Jefferson County will stay with 3 commissioners on their board after the question was defeated by 200 votes as to whether they should stay with 3 commissioners or bump it up to 5 commissioners on the board. If voters had approved the question to have 5 commissioners, it would have cost the county at least $60,000 more to cover their ... Read More »
Jefferson County is considering adding 2 commissioners to it’s board. Voter’s will decide whether or not to make it a 5 person board. The three-person committee of County Clerk Sandra Stelling, County Attorney Linda Bauer and County Treasurer Leroy Bast would select 2 additional commissioners to serve at-large until redistricting takes effect. If it passes, commissioners would represent approximately 1,500 ... Read More »
A former Marshall County insurance agent has been indicted on charges of stealing more than $480,000 in customers’ premiums. Monica Smart, age 48, of Frankfort, Kansas, is charged with two counts of mail fraud and seven counts of wire fraud. The indictment alleges Smart defrauded Allied Insurance Company and United Insurance by using her position as an agent and office ... Read More »
Lag Design Custom Wood Doors Inc. closed on May 1st. Owner Rilie Tilley released the 30 plus employees with less than one days notice. Now more than a dozen of the former employees have paychecks that cannot be cashed due to insufficient funds. In addition, former employees learned the deductions were taken out from the last three paychecks; however, the ... Read More »
Bremen Citizens are fighting to save their post office which has been designated by the Kansas Postmaster as an office that is subject to closing. Gary Holle, Bremen Insurance is spearheading the effort to keep the Bremen Post Office Open. An organizational meeting will take place 7 P.M. Tuesday evening at the Bremen Insurance Office. The Postal Service has agreed ... Read More »
The message from a major indicator of future economic growth is that economic growth in Kansas will improve in the next 6-months. The economic indicator, which was created by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, factors in such things as: state initial unemployment insurance claims, delivery times from the Institute for Supply Management manufacturing survey, and the interest rate spread ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2011 —The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds farmers and ranchers in states across the country that USDA offers a variety of resources for those affected by recent extreme weather, including floods, drought, fires and tornadoes. USDA also urges producers in need or those with questions to contact their local county or state USDA Service Center or ... Read More »
The Board of Nemaha County Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 in the Commission Room of the Nemaha County Courthouse. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Tim Burdiek leading the flag salute. Present also were Commissioners Mark Wessel and Gary Scoby, Road and Bridge Supervisor Dennis Ronnebaum, and County Clerk Mary Kay Schultejans recording ... Read More »
The state’s institutions of higher learning are likely to become institutions of higher tuition when students return this fall. Most students at the state universities will probably pay higher tuition next fall – that is based on proposals made public yesterday from the state’s 6-public universities and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. The universities say the ... Read More »
District Judge Jim Patton sentenced Jason Brammer Tuesday in Marshall County District Court to 52 months in prison on a charge of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol and to 6 months in jail on a charge of driving without liability insurance. Brammer was found guilty of the charges by a Marshall County jury in March following ... Read More »
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