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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 ...

Tonganoxie City Council extends mask ordinance into April on 3-2 vote

Tonganoxie will continue with a mask ordinance for two more months.City Council members voted, 3-2, Jan. 19 to extend the mask ordinance into April. The original ordinance was set to expire at the end of this month.Members Jennifer McCutchen, Loralee Stevens and Jake Dale voted in favor of the ...

Kansas lawmakers moving quickly on COVID-19 legislation

Topeka ? Kansas lawmakers have been moving quickly on legislation that would extend the state’s COVID-19 emergency declaration before it expires on Jan. 26.“I’ve not seen, and I don’t think we’ve seen before, a bill that moved with such expediency,” said Sen. David Haley, D-Kansas ...

Mobile generator, electrical work approved at regular meeting

The council approved the purchase of a lift station mobile generator from CK Power for $59,927 and preparations for connection of the generators to the lift stations from Capital Electric Construction for $11,990.Both were low bids.Multiquip, Inc., also submitted a bid for the mobile generator, ...