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The Shawnee County Planning Commission may establish regulations for wind and solar farms, and it plans to accept public comment.

Rumors and gossip can create anger, fear and division within a community, says Joni Thadani, Shawnee County's planning director. The county's government is consequently trying to prevent that by working proactively in an orderly manner to make sure citizens receive factual information as it seeks to create rules regarding the potential establishment here of wind and solar farms, Thadani said. ...When [residents were] asked if they supported allowing wind farms in Shawnee Count...