Residents in Greensburg, Haviland and Mullinville might have noticed the large Kansas Bureau of Investigation assault van and groups of armored officers entering numerous county buildings last week.
To the voters of Kiowa County, I am taking this opportunity to formally announce that I am running for the office of Kiowa County Clerk. My name is Marilyn Brown and I have lived in Greensburg for 22 years.
Dear Editor, I want to thank you for your front page story a couple weeks ago on the Germany trip that several local citizens made to observe the actual manufacturing process known as HIB.
In January, Haviland Mayor Robert Ellis and the city council proposed a plan to pave all of the streets in the city of Haviland. Speaking via telephone on Monday Ellis said that community feedback has halted the project.
The Kiowa County Economic Development Corp. (KCED) held their annual meeting January 30th and discussed their achievements from last year and what they hope to accomplish in the next 12 months.
Kiowa County Emergency Management Services has released its multi-hazard mitigation plan. The sprawling 181-page document, which has been four years in the making, addresses disasters in two separate parts.
Speaking via telephone following his acceptance of the official job offer that made him the newest Greensburg city administrator, Eddy Truelove discussed his interview process, the challenges that await him and his thoughts on his new home.
The Kansas House of Representatives passed the HB 2451 amendment last Thursday (124-0) and amends K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 82a-718 which governs water usage rights in Kansas and the Ogallala Aquifer.
On Tuesday, Jan. 17, a group of seven potential investors and U.S. HIB representative Orval Howell flew to Germany to view the headquarters of the Meissenheim-based wooden eco-block company.
The Greensburg City Council and Mayor Bob Dixson voted unanimously during Thursday’s special session of city council to extend a job offer for the vacant city administrator’s position to Eddy Truelove, the current chief of police of Sterling.
The Kiowa County Commissioners approved a slate of annual business during their Jan 17 meeting.
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Kansas State Conservationist Eric B. Banks announced recently the availability of General Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP) funding to enter into agreements with eligible partners to carry out high priority wetland protection, restoration and enhancement activities on eligible lands.
The tree must stay? After reading your letter to the editor, I must admit, it sparked a fire in me.
The County Clerk’s office released the complete list of Greensburg city election candidates following Tuesday’s noon deadline for registration.
Representatives from the Siemens Corp. were present at Monday night’s city council meeting to present the 2011 Siemens Sustainable Community Award to the city of Greensburg.
Last Wednesday the first two city administrator candidates toured Greensburg and interviewed with Mayor Bob Dixson and the city council.
Stemming from a request for public records submitted by The Signal, Interim City Administrator Jay Newton on Monday presented the city council and Mayor Bob Dixson with a new public records ordinance, which Newton described as “more nearly representing actual costs [to the city for public records requests].”
This letter is in response to your article about the “Landmark Cottonwood will get the Axe” posted January 3, 2012.
