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El Dorado receives $3 million BASE grant

The City of El Dorado is among the first round of awardees for the Building a Stronger Economy (BASE) economic development grant program, announced by Governor Laura Kelly today. The City received $3 million for water infrastructure and industrial develop...

North Main Street bridge repair beginning April 11

The Kansas Department of Transportation North Main Street bridge repair project is expected to begin on April 11 and be completed about mid-June.

The project will install a new overlay on the bridge deck and replace the south bridge joint. During the work,...

K-254 corridor management planning to advance

The Kansas Department of Transportation has joined with local partners to move forward with extensive planning of transportation improvements along the K-254 corridor between Wichita and El Dorado. A key goal is to improve safety.

KDOT and the partners -- ...

Purity Springs bridge to close March 21 for KTA bridge project

On Monday, March 21 Dondlinger will begin work on the Purity Springs bridge over the Turnpike as part of a KTA bridge project.  You should be seeing message boards up this week informing drivers about the upcoming closure and detour. The project ...

Police Chief Curt Zieman receives Patriot Award

Police Chief Curt Zieman received the Patriot Award from the Kansas Committee of the Employer Support the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Monday evening at the City Commission meeting.

Jim Wishart, with the ESGR, presented the award.

“We work with the em...

El Dorado PD’s Project Good Morning offers daily check-ins

The safety of our community’s citizens is a top priority for the El Dorado Police Department. One of the ways in which the Department strives to achieve this is through Project Good Morning.

Project Good Morning is a service provided by the Department to c...

El Dorado receives Kansas' first DAR Patriots Marker

El Dorado received the first Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) marker in Kansas as part of the celebration leading up to the Nation’s Semiquicentennial or 250th anniversary in 2026. The marker was dedicated during a celebration Sunday, May 30, in...