Wellsville Board approves raises and bus purchase
The Wellsville school board voted 5-0 to grant a 2 percent raise to classified staff and retirees in KPERS. They also approved a $48,797.95 bid from U.S. Foods for food service, beating Sysco’s $61,170.65. A 2009 IC CE300 bus was approved for $58,000. 11 buses, with six over 200,000 miles, reflect aging fleet needs.
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Wellsville
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
KPERS
U.S. Foods
Sysco Corporation
IC Corp
Kevin Kelly
Kelly
Ottawa sells three school buses to Wes's Recycling
Ottawa school board voted 7-0 on July 22 to sell three surplus buses to Wes's Recycling of Centerville Kansas for 5550 dollars. The bid included towing the buses from 513 West Wilson Street Ottawa. The buses were a 1995 71 passenger 1996 53 passenger and 1997 71 passenger International models.
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Ottawa School Board
Wes
Centerville
Kan
W. Wilson St
Ottawa
Deb Spruytte
Midwest Bus
Bonner Springs
Richard Smith
Thieves Take Two White 5 Star Garage Doors in Franklin County
Franklin County Sheriff's Office seeks suspects after a Monday theft of two new white 5 Star garage doors in the 4500 block of John Brown Road. Damaged a John Deere X200 loader and mower deck. Tips to Crime Stoppers offer up to $1,000. anonymous reporting channels include phone, text, Facebook, or online.
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John Brown Road
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Franklin County
Franklin
Tipsoft
John Deere
Prairie Paws Seeks Volunteers For Orientation On Saturday
Prairie Paws Animal Shelter announces a volunteer orientation from 1 to 2 PM Saturday at 3173 K-68. The shelter seeks volunteers for a range of tasks with flexible hours. Youths 17 and under must attend with a parent or guardian.
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Prairie Paws Animal Shelter
Prairiepaws.org
Volunteers Needed for Ransom Memorial Hospital 5K Event
Volunteers are needed early Aug 24 for Ransom Memorial Hospital annual 5K run walk. Tasks include barricades water registration and cone placement. Call Brenda Pfizenmaier at 785 229 8458 to volunteer.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Brenda Pfizenmaier
Ottawa area crime and incident roundup
Sheriff's report lists $2900 lawnmower damage and multiple arrests. Admissions include Nastasia Hollow and others. births report a baby girl for Nastasia Hollon and Bryan Coats. Police and sheriff activities cover warrants, driving with a suspended license, narcotics, thefts, vehicle thefts, and a personal injury accident with a cited driver.
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Nastasia
Wellsville Police and Fire Activity Report Summary
Wellsville police logged welfare checks at East Sixth Street and public assists on Main Street and Vermont Road plus a parking complaint and a medical call near I-35. Ottawa Fire responded to a smoke detector alert on Main Street with no fire. Firefighters aided 14 medical calls across Monday and Tuesday. Franklin County Fire Depts reported four medical calls Monday.
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Sheriff's Department
South Locust Street
Micah Warren
Gardner
Franklin County
Franklin County District Court
S. Main St
Deangela Rush
Raytown
Montana
Stafford Roads
Billy Joe Johnson
Topeka
James Lewis Jr
Olathe
Shawna McCurdy
Ottawa
City of
South Main Street
Richard Bartlett
Bronson
Kan
East Sixth Street
Main Street
Vermont Road
I-35
Ottawa Fire Department
Franklin County Fire Departments
Ottawa plans near flat 2014 city budget
Ottawa's 2014 budget edges close to the 2013 total with a proposed net expenditure of 34.7 million after reserves and transfers, a difference of about 50 thousand dollars. Officials consider it a maintenance budget not a growth budget and may trim 20 thousand from the municipal auditorium fund. The study session continues Monday with a public hearing set for Wednesday at City Hall to hear resident comments before action.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Scott Bird
Ottawa City Commission
Bird
Blake Jorgensen
City Hall
S. Hickory St
Ottawa father of boy who wandered into street fights to see sons again
A 28-year-old Ottawa man Justin Vogeler was arrested on suspicion of endangering a child. Judge Kevin Kimball granted supervised visits with his two sons, ages 2 years and 6 months, while the case proceeds. Arraignment set for Aug. 14.
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South Sycamore Street
Ottawa
East Ninth Street
South Cherry Street
Walmart
South Mulberry
West 15Th Street
Alyssa Llamas-Phillips
Marion Scott
Llamas-Phillips
Kevin Kimball
Justin L. Vogeler
Vogeler
East Fifth
South Mulberry Streets
South
Sycamore Street
Bryan Hastert
Kimball
James Ward
Franklin County
Hastert
Adam Weingartner
Ottawa Police Department
Weingartner
Franklin County Attorney's Office
Ward
Herald
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