Pottawatomie County News

The Pottawatomie County Commission Monday authorized the solicitation of bids to construct a new fire station for St.

H1N1 isn't the only virus impacting Pottawatomie county these days. Two cases have been reported, although no new cases have been reported in several days.

Two Topeka clinics have received primary care clinic and health center grants from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, KDHE secretary Roderick Bremby announced Tuesday.

Deon Andrew Ross, 25, pleaded no contest Monday to the October murder of 18-year-old Alheli Alcantara, of Topeka.

A rural Louisville man is dead following a multi-county chase early this morning, reportedly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat says a man who took his own life after leading authorities on a chase was 23-year old Brian Resser of rural Louisville .

Pottawatomie County authorities say a 23-year-old man shot himself to death during a multi-county police chase early Tuesday.

More questions regarding the contract with Pottawatomie County Administrator Robert Reece during Monday's commission meeting, with Oscar Gideon of Emmett describing it as an endless contract.

Pottawatomie County is pouring $1.3 million into improvements at a treatment plant to remove iron from drinking water.

This old horse does not really need another beating, but we can't help but comment on Saline County Commission's lifting of its fireworks ban.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development division announced Wednesday that it had awarded the funds to projects in Pottawatomie and Osage counties.

Swine flu has been detected for the first time in Pottawatomie County. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Wednesday that the virus was confirmed in a child in the northeast Kansas county.

A case of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus was confirmed in a Pottawatomie County child.

The National Weather Service in Topeka is expecting severe weather in eastern Kansas on Sunday afternoon and evening.

Investigators say a boy playing with fireworks sparked a fire that destroyed three Pottawatomie County buildings.

A boy playing with fireworks is said to be behind what turned into a massive fire that levelled three buildings.

Pottawatomie County authorities have identified a Havensville drowning victim as Mark Sauvage, 51.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will inspect pastureland used during World War II as practice bombing ranges later this year.

A northeast Kansas man drowned when his boat capsized in a Pottawatomie County pond.The Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office says it received a call around 3:30 a.m. Sunday saying the man's boat had tipped over in a pond south of Havensville and that he had been underwater for several minutes.

The Pottawatomie County Sheriffa s Office is offering a $1,000 reward for anyone helping to bring to justice whoever is responsible for vandalizing and stealing road signs in St.