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A former, longtime state fire inspector pleaded no contest Friday to sexually soliciting a 13-year-old girl in September 2006. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

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“I've been in the Wyoming heavy winds”

Truck driver Robert Miller has driven through 48 states, encountering precarious weather along the way. via Topeka Capital-Journal

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  During Monday evening's Maple Hill City Council meeting Council Member Tara Convery discussed improvements for Sunset Street with City Maintenance Supervisor Tom Mayer.  Convery's duty as a council member includes overseeing the city's street department.

   Convery and Mayer discussed the fact that the city's street budget includes $40,000 to be used for street improvements. Mayer indicated he had received a preliminary bid for $34,000 to make improvements to Sunset Street.  It was the consensus of Mayer and Convery, as well as the additional council members, that they do not wish to spend the bulk of the city's street budget on one street.   Read more

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  Last Thursday evening, Larry Senne  assumed the role as the newly appointed McFarland City Clerk.  He fell right in stride with council members as he recorded the evening's activities and carefully questioned a couple of issues that may have seemed like old business to council members but were new issues to Senne.   Senne  was appointed to the position last month following Effa Winkler's retirement.

  The council addressed a variety of issues that included requests from several citizens and council members.  The first order of business included a request from J.D. Miller for consideration of a small increase in his mowing fees.  Miller also voiced concern about a drainage ditch near his property that included moving buried telephone cable. Read more

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“Who participates could create a bookkeeping nightmare or could solve our bookkeeping problems”

Wabaunsee County residents soon will be able to go online to estimate their vehicle taxes.

Treasurer Linda Coon spoke with Wabaunsee County Commissioners Monday about the program, which her office was familiar with through other treasurers' offices in Kansas.

"It's just something some of the county treasurers do so they (constituents) can have an idea what the vehicle is going to cost them before they come in," Coon said.

She said the initial set-up fee is $250, along with a $200 annual maintenance fee, and she said the funding for the program will come out of the motor vehicle fund. Read more

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  Linda Coon, Alma, has filed for the position of Wabaunsee County Treasurer.  Linda has served in the capacity for one term.

  Linda and her husband, Bill, have been married for 31 years. They have two grown children, a son and a daughter, and two grandsons.

  "I have worked in this office for 22 years.  I trained for over 19 years under the previous county treasurer until her retirement," Coon said.

  She continued by listing her additional qualifications by saying that she has completed 48 hours of certification classes offered through the Kansas County Treasurers' Association and the Docking Institute of Pubic Affairs of Ft. Hays State University. Read more

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“I felt a need to capsulize the whole experience because it was remarkable to go through.”

It was the ultimate in trash talk. A young entrepreneur who landed a 1981 contract to run the Wabaunsee County refuse route ended up in a grinding dispute with local government officials that added a layer to ... via Topeka Capital-Journal

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  Saturday, May 3, will mark the 12th Annual Alma Chamber of Commerce Mulligan and Spring Festival.  This event has appropriately been named "Native Stone Festival."   Chamber  members will add a new twist to this year's activities by adding a citywide garage sale event.  This garage sale activity will be similar to the citywide garage sale that is usually held in the fall.    Those wishing to have a garage sale are asked to register them at Stockgrowers State Bank (765-3311)  or with Deb at Alma Floral and More (765-3715).  There is a $10 registration fee.  Please have them registered by Friday, April 25 so they may be listed in the Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise.  Garage sales will be open for business early Saturday morning. Read more

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“I have been able to establish a good working relationship with all the county departments while avoiding increases in my budget.  I hope to continue this work in the future should I be selected to serve a full term”

  "I plan to run for a full term as Wabaunsee County Attorney in the Republican primary election to be held on August 5, 2008," said  Norbert Marek.

   Marek continued by saying  the Republican Precinct men and women of Wabaunsee County appointed him to the position in January 2007.

   "At that time,  I promised  to be in the office full time and to prosecute aggressively the criminal cases in this county.  I believe that I have kept those promises," Marek said. Read more

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  Wilmington Township Board Member J.D. Hill appeared before the county commissioners Monday morning with a beef that he wanted the commissioners to settle.

  Hill explained to the commissioners that there is a road that lies on the boundary line between Wilmington and Mill Creek Townships that services one homeowner.  Hill continued by saying it was his understanding  that for years Wilmington Township maintained the road and was reimbursed for their services by Mill Creek Township.  He added that he was led to believe that the road was under the jurisdiction of Mill Creek Township, but that his township provided the labor and gravel because it was "seven or eight miles away from the nearest road that Mill Creek Township maintained." Read more

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