WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall issued the following press release:
On Friday,U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined USDA Rural Development State Director Gimmie Jo Jansonius, Riley County Commissioner Kathryn Focke, and local officials at Keats Park Community Center to mark the start of the Riley County Wastewater System Improvement Project - an $11 million federal investment in the county's water infrastructure.
Riley County was one of seven communities awarded a share of $11 million in grants and loans through the USDA Rural Development Water and Wastewater Disposal Loan and Grant Program. The Riley County award, a $492,000 grant and $618,000 loan, will fund the upgrade and installation of approximately 12,000 li...