- Council to renew water discussion
- June 26, 2008
- The De Soto City Council has basic decisions to make about water and is inviting residents into the discussion.
- Fireworks go on sale Sunday
- June 26, 2008
- Fireworks stands in De Soto will open Sunday marking the third year since the De Soto City Council lifted the fireworks ban.
- 97th Terrace now city street
- June 26, 2008
- De Soto City Council members narrowly voted last Thursday to accept the right-of-way and maintenance responsibilities of a private drive.
- Council modifies alcohol policy
- June 12, 2008
- The De Soto City Council approved an ordinance last Thursday relaxing its strict alcohol ban on city property.
- Mayor says county’s latest intersection alignment misses point
- June 5, 2008
- A new realignment of a future Kill Creek Road/95th Street intersection that attempts to address local criticism of an earlier concept is still likely to get a chilly reception from the De Soto City Council.
- New park prompts review of city alcohol policy
- 12:00 a.m., May 29, 2008 Updated 05:13 p.m.
- With an eye to the success of events at De Soto Riverfest Park, the De Soto City Council will review the city’s policy concerning the use of alcoholic beverages on city property.
- Relaxing banner sign regulations proposed
- 12:00 a.m., May 29, 2008 Updated 05:12 p.m.
- Although there is still nothing in writing, the De Soto Planning Commission agreed Tuesday to change the city’s sign ordinance that would relax regulations on banner signs.
- De Soto Chamber gets city aid to plan Riverfest event opening
- May 23, 2008
- The De Soto Chamber of Commerce is expecting the event it is sponsoring to open De Soto Riverfest Park to be a success, enough so that they would like the city’s help in planning for it
- De Soto City Council meeting rescheduled
- 12:11 p.m., May 15, 2008 Updated 12:13 p.m.
- City council meeting rescheduled.
- Legislature passes measure to merge local fire services
- May 8, 2008
- As of Tuesday afternoon, De Soto was 2-for-3 this legislative session with the fate of the third local initiative intertwined with the session’s thorniest issue.
- City seeks Johnson County help with 2009 83rd Street upgrade
- May 8, 2008
- As it officially applied for matching county funds for a nearly $1 million upgrade to 83rd Street next year, the city of De Soto agreed to help make the street safer in the short term.
- Draft land-use map consistent with origins
- April 24, 2008
- As envisioned in a draft land-use plan released Tuesday, the area south of Kansas Highway 10 east of Lexington Avenue will one day be flanked by parkland and home to a commercial district at its Kill Creek Road core.
- Vital intersection’s future key to 95th Street land use plan
- April 3, 2008
- The intersection of 95th Street and Kill Creek Road continued to be the starting point and unifying force of future land use planning for De Soto’s southern fringe.
- De Soto valuation up despite housing slump
- April 3, 2008
- De Soto City Administrator Pat Guilfoyle was prepared for bad news when he met Monday with Johnson County Appraiser Paul Welcome.
- Fire service merger bill introduced in Topeka
- 12:00 a.m., April 3, 2008 Updated 06:10 p.m.
- A measure that would allow the unification of the De Soto Fire Department with Johnson County Rural Fire District No. 3 is waiting to hitchhike a ride through the Kansas Legislature.
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