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The Ottawa Fire Department is a unique group and they welcome the public to come to the station and get to know them and explore the trucks and equipment they have. This…

Hiring and keeping good employees is always a challenge for the City of Ottawa, as it is for any employer. The Ottawa City Commission has received the results of a compensation study….

Good news for country music fans. Organizers of the Country Stampede music event have announced it’s heading to the Kansas City metro in 2024. The Country Stampede will be held at Azura…

City of Osawatomie officials finalized the sale of the former Municipal Pound to local rescue group Always & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary on November 28th, 2023. The sale, which totaled $52,500, transferred…

The race for the Garnett City Commission open spot in the general election back in November was an important one, to say the least. Write in candidate Nate Wiehl overwhelming won the…

The next big street project in Osawatomie will be the reconstruction of Sixth Street from Lincoln to Kelly Avenues. The Osawatomie City Council has approved Killough Construction to construct the concrete streets…

The Wellsville City Council has a lot of thinking to do as the result of a topic brought up by City Building and Codes Inspector, Isaac Mallory. Mallory says it’s time for…

Ottawa University Coach, Katie Sowers, broke barriers in 2020 when she became the first woman to serve on an NFL coaching staff in a Super Bowl. She was honored recently at the…

The Patriotic Banners that have been displayed on Main Street the past several weeks are due to be taken down starting today, December 4th, for safe keeping during the winter months. The…

The Franklin County Attorney’s office has three homicide cases in the system at the same time. Something that no one in the county ever remembers happening. Last June, at 11th and Ash,…

The Kansas Judicial Branch plans to restore most online court systems by the end of the year, following a foreign cyberattack. Officials disconnected online Kansas Court Services more than six weeks ago,…

The Christmas season is upon us and soon enough colder weather will also be here. As the cold comes in, people are going to try to stay warm any way they can….

Think about this…a tornado is bearing down on Ottawa or another part of the county. The power goes out, the wind comes up. Is the storm coming to you? You listen for…

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Fentanyl Impact Team announced they have made a major seizure of illegal drugs. Wednesday, November 29th, they say knowledge was obtained about a larger shipment of…

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is holding public meetings to help public water supply systems and their customers learn about the Environmental Protection Agency’s new lead and copper rule revisions….

An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan and Montana are taking steps to stop…

An accident in Wellsville sent two people to the hospital with minor injuries. Just before 4:00 Wednesday afternoon, November 29th, a vehicle driven by 15-year-old Dalton Allemang of Gardner, was traveling southbound…

A little used road on Louisiana Terrace is a drawing card for vandals and other troublemakers, and the Franklin County Commission is hoping that doing some improvements will make the area less…

Whether the school calendar for future years should be changed or pretty much left alone from year to year came up for discussion recently by the Ottawa School Board. District Superintendent, Dr….

If you were planning on taking the family on the Snowglobe Express train ride out of Baldwin this Christmas season, you are out of luck. Many people who paid for tickets to…