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Please join us on Jan. 30 at the Herington Community Building for the Annual Flint Hills Beef Symposium. Registration will start at 9:30 a.m. with coffee and donuts and the
Hillsboro City Council gets updates on numerous projects The Hillsboro City Council met on Tuesday, May 4. Council member Brent Driggers led the meeting since Mayor Lou Thurston was gone. The council learned that the city’s wastewater lagoon systems have been having issues with sludge buildup and meeting ammonia levels required by KDHE. “Both those issues result in the some unpleasant odors at certain times of the year which impact residents. Last time we discussed the problems, we noted that Barkman Honey has a disproportionate impact on the system, providing 40% of the loading. Staff ha...
Hillsboro EMS has a new home in town Many of you may have been following the saga of the new Hillsboro Ambulance Station in the papers. Today, I am happy to let you know that the Marion County Commissioners voted 5-0 to accept the offer that the City of Hillsboro had given them to locate the new ambulance station on North Ash Street. We are appreciative and excited for the new station to be located in that place. Some of you may be wondering why the City of Hillsboro has been so adamant about pursuing this location and why we would be spending Hillsboro taxpayers’ money on a “county” se...