County and City Governments Grapple with Crowding and Costs
Franklin County faces rising inmate populations and taxes as jail overcrowding and state prison policies push more prisoners to county facilities. Sheriff Davis notes housing out-of-county prisoners costs nearly 250000 this year, with Allen County Iowa unable to accept more. The commission plans a countywide study and a Colorado consultant to outline needs for a new jail.
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Craig Davis
Franklin County
Davis
Allen County
Iowa
Iola
Commission
Ottawa votes to raise sales tax and town taxes in 2006
Ottawa City Commission plans a 0.5 percent sales tax increase in 2006 to bolster the general fund, with a 12 mill rise in city property taxes over two years to avert funding shortfalls. The move funds pools and streets while portions support a sewage plant loan. County appraisals trigger ire over downtown and rural property values, as ORC levy debates continue. Sunday alcohol sales remain contentious. Pomona and Princeton consider permitting them.
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Ottawa City Commission
Steve Brown
Ottawa Recreation Commis
Ottawa
Pomona
Princeton
County completes historic Franklin County road project
Franklin County finished its largest road program, a 7 million dollar, two year project paving 36 miles of county roads with asphalt. It used a state loan to fund the effort, including roads such as Jackson Road, Cloud Road, John Brown Road and a route linking K-68 to Centropolis across multiple counties. Controversy centered on the U.S. 59 expressway plan, with delays and tax funding concerns overshadowing the completion.
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Jackson Road
Vermont Road
Rantoul
Miami County
Cloud Road
U.S. 59
Utah Terrace
Douglas Road
Virginia Road
Lane
John Brown
Kentucky Road
Centropolis
Kingman, Labette
Idaho
Shawnee
Indiana
Lawrence
I-35
Ottawa
Kansas Department of Transportation
Hospital accolades lead Franklin County health year 2005
Ottawa's Ransom Memorial Hospital earned a spot among Solucent's 100 Top Hospitals Performance Improvement Leaders for 1999 to 2003 due to quality care patient safety and efficiency. The year also saw $800000 in Medicaid reimbursements and a homeless shelter project linked to Etta Semple's historic home. New Homeland Security towers and an upgraded 911 dispatch system broadened county coverage with about 21000 annual calls.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Solucent
Modern Healthcare Magazine
Formance
Franklin County Emergency Temporary Shelter Association
Etta Semple
Semple
Fires Leave Texas Family Homeless After Wildfire
Linda and Kenneth Dixson faced loss as their Cross Plains farmhouse burned to embers after wildfires scorching more than 100 homes across Texas and Oklahoma. Severe drought and 40 mph winds spread flames over nearly 20,000 acres, with 73 Texas blazes and many in Oklahoma. The Dixsons, sheltering at First Baptist Church, described returning to a charred scene as Red Cross aided evacuees.
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Cross Plains
Texas
Linda
Kenneth Dixson
Oklahoma
Dixsons
First Baptist Church
American Red Cross
Fort Worth
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