Flood costs climb in Douglas County flood damage report
Damage from a week old storm in Douglas County reaches at least 2.7 million dollars across public property and businesses with 900 acres of crops affected. Officials warn the total could rise as assessments continue for federal disaster aid.
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Douglas County
Paula Phillips
Dan Karr
Douglas
Johnson
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Kansas
Karr
Johnathon Alley
Federal Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office
Alley
Red Cross to Aid Nort Lawrence Cleanup Meeting
CaCO invites volunteers to join the American Red Cross effort in Nort Lawrence for cleanup operations. The note requests attendance at a meeting to coordinate assistance and distribute supplies to affected residents.
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Nort Lawrence
Mass amphibian and bird deaths from regional storms
Witnesses report hundreds of toads and birds killed by recent storms along highways 59 and 24 south of Lawrence near the Wakarusa River. Motel owners remove over 200 birds after a tornado damaged the Airport Motel. Ornithologist PHILIP HUMPHREY notes birds struggle in severe weather while biologists cite unusually rich spring moisture boosting toad populations and discuss likely causes of the roadkill.
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U.S. Highway 59
Lawrence
Douglas County
Wakarusa River
Philip Humphrey
Kansas University Museum of Natural History
Bill Busby
Kansas Biological Survey
Woodhouse
U.S. 59
South Lawrence
Roger Boyd
Commission votes to raise city franchise and permit fees
Lawrence city commissioners halted any property tax increase by proposing higher city franchise and building-permit fees. During a study session with City Manager Mike Wildgen, they outlined expense cuts and fee hikes as the path to balance next year’s budget. The proposal includes an ordinance regulating adult entertainment venues on the city agenda.
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Lawrence
Mike Wildgen
River breaches levee near St Louis as rivers mix
The Missouri River broke through a levee north of St Louis, sending water toward a farmland peninsula while the Mississippi River swelled and began mixing upstream. Weather drenched the region with heavy rain, flooding North Dakota and Minnesota towns and disrupting services for tens of thousands.
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Missouri River
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
North Dakota
Minnesota
Red River
Fargo
N.D
Water Service
St. Charles
Petra Haws
St Charles
Finney names doctor to board of regents
Gov. Joan Finney nominates Lawrence cardiologist John Hiebert to the Kansas Board of Regents with immediate effect pending Senate confirmation in 1994. Hiebert, KU medical graduate and former president of Preventive Cardiology, would fill the vacancy after Steineger’s rejection.
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Finney
Doctor
Board of Regents
Joan Finney
John Hiebert
Kansas Board of Regents
Hiebert
Senate
Jack Steineger
Kansas University
Kansas
Gene Budig
KU Medical Center
Budig
Lawrence
Ruth Schrum
Manhattan
Schrum
Steineger
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North Lawrence
Peter Lundquist
JoAnn Moreau
Baker University
Commission
Mark Fagan
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Journal-World
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