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Tonganoxie to celebrate graduates Saturday

The Tonganoxie High School Class of 2025 soon will be alumni. THS commencement exercises are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Chieftain Arena on the high school campus. This year’s class consists of 155 seniors. The graduating class will enter Chieftain Arena as The Tonganoxie High School band ...

Tonganoxie pet premix plant offers local tours

DSM-Firmenich offered two tours recently to city officials and others in the community as the Tonganoxie Business Park tenant showed locals how their production works. The 70,000-square-foot facility is two years in the making, as it first was announced in early May 2023 that the company ...

Farmers Market to return Thursday for 2025 season at Tonganoxie Library

It’s almost time to stock up on fresh local produce and other regional products. Opening Day for the Tonganoxie Farmers Market 2025 is this week. The market will be open for the first time this season 5-8 p.m. Thursday in the Tonganoxie Public Library parking lot, 217 E. Fourth St. A ...

Opening Day for farmers market is next week

Spring is in the air and the return of the Tonganoxie Farmers Market is near. Opening Day for 2025 will be next week. The market will open 5-8 p.m. May 8 in the Tonganoxie Public Library parking lot, 217 E. Fourth St. A variety of vendors will be on hand during that time slot on Thursdays ...

Hill’s Bark Park anticipated opening is next month

It will be time to release the pooches next month in Tonganoxie. Hill’s Nutrition Bark Park is expected to open next month at 222 Tonganoxie Drive. Tonganoxie Recreation Commission recently announced on its website that the 6-acre park is set to open in May. TRC also posted on social ...

County Road Brewing to have grand opening

County Road Brewing will have grand-opening festivities this week. A ribbon cutting with Tonganoxie Business Association and Leavenworth County Development Corporation will be 4 p.m. Friday. Saturday features an all-day list of events. A classic car show will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m.. The brewery ...

Tonganoxie City Council approves annexing 82 acres near business park

An annexation of roughly 82 acres of land between U.S. Highway 24-40 and 222nd Street west of Tonganoxie Business Park, which first was proposed in fall 2023, came one step closer to reality Monday night. The council OK’d a proposed new ordinance, 4-0, after months of back and forth on a ...

Building for the future: Tonganoxie UMC gives glimpse of renovation project

Tonganoxie United Methodist Church gathered to celebrate Easter this past weekend, but the congregation didn’t meet at its space on Fourth Street. That area has been a construction zone the last few months, and continues to be an unfinished project. The community got to take a view of ...

Gee creates mural with ode to dogs on building at Wizard of Paws

Tonganoxie has a new mural, thanks to a local business owner. Monica Gee, owner of Wizard of Paws, 406 E. Fourth St., created the mural on a back building facing the alley. Her mural provides a plethora of pooch silhouettes, with many of them dedicated to various dogs (customers) and other ...