Ottawa boards weighs alternatives to old middle school
In Ottawa, Thursday hearings on preserving the former Ottawa Middle School buildings drew mixed views. The Friends of Historic Buildings proposed reuse as a community center with offices and meeting spaces, plus potential senior housing via MetroPlains. Yarco Companies offered to buy for 108000, tear down parts, and pursue low income housing, risking loss of the north building.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa
Fifth Main
Friends of Historic Buildings
Save the Buildings
Friends Group
St. Paul
MetroPlains
Friends
Yarco Companies
Kansas City
Yarco
Cal Lantis
Harvey Ludwick
Mike Skidmore
Ottawa opens first liquor store in over a century
A revived storefront sale marks Ottawa Kansas return of packaged liquor after 1990s referendums. Historical notes trace local prohibition from 19th century into mid 20th, with Carry Nation visits and a 1903 council battle over saloon licenses. Ottawa remained largely liquor free before recent openings.
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Ottawa
United States
U.S
South Main Street
Trisey
John Mark Lambertson
Franklin County Historical Society
Ottawa Herald
The
Herald
George T. Pierce
Centropolis
Ronger
Pierce
Kansas Cities
Robert W. Rich
Carry Nation
Kansas
Win Point
Fourth
Walnut
Reader forum backs additions over new high school proposal
A USD 288 patron, nearing the end of his board term, argues for expanding existing Central Heights facilities rather than building a new high school. He cites cheaper architect plans, shorter construction time, and added classrooms plus theater seats, urging voters to weigh cost and options.
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USD 288
Central Heights
Vo/Ag
Western Kansas lawmakers lobby with milk and cookies
Clare Gustin of Hays and Stan Rice of Lakin led a Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance contingent in Topeka to press 48 western counties. They pooled resources to boost a stronger legislative lobby, likening their clout to Wichita as they handed out milk and cookies to lawmakers and aides.
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Harris News Service
Topeka
Clare Gustin
Hays
Stan Rice
Lakin
Statehouse
Gustin
Rice
Western
House
Transportation
Dean Carlson
Ward Loyd
Garden City
Carlson
Jan. Pauls
Hutchinson
Laura McClure
Bill Graves
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
U.S. 54
Kiowa
Pratt
Kingman
Sawyer
Eugene O’brien
D-Parsons
Department of Wildlife and Parks
O’brien
Chad Luce
Department
Luce
Robert Tyson
R-Parker
Ottawa
Franklin County
Tyson
Senate Committee
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John DO. Montgomery
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Doonesbury
Mallard Fillmore
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