City Announces Lease Agreement with DCF
Following well over a year of planning, design, and negotiation, the City of Atchison has signed a long term lease with the State of Kansas’ Department of Children and Families (DCF) to [...]
System Maintenance Could Impact Water Taste
Beginning on Monday, June 24th the City of Atchison will switch the way it disinfects the water for about two weeks. This is part of a normal maintenance program for the water distribution [...]
Refinance Saves Atchison Nearly $200,000 as City Essentially Maxes Bond Rating
When Atchison City Commissioners approved the $4.8 million bond sale on Monday, they ensured funding for two key projects while saving money on a pair of old debts. The bonds will pay for the [...]
City Commission Meeting Highlights 6.17.2019
Monday’s Atchison City Commission meeting was incredibly packed, with a number of important items discussed and approved. Citizens’ Academy graduates were honored, four community leaders were [...]
11 Graduate from Inaugural Citizens’ Academy
There were 11 graduates from the first edition of the City of Atchison Citizens’ Academy, as each were recognized at Monday’s City Commission meeting. Karly Casey, Caeli Haigh, John Haigh, Lisa [...]
Rural Prosperity Listening Tour Comes to Atchison
Residents are invited to attend as Atchison will host a stop on Lieutenant Governor Lynn Rogers’ Rural Prosperity Listening Tour. From 5:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, Rogers will speak with [...]
Seven file to serve on City Commission
Seven candidates filed before the noon deadline on Monday to fill three Atchison City Commission seats that will be open at the end of 2019. Commissioners David Hausmann and Charlie Perdue each [...]