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Races set for Tonganoxie City Council, USD 464 school board

The candidate field for Tonganoxie City Council is filled with current and former council members, while the Tonganoxie school board races this year will have some new faces running.The filing deadline was noon Tuesday at the Leavenworth County Courthouse. Terms are expiring for three seats on ...

Filing deadline is Tuesday for Tonganoxie city, school board races

The filing deadline for Tonganoxie City Council and Tonganoxie USD 464 school board candidates is less than a week away.The deadline to file for candidates is noon Tuesday.Terms are expiring for three seats on each governing body, with some candidates already filed in the school board race. ...

Tonganoxie Days moving to September

Tonganoxie Days will be moving to September.City Council members approved Monday $7,500 for the festival, which will be Sept. 18 this year on Fourth Street.Tonganoxie Business Association will be organizing this year’s event. TBA board members Monica Gee and Tammie McCutchen were on hand for ...

Tonganoxie Water Park set to open Memorial Day Weekend

It appears that swimming will return to Tonganoxie Water Park this summer.Council members voted to move forward with the summer season, which would run from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend, or May 29-Sept. 6. After school starts for students in the Tonganoxie school district, the pool ...

Tonganoxie City Council OKs letting mask ordinance expire by 3-2 vote

The Tonganoxie mask ordinance will expire later this month.Tonganoxie City Council members voted, 3-2, Monday to let the current ordinance expire at 11:59 p.m. April 14.Council Members Jennifer McCutchen and Loralee Stevens voted against letting the ordinance expire.Fellow Council Member Jake ...

Leavenworth County Commission meets today

Leavenworth County Commission will meet today and Wednesday, April 7, at the Leavenworth County Courthouse. Meetings can be viewed live or later on the county’s YouTube page.The commission generally meets each Wednesday at the commission chambers in the courthouse.The Tonganoxie City Council ...

Tonganoxie City Council approves annexation for subdivision

Annexation of about 6.5 acres for six single-family homes into the city was approved at Monday’s Tonganoxie City Council meeting.Council members voted, 5-0, to approve the annexation. Developer Dan Lynch also was at the meeting for the agenda item. Each of the lots will be about 1 acre, with ...

Stieben: The property tax conundrum

Every year on March 1, property tax valuation notices arrive in the mailboxes of Leavenworth County residents.The recent exponential growth of property values in the county has sent residents into shock from the increase in the value of their property which is based upon comparable sales, and ...

Tonganoxie City Council to meet tonight

Tonganoxie City Council will meet tonight in a meeting rescheduled from earlier in the week.Council members originally were to meet Tuesday, but the meeting was postponed due to the potential inclement weather and uncertainty of energy reliability with the rise in rolling ...