Tag: LaHarpe

Committees working toward passage of a bond issue to build a new elementary school for USD 257 will be formed tonight beginning at 6 o’clock in the assembly room of the basement of the Allen…

Area residents have made Christmas brighter for all involved with elaborate decorations and spectacular lights. Here are some of the most spectacular throughout Allen County.

LAHARPE — An engaged citizenry is necessary for communities to survive in today’s America, Megan Gilliland contends. “If more people are involved in local government, we’re going to have more trust,” said Gilliland, a communications…

LAHARPE — LaHarpe City Council members said they’d be willing to meet the needs of a developer if he were to establish a business in LaHarpe. The proposal was brought up Wednesday by Harry Lee…

Bob Garrett, who lives north of LaHarpe adjacent to 2600 Street, maintained the county road has become a liability from heavy truck traffic associated with construction of EDP Renewables’ wind farm. Garrett’s comments came after commissioners…

Blaine Crelllin, of Chanute, always wanted to become a teacher. But instead of earning a college degree, he started a family and began a career in welding that took him across the country. That career…

LAHARPE — A hearty group of 48 volunteers, ranging from college students to residents in their 70s, flooded LaHarpe with trucks, trailers, shovels and rakes Saturday, to help clean up debris and brush from 19…

LAHARPE — Things will lighten up in LaHarpe, thanks to two grants recently awarded to the city. The first is a $21,000 grant from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City for which the…

Dear editor, Without going into the actual 17 points mentioned in the LaHarpe meeting about building a new grade school, somewhere to be determined by the Board of Education sometime but not now, I would…

Year-to-date sales tax collections are up by nearly 10 percent in Allen County over last year. The figures, coming from the Kansas State Treasurer?s office, were announced in a press release Monday by Thrive Allen…