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Rep. Michelle Fischbach, currently in the middle of a district-wide tour during the congressional August recess, made a variety of stops in Detroit Lakes on Aug. 17 as she met with local business and civic leaders to discuss their concerns. She even had time to sit down for an exclusive one-on-one interview with the Detroit Lakes Tribune.

Hubbard County's legislative and congressional delegates comment on the reshuffling of district boundaries that will go into effect in 2023.

Lansing rescinds mask order The Leavenworth Times A week earlier, a majority of the Lansing City Council voted to extend the city’s mask order through the month of April. But council members voted Thursday to repeal the mask order. Council members were expected to take some form of action Thursday related to face coverings because of a new state law that allowed statewide mask orders issued by the governor to expire at the end of March. Gov. Laura Kelly issued a replacement mask order Thursda...

Leavenworth County commissioners ended up taking no action Thursday regarding the governor’s new mask order. That is because the order already was struck down by members of the state’s Legislative Coordinating Council. County commissioners previously exempted Leavenworth County from statewide mask orders issued by Gov. Laura Kelly. As a result of a new state emergency management law, all of Kelly’s executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic expired Wednesday. The governor had annou...

TOPEKA, Kansas — Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly issued a new statewide mask mandate Thursday, but Republican lawmakers quickly used newly crafted