Walmart building continues to generate speculation

by Linda Mowery-Denning 

Checking out rumors. That’s one of the things we do here at the I-R. If they pan out, we print them with the information our staff has gathered. If they don’t pan out, we don’t print them. We don’t even post them on our Facebook page. For the past year or so, our staff has spent countless hours checking out rumors related to the former rest stop area on the northeast corner of the intersection of Kansas Highways 140 and 156. Because of that work, we were able to confirm that Walmart planned to build a Neighborhood Market there. Then, eight months later came the story of the store’s closing. The building now stands empty, but the rumors continue — including one that has Dillions/Kroger moving in and opening a grocery store.

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