Kingman County News

Christy Crews of Hometown Grants visited with the Kingman County commissioners Monday, along with representatives from Kingman, Norwich, Cunningham and Zenda, about grant-writing services she offers to rural counties. Crews attended the meeting at the request...

The Kingman County commissioners passed a resolution at Monday’s meeting that called for all county departments to be under the same IT provider. County Commission Chairman Jerry Henning requested the policy following lengthy discussion during the...

Kingman County Financial Officer LaDawn Stegman told the county commissioners Monday that it was time to start updating computers in some county departments. After discussion, the county commissioners approved starting the process of replacing computers, to...

Kingman City Manager Greg Graffman told the Kingman city commissioners Thursday that, if the city wants more specifics on costs to fix the current swimming pool, the city would need to have a specific proposal for...

Jon Wollen was elected to serve as the Kingman mayor for the upcoming year. This will be Wollen’s second term as mayor. He previously served as mayor in 2021. Tracy Winsor was elected vice mayor. It...

Kingman City Inspector Tom Archer is retiring after 39 years of working with the city. His retirement will be effective Jan. 1. Archer started working for the city in September of 1985, a few months after...

USD 331 Assistant Superintendent Andy Albright told the USD 331 Board of Education Monday that he will be looking at different options for property insurance. The school district currently utilizes EMC through Strong’s Insurance and the...

The Kingman County commissioners Monday reviewed information NextEra submitted about roads it may want to utilize as it seeks to replace some wind towers with ones that have an increased height. At the Dec. 2 meeting,...

The Mike and Danielle Romme family has been named the South Central Family of the Year by Special Olympics Kansas. Danielle Romme told the Leader-Courier that it was a “great honor” to be recognized. Their daughter...

The Kingman County commissioners Monday plan to meet with a NextEra representative again to further discuss what the company has planned for changing tower heights at Kingman Wind Energy Center. NextEra is seeking to change the...