National temperature extremes hit minus 2 to 78 degrees
Temperatures across the lower 48 states ranged from a chilly minus 2 degrees at West Yellowstone Montana to a warm 78 degrees in Indio California. The readings show wide regional variation with cold snaps and warm spells evident in a single day. West Yellowstone reported the state low while Indio led the high, illustrating contrasting conditions within the continental United States.
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Indio
Calif
Lake effect snow expected across Great Lakes region
More lake effect snow was anticipated Tuesday across the Great Lakes Ohio Valley Northeast and northern Mid Atlantic with heavier snowfall likely along the eastern and southern shores of Lake Erie. Kansas conditions hotline 1 800 585 7623 provided by the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Mid-Atlantic
Lake Erie
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Bulletin Board submission hours and contact guidance
Daily bulletin board notice invites non commercial events open to the public two days or more in advance. Submissions accepted by fax email or mail at The Ottawa Herald. No phone calls.
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Bwilliams
Ottawaherald.com
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar St
Ottawa
Ottawa York Rite Chicken and Noodle Dinner Event
The Ottawa York Rite hosts its annual chicken and noodle dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. Sunday at the Ottawa Masonic Hall 422 South Main Street. Adults pay six dollars and children under ten two dollars and fifty cents with all proceeds benefiting charity.
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Ottawa York Rite
Ottawa Masonic Hall
S. Main St
Wellsville to discuss Sunday liquor sales proposal
Wellsville City Council will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall to consider Diane Bonzo's request to allow Sunday and holiday hours for her liquor store, the town’s only outlet. The agenda centers on granting Sunday sales permission and related holiday closings.
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Wellsville
Diane Bonzo
Bulletin Board Submission for Herald
Community notices and brief items are invited for the Herald Bulletin Board. Send your notices to bwilliams ottawaherald.com for consideration and publication in upcoming editions.
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Bwilliams
Ottawaherald.com
Suzuki Strings founder wins Governor's Arts Award
Alice Joy Lewis, founder of Ottawa Suzuki Strings, is named a 2007 Governor's Arts Award recipient for arts education. The Ottawa Suzuki Strings Institute serves 2 to 20 year olds using Shinichi Suzuki methods emphasizing gradual progress, repetition, and a positive atmosphere. The ceremony will be June 7 at Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center, Washburn University, Topeka, with other honorees including Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey and singer Kelley Hunt.
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Shinichi Suzuki
Lewis
Kansas
Kansas Arts Commission
Bradbury Thompson
Washburn University
Topeka
Kansas City
Staff fired by Kline remain on payroll without working
Eight assistant prosecutors and one investigator fired by Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline on January 8 remain on the payroll but do not work, as a federal judge weighs whether to uphold a lower court order that kept the firings on hold. The dispute centers on authority to fire and to withhold participation in a county grievance hearing about the removals.
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Kline
Kansas City
Kan
Johnson County
Phill Kline
Reid Holbrook
U.S
Kathryn Vratil
Vratil
Paul Morrison
Kansas
Wratil
Holbrook
Kansas airports receive improvements grants for small airfields
The Kansas Department of Transportation through the Airport Improvement Program funds two projects at non primary public use airports. Lyndon-Pomona Lake Airport will reconstruct its runway and Coffey County Airport will repair runways and add markings. Projects target facilities with under 10 000 annual passenger boardings and require sponsors to cover 10 to 50 percent of costs.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Lyndon-Pomona Lake
Pomona Lake
U.S. 75
Coffey County
Brushington
Kansas Aviation
Deb Miller
Kansas
Miller
Lawsuit Over Ethanol Plant Near Wright Heads to Trial
Ford County landowners seek to nullify Boot Hill Biofuels permits citing improper paperwork before the December 18 county commission vote. The suit, filed around Wright, targets process compliance rather than traffic or environmental concerns. Judge Dan Love will oversee the expedited March 1 trial in Ford County District Court.
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Wright
Ford County District Court
Lowell Blakey
Dan Love
Ford County
Boot Hill Biofuels
Commission
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