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The Ottawa City Commission is hearing from community partners for funding requests during the upcoming budget season. One partner seeking funding is the Ottawa MainStreet Association. Director Sarah Stauffer was asked by…

June 6th we celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Invasion; a battle that changed the balance of World War II and broke the strong-hold of Naxi Germany. One hundred fifty five…

Creighton University Economist Ernie Goss still sees a potential backward step in the economy overall on the horizon. Goss says he thinks it’s the beginning of the sinking of a stone, but…

Combines started rolling in southern Kansas over the past few days after barely getting started last week. Harvest started earlier than normal because the wheat has matured early and farmers were trying…

If Franklin County is ging to build a viable work force for industry, currently here and any new industry that builds in the area, Franklin County Development Director Paul Bean believes the…

As warm weather sets in, more and more people are out and about enjoying the outdoors. Some, out late at night, and not always for the good. This is the time of…

A recent anonymous donation has posed quite the task for Anderson County Museum staff. Someone donated nearly a thousand images from the Strain Studio that operated in Garnett from 1922 to 1963….

The Osawatomie Planning and Zoning Commission has been hard at work over the last several months preparing the foundations of the city’s first ever Comprehensive Plan. Now they are ready to hear…

State transportation officials are releasing new statistics showing a rise in work zone crashes last year on Kansas’ roadways. The Kansas Department of Transportation released its 2023 Work Zone Statistics in March,…

Recently, the storm siren in Beagle went off on it’s own during a storm. It’s now believed that it took a direct lightning hit or received a power surge which made it…

Most people’s knowledge of quantum mechanics is pretty limited. A new book written by local author Cody Kiser explains how quantum mechanics could be related to a variety of areas in our…

The issues at the Garnett swimming pool continue. The pool will not be open again this weekend, June 7th. A few weeks ago, one of the two filtration pumps blew a gasket,…

The Ottawa City Commission is going over 2025 budget request from city partners and one of those is Prairie Paws Animal Shelter. They are seeking an increase of $55,000 to their annual…

You and the family are going to be hungry tomorrow morning. You’re going to have to eat something, somewhere. Why not go eat breakfast with the Pottawatomie Ruritan Club in Lane tomorrow…

The state of Kansas is welcoming several new additions to its officially recognized historic locations, and one of them is right here in Franklin County. The Tauy Baptist Church will be added…

The Franklin County Commission has given its ok to the purchase of a new track loader at the landfill. Solid Waste Manager, Pat Campbell told commissioners the old one has just about…

A proposal to build a house at 823 East Wilson stirred up some controversy during the Ottawa Planning Commission Study Session. Planning Commission member Bill Crowley says a sewer line needs to…

The Kansas State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police has announced its endorsement of former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt in the Republican Primary for Kansas 2nd Congressional District. President of the Fraternal…

Senator Jerry Moran spoke at a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy in France, yesterday in Abilene at the Eisenhower Library. Last year, Moran spoke on…

The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce will kick off their Summer Concert Series at Legacy Square tonight, June 7th with a special treat. Savanna Chestnut and The Field Hands will treat the…