August 2010

Lakeland and Winter Haven were the focus when Polk County began using money from the half-cent indigent sales tax to help set up primary care clinics for the uninsured.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION for a 30 million plan to place seven 118m wind turbines along the entrance to Cork Harbour will begin next week.

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—-Kansas City Power & Light Company and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company , subsidiaries of Great Plains Energy Incorporated , today announced Iatan 2, a high efficiency 850 megawatt power plant, has successfully completed in-service testing, subject to confirmation by regulatory staff at the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Missouri Public Service Commission.

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—-Kansas City Power & Light Company and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company , subsidiaries of Great Plains Energy Incorporated , today announced Iatan 2, a high efficiency 850 megawatt power plant, has successfully completed in-service testing, subject to confirmation by regulatory staff at the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Missouri Public Service Commission.

From the looks of these numbers, an economic recovery may be on the way sooner than later for many industries.

From the looks of these numbers, an economic recovery may be on the way sooner than later for many industries.

From the looks of these numbers, an economic recovery may be on the way sooner than later for many industries.

Carver County learned last week it will receive nearly $6 million in federal stimulus funds to expand its fiber optic ring project to provide high-speed Internet connectivity to 86 community partners throughout the county.

Citywide sales tax collected in June is following a slow but steady, month-by-month, increasing trend since revenue bottomed out early this year. Collections were at $4.1 million for June, which was recorded as the July 2010 amount. Thats up from the previous months sales tax collections of $3.8 million and up from July 2009s total of $4.0 million.