There will be a candidate forum Saturday morning for candidates vying for the new Leavenworth County Commission’s Ffith District.The forum will run 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday at the VFW Hall in Tonganoxie.Republican Mike Stieben, Democrat Stuart Sweeney and independents David Frese and Curtis ...
The council unanimously gave the nod to a Tonganoxie Business Association request for $5,000 in 2019 at its March 4 meeting.The request continues previous policy of offering monetary support to organizations that promote businesses.When Tonganoxie Chamber of Commerce was in operation, the ...
The Tonganoxie Public Works Department is asking city residents to use off-street parking as much as they can.Keeping the streets as clear as possible will benefit city workers as they work to keep clean streets as complete as they can.Snow started falling this morning. Tonganoxie is in a ...
Editor's note: A previous version of this online story had incorrect information. Election Day is Tuesday, March 26.A fourth and final candidate completed the field for the Leavenworth County Commission’s Fifth District race late Friday afternoon.Curtis Oroke, who currently serves on the ...
The Leavenworth County Development Corporation has a new president.Harland Russell was appointed president of the LCDC Board of Directors at Friday’s annual membership meeting.Russell previously was serving as vice president. His appointment is for a two-year term.He also takes over for David ...
The field is much clearer in the new district race in southern Leavenworth County after Saturday's Republican appointment, though there are still a few days for more independents to get on the ballot.A convention of county Republican voters selected Mike Stieben as its nominee for the new ...
The candidate field continues to take shape for the upcoming Leavenworth County Commission races.The new Fifth District, which includes Tonganoxie and Linwood, so far has two candidates and the new Fourth District, which includes the city of Lansing, Delaware Township and a portion of southeast ...
The Tonganoxie City Council approved a landscape design agreement with GBA Architects for Tonganoxie Business Park.The agreement, approved by a 4-0 vote, with Curtis Oroke absent, will allow for several key factors, according to city staff, that will enhance the landscape design of the business ...
Lisa Patterson officially joined the Tonganoxie City Council on Monday.She also might have a future government official in the family.Tonganoxie Assistant City Manager Dan Porter swore Patterson in at the beginning of Monday’s regular council meeting.Walking up with Patterson for the ...
Leavenworth County officials have posted a proposed 5-district commission map.Residents can visit the Leavenworth County website to see a proposed 5-district map for future county commissions.Voters approved by roughly a 2-to-1 margin increasing the number county commissioners from the current ...
