Weekend Weather Forecast Matches Clear Nights and Sunny Days
The forecast calls for tonight and Sunday to be clear with sunny skies. Lows around 35 to 40 and highs in the middle 60s. Monday remains dry with similar temperatures. For more weather details, see page 2A.
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Love blooms again 60 years after high school romance
Herald Staff Writer Fred Ferguson, newly elected Franklin County Commissioner, will marry his high school sweetheart Phyllis Curtis on May 5, exactly sixty years and three days after they attended a prom together. The couple rekindled after Phyllis moved back to Ottawa, aided by a family link through Ferguson’s twin sister, Florence, who is Phyllis’ sister-in-law.
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Fred Ferguson
Franklin County Commission
Ferguson
Phyllis Curtis
Fred
Phyllis
Florence
Bob Staadt
Bob
Ottawa
Kansas City
Ben Bishop
Curtis
Trinity Methodist Church
KDOT to add signs on I 35 detour routes
Kansas Department of Transportation will update three I-35 signs to show the U S 59 interchange is closed and the Eisenhower Road exit serves as the detour. Additional signs will guide motorists toward restaurants service stations and motels at the U S 59 exit.
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I- 35
Kansas Department of Transportation
U.S.59
Eisenhower Road
Mike Stringer
KDOT
Eisenhower
U.S.-59
Stringer
15Th Street
23Rd
U.S.S9
KQDOT
Lou Atherton
Ottawaherald
House approves budget despite Graves veto threat
The Kansas House approved a plan to close a 206 million hole in the state budget despite Gov. Bill Graves veto pressure. The 82 to 43 vote sent the bill to the Senate, with three trailer bills passing 63 to 62.
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Topeka
House
Bill Graves
Senate
Department of Transportation
Graves
House of Representatives
St. Bernard
Capitol
Rocky Nichols
House Appropriations Committee
Representatives
State General Fund
Kansas
City to Publish Developer Handbook to Streamline Process
Ottawa planners reviewed a first draft of a handbook outlining the city process for new residential and commercial developments. City planning director John Merrell said it should cut red tape while clarifying regulatory hurdles for developers and staff. The handbook, largely authored by Andy Haney, stems from the Developers Review Committee formed 14 months ago to address criticisms and preempt obstacles.
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Cleon Rickel
Ottawa Planning Commission
John Merrell
City Planning and
Andy Haney
City Public Works
Developers Review Committee
Merrell
Drc
Scott Lambers
Merrell, Haney
Jim Bradley
Jeff Carner
Scott Bird
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