Connie Schmidt News Today

Thirty-year Sierra Club member Connie Schmidt’s introduction to environmental advocacy began in her back yard — and she’s kept it that way. When Schmidt found out about the impending constructio...

For patients in Estes Park Health’s Outpatient Infusion Center, the road to recovery just got a little more scenic. More than 20 artists who live in and around the Estes Valley donated more than two dozen pieces of framed watercolors, oils, photographs, and pen and ink drawings to line the walls of this special patient […]

Connie Schmidt passed away on Mother’s Day May 14, 2023 at the age of 78. Born Christmas Day 1944 to Alois and Lucy (Gaida) Sowada in St. Cloud, MN, she was the oldest of 3 girls. She married Lloyd Schmidt in August of 1966, being able to celebrate more than 56 years with him. She was a homemaker and teacher, graduating high school from Cathedral in St. Cloud, and college from St. Benedict’s in St. Joseph, with a Latin/History major, and ultimately obtaining her Special Education certificati...

One outstanding area of business activity has been the Wildwood Shopping Center, now known simply as the Wildwood Building, located at the southern edge of Olympia on Capitol Boulevard. Built at the end of the Great Depression, the Wildwood Building marked the explosive growth of the city to the south as suburbia expanded.

The second week of hearings for the proposed West Chicago waste transfer station wrapped up with opposition experts questioning the location and bringing up zoning conflicts in the surrounding area.

Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, a Republican, is responsible for appointing a new election commissioner for Sedgwick County.

On Monday, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office said it started looking into claims of election fraud after receiving 'numerous tips' in the fall of 2021.

As a Johnson County commissioner in 2020, Mike Brown welcomed the “nice surprise” of Mark Zuckerberg’s cash to support the expansion of advance voting. Now, as an election denier seeking the GOP nomination for secretary of state, Brown opposes the use of grants funded by the Facebook magnate and pro

As a Johnson County Commissioner in 2020, Mike Brown made a motion to accept election assistance from a nonprofit funded by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. Earlier this year, Brown used a Facebook post to falsely claim Secretary of State Scott Schwab accepted the grant money.

The issue of private grants linked to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has become a controversy in the race for Kansas secretary of state.