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2025 general election results
Find current results from the 2025 general election here. Lyon County Emporia City Commission Three candidates will be selected. *Tammi Ogle 1689 *Monica Duncan 1458 *Kurt Steinkuhler 1430 *Denise Gil...
Oct 8, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Candidate Spotlight: Kurt Steinkuhler, Emporia City Commission
KVOE News is underway with its Candidate Spotlight interviews for the 2025 election cycle. KVOE started with retired businessman Kurt Steinkuhler, who says his retirement gave him another time to give...
Oct 8, 2025 Kurt Steinkuhler. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Lyon County History Center features Hispanic Heritage Month as Kids Zone nears reopening
The Lyon County History Center has several activities and updates to share with the public. Greg Jordan, Executive Director of the Lyon County History Center was a guest on the KVOE Morning Show recen...
Oct 8, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
County 911 and training center items to return before county commissioners Thursday
Lyon County Commissioners have a brief agenda ahead of them for Thursday's regular action meeting. The only items of note will come during the "other business" portion of the meeting, when commissione...
Oct 7, 2025 Pictured left to right: Lyon County Commissioners Chris Bartel, Ken Duft and Doug Peck. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Major resurfacing project possibly beginning this week stretching from Olpe to southern Emporia City limits
Significant road improvements are forthcoming in Lyon County. According to Kansas Department of Transportation Engineer Steve Baalman, APAC Kansas Shears Division is set to begin asphalt overlay resur...
Oct 7, 2025 Kansas Department of Transportation logo.
Emporia Recreation Commission votes to return federal employee tax credits to IRS as part of special meeting Tuesday
The Emporia Recreation Commission will be returning just over $500,000 to the Federal government following action by ERC members Tuesday. Following a brief executive session as part of a special meeti...
Oct 7, 2025 Emporia Recreation Commission logo.
National Teachers Hall of Fame in the midst of planning for 34th annual KVOE Radio Auction and new education summit next summer
The annual KVOE National Teachers Hall of Fame Radio Auction is just over a month away, and representatives of the hall are fast at work making sure they have another wide and varied selection of pack...
Oct 7, 2025 National Teachers Hall of Fame logo.
KDOT approves Lyon, Osage county bridge contracts
Several bridge projects are moving forward after contract approvals by the Kansas Department of Transportation. Nearly a dozen bridges in Lyon County will see work on Interstate 35 between the Merchan...
Oct 7, 2025 Kansas Department of Transportation logo.
Virtual Statewide Job Fair coming Wednesday
Residents seeking jobs across Kansas are encouraged to take part in the Virtual Statewide Job Fair on Wednesday. KANSASWorks will have the job fair available from 8 am to 5 pm, letting people fill out...
Oct 7, 2025 KANSASWORKS logo.
2025 Candidate Spotlights
Emporia City Commission Candidates - Click below to listen to our Candidate Spotlights Sponsored by: Kurt Steinkuhler
Oct 7, 2025
