Leavenworth County had 119 new positive community cases between Monday and this past Wednesday, Dec. 2.There also have been a new U.S. Penitentiary positive case and two Lansing Correctional Facility case and another case transferred to another jurisdiction. There also were 115 community ...

Tonganoxie residents interested in being considered to fill a City Council seat have until early December to apply.City staff will be taking applications until 10 a.m. Dec. 3. The Council then will review the applications at its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Dec. 7.Council Member Lisa Patterson ...

Here are unofficial results from the 2020 general election. Results will be official Nov. 16 when the Leavenworth County Commission canvasses the election.Incumbents are listed with an asterisk after party affiliation. R=Republican; D=Democrat; L=Libertarian; number is parentheses are ...

Satellite voting will be available today in Tonganoxie for local voters wanting another option to vote in advance of Tuesday’s general election.Leavenworth County Clerk Janet Klasinski said late last week that the satellite option was offered two days this week. Satellite voting was available ...

Local voters are assembling a grassroots write-in campaign in hopes of keeping a local legislator serving in Topeka.State Rep. Jim Karleskint, R-Tonganoxie, has represented the 42nd District for nearly four years. But the incumbent lost in the primary to Republican challenger Lance W. Neely in ...

Advance voting started last Wednesday, Oct. 14. Staff members in the office of Leavenworth County Clerk Janet Klasinksi started mailing advance ballots that day.Residents can request advance ballots into early next week. The ballots can be requested through Tuesday, and then those ballots will ...

Council selects Thomas Turf for mowing contract at business parkThe council approved a contract with Thomas Turf and Landscape for mowing services of city-owned lots at the Tonganoxie Business Park for 2020.The Leavenworth landscape company had a low bid of $3,000.Other bids were from Superior ...

Tonganoxie business will be receiving a total of more than $387,000 through the CARES Act spending plan.The Tonganoxie City Council approved the funding during its regular meeting Oct. 5.Applications were submitted from Sept. 1-9 and then on Sept. 17, the Allocation Review Committee, comprised ...

Candidates running in the November general election will be speaking at a candidates this weekend.First State Bank and Trust and Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 again are sponsoring a forum, this time from 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday at VFW Park, weather permitting.Those attending are requested to bring ...

Candidates running in the November general election will be speaking at a candidates forum next month.First State Bank and Trust and Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 again are sponsoring a forum, this time from 9-10:30 a.m. Oct. 10 at VFW Park, weather permitting.Those attending are requested to bring ...