Some Tonganoxie residents are asking the city to continue to look at ways to improve blighted properties and other areas that might need addressed.Former Tonganoxie City Council member Jamie Lawson gave a presentation in front of the council and roughly 50 other residents at the June 3 council ...
The filing deadline has passed and the candidate field now is set for Tonganoxie City Council and USD 464 School Board races.Voters will decide in November two City Council seats and the mayoral race. They also will decide three school board races, though only one is contested.For the City ...
Editor’s note: This is the first contribution from Mike Stieben, the newly elected Leavenworth County Commissioner for the Fifth District.The first two weeks as your new Fifth District County Commissioner have been a whirlwind of activity.In fact, I personally cannot remember a two-week ...
Expansion of UTV usage in Tonganoxie moved forward with approval of ordinances addressing the vehicle use.Tonganoxie City Manager George Brajkovic laid out ordinances and fees that he said staff did a good job of “streamlining” for residents who want to operate the vehicles within city ...
Mike Stieben will be the first Leavenworth County Commissioner representing the Fifth District.Official results after canvassing took place Wednesday showed that Stieben, at Tonganoxie Republican, was the top vote-getter, collecting 681 votes. Tonganoxie Independent David Frese secured 651 ...
The Leavenworth County Commission Fifth District race might not be over just yet.Mike Stieben appeared to be the winner of the new district’s first election after votes were counted Tuesday.But County Clerk Janet Klasinski said there still were some mail-in ballots to be counted, along with ...
Election Day is here. Voters can cast ballots until 7 p.m. today in a special election for the new Leavenworth County Commission Districts 4 and 5.Candidates in the new Fifth District, which is an L-shaped district that includes Tonganoxie and Linwood, are Independent Curtis Oroke, who ...
Mike Stieben appears to be the winner of the first Leavenworth County Commissioner Fifth District.race, but the election won't be official until next Wednesday.With five of five precincts reporting. Stieben, a Tonganoxie Republican, had 654 votes in what turned out to be a tight three-person ...
Editor's note: The print version of this story had the incorrect date for Election Day. Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. TUESDAY, March 26.Advance voting has started for the new Leavenworth County Commission races.On-site advance balloting started March 6 at the Leavenworth County Courthouse. ...
The Tonganoxie City Council had a moment of silence Monday for a former mayor.Mayor Jason Ward led the remembrance for former Mayor Mike Vestal, who died last week in Florida. Ward remembered Vestal for his years of service on the Tonganoxie City Council, along with many years as dispatch for ...
