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Heart Walk set for Sept. 29

The Leavenworth County Heart Walk is coming Saturday, Sept. 29, to Leavenworth’s Ray Miller Park.The American Heart Association event starts at 8:30 a.m., with the walk starting at 9 a.m. at the park, which is at Kansas highways 7 and 5.Music, youth activities, healthy snacks and heart health ...

New 2 U Boutique to close

Tammy Kalebaugh said she’s had loyal customers since she, along with daughter Erin Kalebaugh, opened New 2 U Thrift and Gift Boutique this past October at 528 E. Fourth St. in Tonganoxie.Unfortunately for Kalebaugh, who lives in Basehor, business hasn’t been booming as she had hoped. She ...

Business owners share how to take the plunge, stay afloat

Helpful resources• Kansas Small Business Development Center at Johnson County Community College: 913-469-3878; jccc.edu/ksbdc• KU's Small Business Development Center: 785-843-8844; kusbdc.net• U.S. Small Business Administration: 800-827-5722; sba.govWith a dream, a rented building and ...

Food: One of region’s last family dairies hopes retail will help bottom line

Tour the farmThe Iwig Family Dairy, 3320 SE Tecumseh Road in Tecumseh, is open for tours on several upcoming dates. Members of the public can meet cows and calves, see the bottling process and shop at the farm store.Upcoming tours are planned for 1:30 p.m. July 27, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Aug. ...

Bottoms up: Housing prices on rebound

Darin and Joy Hall bought their four-bedroom Shawnee home for $173,000 eight years ago and invested another $40,000 in a new roof, granite countertops and other updates.It still wasn’t their dream home. They wanted a wooded cul-de-sac lot, a flat driveway for their sons to play basketball on, ...

Correct contact info for demolition derby

Incorrect contact information for the Leavenworth County Fair demolition and lawnmower derbies, as well as the rollover competition, was printed in the Leavenworth County Fair guide. Colton Farr’s correct number is 913-705-0554.

Christian group offering chance to meet candidates

The Christian Citizen Coalition will have a “Coffee with the Candidates” event at 9 a.m. Saturday at the former Ratliff Drug Store, Fourth and Bury streets in downtown Tonganoxie. In attendance will be state Rep. Anthony Brown, R-Eudora, who is running in the state Senate 3rd District race, ...

Renovated eatery gives props to past

Jarbalo High School purple and gold basketball and football jerseys circa 1939 grace a wall at Flashbacks.Walk farther into the establishment and you can find Tonganoxie High School helmets from 1966 and 1986 displayed atop a case with other local memorabilia.“We want it to be inviting,” ...

Changes coming to Chamber of Commerce

The Tonganoxie Chamber of Commerce is going through considerable change, but a meeting last week sparked members to step up to keep the organization moving forward.The board called a meeting with members Thursday to discuss the state of the chamber.Chamber director Susan Freemyer recently ...