As the county’s Food System Plan approaches its 10-year anniversary, Douglas County leaders are rethinking priorities around food access, land health and equity. Much of the county’s food systems work is guided by the 2017 Douglas County Food System Plan, which centers on supporting ...
Baldwin City officials said during a public meeting on Tuesday night they anticipate increases to utility rates as the city aims to increase its reserve funds. That news came during a community forum about electric rates, where a couple dozen residents gathered to learn about and give ...
No matter who wins USA Today’s contest for best brewpub this year, Free State Brewing Company founder Chuck Magerl thinks there’s a title they all deserve: “third place.” Not the kind of “third place” his brewery won in the contest last year, though. The “third place” that ...
State law requires residents of a county to be notified of a lot of different legal matters that are underway at any given time. That includes pending foreclosures of homes, new ordinances proposed by local governments, legal name changes of your neighbors, and even the sales that dispose of ...
A group of Haskell Indian Nations University students is hosting a clothing drive for business attire that they hope will help the Lawrence community. The Haskell American Indian Business Leaders student club is asking the community to donate “gently used” professional clothing. That ...
Douglas County ended 2025 with a $6.7 million budget surplus after revenues exceeded projections and spending came in below estimates. About $1.9 million of the surplus came from revenues exceeding estimates and the remaining roughly $4.9 million resulted from expenditures coming in below ...