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City of Iola Installs New Highway 169 Billboards with Design by Local Artist
Iola CITF (Community Empowerment Task Force) announced today, that the City of Iola has installed the new Highway 169 billboards located on the north and south ends of the exit to Iola. The billboards feature a design created by local artist and graphic designer Braxton Curry, who won the billboard...
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IOLA NAMED BEST TAP WATER
What do you think of your local tap water? Living in Ottawa, I think the water from the tap tastes great! Other people, not so much. What city do you think has the best tasting tap water? A recent competition by the Kansas section of the American Water Works Association brought together water utilities from across the state with five judges, evaluating three water samples. Judges were instructed to sniff, sip, slurp, swish and swallow each sample before ranking its taste and overall quality.
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Prairie Band’s dispute with Kansas Lottery won’t see trial before 2028
A potential trial on the disputed size of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation’s reservation won’t happen before 2028, according to federal court records. U.S. Magistrate Judge Angel Mitchell issued a scheduling order Nov. 3 for the Prairie Band’s lawsuit against Kansas Lottery executive director Stephen Durrell. The lawsuit involves lottery sales on land, including portions of west Topeka, the Nation is laying claim to via a 1846 treaty. More: Kansas, Prairie Band differ greatly on land treaty meaning in lawsuit The pretrial conference is set for Jan. 25, 2028, and Mitchell’s order establishes other deadlines before and after the conference. A notable deadline involves motions to intervene, which are due Jan. 8. The City of Topeka has considered joining the lawsuit , and the expectation is that others may want to join as well. “The parties anticipate that municipality and county governments in the affected area — the 30-by-30-mile square that the Nation claims as its reservation — as well as perhaps others with interests in this dispute may seek to intervene in this action,” the scheduling order said. “Plaintiff intends to oppose any motions to intervene.” More: July 27 trial set in $2.25M Potawatomi suit against feds The Prairie
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Hope and (diaper) change! Mom goes into labor after showing up at election booth to vote
Tessa Von Fange of Kansas went into labor Monday while casting her ballot under the watchful eye of a poll worker with emergency medical training WIBW Forget the ballot box – a Kansas voter had a delivery of her own to make just in time for Election Day . Tessa Von Fange, a longtime voter who rarely misses an election, headed to the Shawnee County Elections Office in Topeka Monday to cast her ballot, where she unexpectedly went into active labor . “I was 100 percent in denial until my water broke,” Von Fange told WIBW from a hospital bed, adding that she had a scheduled induction for after Election Day. Despite her contractions being about five minutes apart, Von Fange was determined to cast her ballot . An election worker with emergency medical training brought her a ballot and stayed nearby in case she needed assistance, according to Assistant Election Commissioner Jake Fisher. “The voter was not overly concerned because she said this was not her first pregnancy ,” Fisher told the Kansas Reflector . “The first one was not quick. I think she believed that this second pregnancy would also take quite a bit of time, but it
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A Bolder Humboldt receives $10,000 state tourism grant
HUMBOLDT, Kan. — Southeast Kansas organization A Bolder Humboldt has received a statewide tourism grant worth $10,000 that will fund digital outreach aimed at visitors from across Kansas and neighboring states, and at people who may consider moving to town. The grant is one of 18 awarded statewide, according to the group that runs the program.
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Topeka veteran reflects on more than 30 years of military service
TOPEKA (KSNT) – After more than 30 years of military service, one Topeka veteran is reflecting on his experiences, relationships and lessons that shaped his life while in service. Mark Goforth first enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1986 at 18 years old. He served until 1994 as a boiler technician, operating the steam systems […]