoxie Elementary School make sugar Easter ducks. Members of the Mirror staff were presented Saturday with nine first-place awards in the Kansas ...

Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...

Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...

Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...

Tonganoxie Community Historical Society’s first of two February programs will be this coming Tuesday at the TCHS campus’ barn. Chris Carey, a military historian with a doctorate from the University of Kansas, will be at the TCHS campus to talk about the Red Ball Express. The express ...

25 years ago: Dec. 8, 1999 The public is invited to attend a retirement party for Susie Parmer from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 14 in the conference room of the Leavenworth County Courthouse. Parmer will retire from her position as register of deeds, effective Dec. 31. The Tonganoxie Post Office ...

Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...

Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...

Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...