Neosho Rapids News

A flood warning is in effect for the Cottonwood River near Emporia, the National Weather Service in Topeka reported Thursday morning.

The Lyon County Commission will meet for a study session at 8 a.m. Wednesday in the Lyon County Commission Chambers of the Lyon County Courthouse.

Wednesday eveninga s Lyon County Zoning and Appeals Board meeting will include several items including a power substation box being proposed in Lyon County that has residents upset.

Emporia State Universitya s Newman Division of Nursing will be honoring graduating student nurses and announcing leadership award recipients during a ceremony Friday evening, May 15.A The event takes place at 7 p.m. in Albert Taylor Hall in Plumb Hall.

Lyon County Sheriffa s officers and Hartford Fire Department volunteers were called out during the noon hour on Monday to rescue two people who were stranded in flood water outside Neosho Rapids.

Monday, May 11, 2009 Neosho Rapids City Council The regular monthly city council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the community building.

During a field day Friday, area students enjoyed a day on the farm without having to leave Emporia.

Emporiaa s Friendship Meals are being cooked in Emporia again. On Mondaya s menu was baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli and Jell-O salad.

City leaders at Neosho Rapids are hoping for a good turnout in Tuesday's special election, because a law to eliminate what may be a glitch in the current election law still has not been published to make it official.

Grassroots activists will hold a Taxpayer Tea Party at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sixth Ave.

Election workers check in precinct votes. A small voter turnout combined with write-in votes to create some interesting results in Tuesday's election for posts on boards and councils in Lyon County towns and in Chase County.

Southern negotiations The Southern Lyon County school district will have its first negotiations meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the Board of Education Office in Hartford.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Emporians only In a news release, Lyon County Clerk Tammy Vopat has reiterated the rules for Tuesdaya s vote on the citywide smoking ban.

The Kansas Senate is expected to make a motion this week to concur with a House of Representatives bill that affects two Lyon County towns, Neosho Rapids and Americus.

Classical harpist Emmanuel Ceysson will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the Granada Theatre.

A utility company with customers in four states wants to buy Neosho Rapid's city-owned natural gas company for $64,664. But without intervention from the Kansas Legislature, a quirk in state law could prevent the sale from happening.

Each Friday, The Gazette salutes those who make Emporia and the surrounding area a better place to live and work.

Lyon County Commissioners heard Thursday morning that Neosho Rapids city officials have requested a special election next month to decide whether the city's natural gas company should be sold to Kansas Gas Utility Co., doing business as Black Hills Energy.

Meg Detwiler, a sixth-grader at Lowther North Intermediate School, wears the fourth-place medal she earned Saturday in the regional spelling bee in Topeka.

By Gwendolynne Larson Saturday, March 14, 2009 Emporian Meg Detwiler placed fourth this morning in the regional spelling bee in Topeka.