Kingman County News

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...

After hearing more about the issues with the register of deeds department and the new IT provider at Monday’s meeting, Kingman County Commission Chairman Jerry Henning indicated the county was going to have a new policy...

An individual who evaluates swimming pools came to look at Kingman’s swimming pool a couple weeks ago and indicated it could be renovated. After reviewing the evaluator’s report, the Kingman city commission directed City Manager Greg...

The Kingman city commissioners last Tuesday took action on two items that the Kingman County commissioners had inquired about with regards to the city and county working together on certain items. The city commissioners voted to...

After a lengthy discussion with County Register of Deeds Susan Hubbell Monday, the Kingman County commissioners will meet with Reach Solutions to get questions answered about why the county register of deeds office wasn’t included in...