Repurposed Leadership Class planning project to aid youth
A leadership class project focuses on repurposed planning to assist youth. Page 12 highlights goals, involved students, and potential community impacts as they map activities and resources for youth outreach.
Wintry ICE Causes Multiple Rollover and Slide Offs in Ottawa
The Herald Staff reports a string of slide offs and rollover wrecks on I 35 in Franklin County as icy conditions spread across the area. 911 dispatch cited injuries and a two vehicle injury crash at Wilson and North Cherry in Ottawa. Several high school sporting events were canceled due to the weather.
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Franklin County Sheriff's Office
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Parking ban proposed near OU to curb street congestion
Ottawa city and police officials propose restricting parking along sections of South Oak, South Poplar, and South Mulberry streets between Eighth and Ninth streets near the University of Ottawa campus after residents raised concerns of cars blocking driveways sidewalks and hydrants. The ordinance motion will be discussed at a city commission meeting at City Hall.
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South Poplar Street
Ninth Street
Ottawa
Ottawa City
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South Poplar
South Mulberry
Ottawa University
S. Cedar St
Doug Carder
Herald
Ottawa Police Department
Dennis Butler
Ottawa Police
Butler
City Commission
Eighth
City Hall
St. Hickory St
Weight of the job on Ottawa firefighters shared
Ottawa Fire Department Captain Tim Matthias and Lt Shawn Dillon guide Herald staffer Abby Eckel through the station and gear in a first person visit. They describe training routines, daily duties, and the emotional weight of 13 firefighter fatalities. The department fields about six to seven calls daily with 20 full time firefighters and several volunteers.
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Tim Matthias
Ottawa Fire Department
Abby Eckel
Herald
Matthias
Eckel
Ottawaherald.com
Clinton Dick
W. 2Nd St
Ottawa
Shawn Dillon
Dillon
Firefighter’s mental work eased by talk and home life
The job is 90 percent mental, Matthias says, and firefighters cope with stress not only through peer conversations but also with support from a loving family outside the station. See FIREFIGHTERS, Page 3.
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