Doorknob Obsession Sparks Mequon Burglary Spree
Thor Laufer, 43, of Racine, was sentenced to three years in prison and five years extended supervision after pleading no contest to multiple burglary counts. Doorknobs and other items from construction sites in Mequon were taken in December 2004 to fuel a fixation. He also faces Milwaukee County charges for similar Franklin area incidents.
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Port Washington
Wis
Thor Jeffrey Steven Laufer
Milwaukee
Mequon
Laufer
Racine
Ozaukee County
Joseph McCormack
Milwaukee County
Franklin
Community meetings fill Ottawa schedule in the evening
Ottawa residents have numerous gatherings listed including Alcoholics Anonymous groups at First Christian Church First Baptist Church and Franklin County Mental Health Center. Also scheduled are the Franklin County Genealogical Society La Leche League Sunflower Piecemakers Quilt Club and a Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance meeting plus a county fair board session and a school board meeting.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Franklin County Mental Health Center
15Th St
Franklin County Genealogical Society
Ransom Memorial Hospital
S. Main St
Ottawa
Ottawa Group
First Baptist Church
Hickory St
Alcoholics Anonymous Ottawa Group
Franklin County
Mental Health Center
Eisenhower Road
Franklin County Diabetes Association
la Leche League
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W. 13Th St
13Th St
Central Heights School Board
Princeton
E. 15Th St
Franklin County Fair Board
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Excell Class and Mason's Memory Healthcare Luncheon
Excell Class offers limited openings on February 25 at Future Vielons with a February special of five dollar off tanning packages and lotions and new lamps. Mason's Memory hosts its first Healthcare Awareness Luncheon Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Franklin County Annex, free and open to the public with door prizes. For more information call 242 8882 and 242 0107.
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Anrall
Mason's Memory
Franklin County
Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
Yard pests and wildlife threaten lawn health across seasons
A guide notes moles and voles damage lawns by tunneling and root exposure. It details signs like feeding trails and molehills, compares vole and mole behavior, and offers deterrents such as sanitation, sealed food storage, gravel borders, and natural predators. Traps, fumigation, windmill vibrations, and Castor bean cautions are discussed. The piece also mentions marsh hawks as vole predators and ends with a knitting project tease.
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Edith Bunker
Mother Nature
Out & About in Ottawa and nearby events today and tonight
Herald staff writer Jodie Garcia lists a busy Sunday schedule in Ottawa and nearby areas featuring McGruff events at Ottawa Police Department, auditions for Our Town at Carnegie Cultural Center, performances by Aaron Hollingsworth, community readings, jewelry making at the Ottawa Library, Rotary Chili and Soup Dinner at First Baptist Church, a blood drive at Wellsville Middle School, Friends of the Ottawa Library book sale, Jewelry with Heidi at the library, PATH exercise group, Story Time and Toddler Time at the Ottawa Library, Baker University Founders Day Convocation, and Wellsville Kiwanis Pancake Supper plus Eagles Hamburger Nite.
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Our Town
Carnegie Cultural Center
S. Main St
Ottawa
Ottawa Main Street Association
Main St
Heidi
S. Hickory St
Wellsville Kiwanis
Wellsville High School Commons
Chris Cakes
Eagles
Eagles Hall
15Th St
On the Road Events At Emporia Kansas And Kansas City
Herald Statt Writer Jodie Garcia lists events from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. featuring Morris Seligman Jr. speaking on A Passion for Justice at Albert Taylor Hall Emporia State University Emporia along with Oklahoma at Lied Center Kansas University Lawrence Times vary The Nerd at American Heartland Theatre Kansas City Missouri and ticket info via the theatre sites and phone.
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Bonner
Morris Seligman Jr
Albert Taylor Hall
Emporia State University
Emporia
Oklahoma
The
Lied Center of Kansas
University of Kansas
Lawrence
American Heartland Theatre
Kansas City
Americanheartlandtheatre.com
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Out & About
Herald
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Aaron Hollingsworth
Jodie
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S. Hickory
Rotary
Elliot Hall
Wellsville High School
Wellsville Middle School
Friends of the Ottawa Library
E. Second St
Don Woodward Community Center
Third St
E. Third St
Baker University
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Rice
Baldwin City
Herald Statt
Harper Law Office
Country Club Terrace
South Street
Richmond, Kansas
Solutions Bank
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