Spearville News

Wednesday's hearing on the construction of a 345,000-volt power line from Spearville to Hays turned out to be the Reader's Digest version of a similar hearing in mid-March. The hearing, conducted Wednesday in the La Crosse City Auditorium, was the second of its kind -- requested because the developer of the line, ITC Great Plains, determined it had ...

It will be a case of deja vu, in the form of yet another public hearing, for the construction of a 345,000-volt power line extending from Spearville to Hays.

It's refreshing to have a governor in the Statehouse who not only understands Kansas' tremendous energy-production potential but is determined to make it flourish.

A small group of Kansans who didn't get a required notice about plans to build a transmission line will get a chance to voice their views to state regulators.

Wetzel-Slaven Wed Stephanie E. Wetzel and Merrill T. Slaven are pleased to announced their marriage.

It's refreshing to have a governor in the Statehouse who not only understands Kansas' tremendous energy-production potential but is determined to make it flourish.

Christopher and Marietta Pianalto, Bucklin, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Danielle M. Pianalto, to Ben Vigness, son of Jody and Katie Vigness, Bucklin.

The message Thursday evening was loud and clear: Adjustments need to be made to the location of a proposed power line stretching from Spearville to Hays.

The Kansas Corporation Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday in LaCrosse on ITC Great Plains' application to build a 345-kilovolt, high-capacity transmission line from Spearville to Hays.

Larry and Jolene Tasset, Spearville, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Dana Marie Tasset, to Mark Wesley Howerton, son of Jack and Lela Jean Howerton, Lyons.

A blown transformer that has idled scores of wind turbines at the Smoky Hills Wind Farm for about four months is expected to be replaced soon.

The Dodge City Community College Board of Trustees monthly meeting will be in Spearville on Wednesday, part of the board's effort to reach out to other communities in Ford County.

' request for transmission rate incentives for its proposed Kansas V Plan and Kansas Electric Transmission Authority transmission projects.

Bill and Diane Simshauser of Lakin announce the engagement of their daughter, Chelsea Diane Simshauser, to Wesley Adam Gleason, the son of Terry and Tena Gleason of Spearville.

"I remember on the farm growing up, we had many, many chores, such as tons of laundry, feeding the chickens, pigs and cattle.

WHEN I LEFT you last week, Dave and I were standing in Silent Land Cemetery near Spearville watching our friends Jim and Susie Aber fly a kite.

Two competing companies have proposed a compromise for building ultra high-voltage transmission lines in Kansas.

Competing utilities Prairie Wind Transmission and ITC Great Plains today announced a compromise that will result in transmission lines that will carry up to six times as much power as existing lines.