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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 2012
Page
8
Franklin County voters saw shifts as Sheriff Jeff Curry won re election while map redraws and a bitter records fight with The Herald highlighted the region's partisan battles. New chamber leadership and economic changes reshaped Ottawa and nearby towns as residents watched the lottery mega draw unfold.
A Kansas Highway Patrol report details a Sunday morning crash on I 35 near mile marker 167 in a ravine 20 to 30 feet below. Eighteen Minnesota residents aged 2 to 46 were in a vehicle pulling an ATV trailer. 13 survived and were treated at area hospitals. Driver Adam Kerber, 17, lacked a valid license. state law loopholes aided the unlicensed driving claim. Osage County attorney Brandon Jones did not file charges.
A tense interlocal conflict erupts as city and county authorities clash over zoning powers. The issue centers on land use boundaries, permitting authority, and potential impacts on development projects across municipal lines.
A sunny April Fools' Day turned deadly on April 1 when a single vehicle crash on I-35 near the Franklin Osage county line claimed five lives. Jessica Kerber 10 James Kerber 12 Joy Kerber 14 Melissa Kerber 24 and Tom Kerber 25, all of Minnesota, perished in the wreck and others were injured.
The Ottawa Community Partnership Inc announced late April that Ottawa would be without a YMCA recreation center after missing the Dec 31 2011 fundraising deadline. The group needed 4 million to reach an 8.7 million facility, pledges fell short, but funds were redirected as grants to local businesses and agencies for economic and workforce development.
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