Frontier Extension District expands with three-county merger
The Frontier Extension District grows this summer by merging Anderson County with Osage and Franklin counties. Formed in 2010, it now operates offices in Ottawa Lyndon and Garnett and is governed by a 12 member board with four representatives from each county.
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Lyndon
Frontier Extension
Anderson County
Osage
Franklin
Frontier District
Ottawa
Lyndon and Garnett
Frontier
Kansas
Fran Richmond
78 year old killed in tractor rollover near Osage City
Wilford D. Croucher aged 78 of rural Osage City died in a midday tractor rollover on 205th Street between Hoch and Valencia in Osage County. Deputies were called to the scene at about 12 54 p m and found him trapped under the tractor.
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Lyndon
Wilford D. Croucher
Osage City
205Th
Hoch Road
Valencia Road
Osage County
Sheriff’s Office
Croucher
County OKs equipment purchases
Franklin County commissioners approved a 2014 Caterpillar 12M2 motor grader bid from Foley Equipment for 131,800 and authorized financing bids with Franklin County banks and Caterpillar Finance. They awarded Midwest Striping Co. a pavement marking project for 35,736.10, within a 40,000 budget. A public hearing on the county budget was set for August 6.
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Franklin County Board of Commissioners
Foley Equipment
Topeka
Franklin County
Caterpillar Finance
Midwest Striping Co
Wichita
Midwest Striping
Steve Harris
Jim Haag
Kansas offers one year CDL waiver for veterans
Kansas will extend the commercial driver's license skill test waiver to one year after deployment for veterans with two years of safe driving in a similar military vehicle. The waiver, now applicable to overseas returnees, requires medical certification, a written test, a valid CDL learner permit, and two years of safe driving. About 6,000 veterans have used the waiver.
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Topeka
Kansas Department of Revenue
Kansas
Lisa Kaspar
Markets Report Quotations From Ottawa Coop and USDA
Ottawa Coop quotes Friday afternoon markets with hard wheat at 6.31 soybeans 12.51 corn 3.73 milo 3.58. Franklin County USDA Farm Service Agency lists corn 3.88 milo 6.22 oats 3.27 soybeans 13.15 wheat 6.52.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
USDA Farm _ Service Agency
Daily Report Dismissals and Local Arrests
Wednesday dismissal list includes Carrie Corbin Ottawa Clara Howard Vassar Norma Slemp Ottawa. Sheriff reports two traffic stops leading to drug possession and paraphernalia suspicions for Stephanie Brannan age 23 and Jon Clark 28, both Ottawa. Thursday incidents include Landon Stevenson 28 Lawrence on warrant, Charles Broadhurst 35 Wichita on child support warrant. Also traffic crashes near Baldwin City and Westphalia injure no one, while a tire blows out near Rantoul.
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Carrie Corbin
Ottawa
Clara Howard
Vassar
Norma Slemp
Sheriff's Department
Osborne Lane
Louisiana Terrace
Stephanie Brannan
Jon Clark
Franklin County Adult Detention Center
S. Main St
Landon Stevenson
Lawrence
Franklin County
Charles Broadhurst
Wichita
Police arrest two on warrants and dog bite case
Police report arrests at 5 04 p.m. and 6 58 p.m. on Wednesday in Ottawa. Kylie Spear 25 Shawnee held at Franklin County Adult Detention Center on an Ottawa Municipal Court warrant. John Shockey 42 Ottawa suspected of harboring a vicious dog with no vaccination or city registration after his dog bit a 9 year old Ottawa boy.
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Franklin County Adult Detention Center
S. Main St
Kylie Spear
Shawnee
Ottawa
East Garfield Street
John Shockey
Brawl at Kansas Street clash rages between two men
A 61-year-old LeLoup man reports being head butted by a 34-year-old Williamsburg man on Kansas Street at 6:27 p.m. Wednesday. The 34-year-old says the older man shoved him and he struck with his head while trying to rise. Accidents report follows a 3:50 p.m. collision on U.S. 59 involving a 2002 Cadillac Deville driven by Timothy Guernsey and a 2012 Ford F-250 driven by Gary
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Kansas Street
LeLoup
Williamsburg
U.S
Timothy Guernsey
Garnett
Gary
Police Department News From Ottawa Area
At 3:57 a.m. on Thursday a 60 year old Ottawa man was found deceased from natural causes in the 700 block of South Elm Street. At 10:45 a.m. a 35 year old Ottawa woman reported a 16 year old Ottawa boy as a runaway in the 700 block of Ash Street. At 4:47 p.m. on Thursday a collision occurred at Eighth and Cherry streets between a vehicle driven by Helen Sheler, 68, Ottawa, and another driven by Joshua McComb, 26, Ottawa. McComb cited for failure to yield at an uncontrolled intersection.
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South Elm Street
Ottawa
Ash Street
Eighth
Cherry
Helen Sheler
Joshua McComb
McComb
Wellsville Police Notes Reported Public Assistance and Incidents
Wellsville police logs for Wednesday and Thursday show public assists on Main Street and East Eighth Street, a fireworks complaint, suspicious activity on West Third Terrace, a juvenile matter on East Fourth Street, and additional public assists on Meadowbrook Court Main Street and related blocks.
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Main Street
East Eighth Street
West Third Terrace
East Fourth Street
Meadowbrook Court
Ottawa Fire Department Run Dispatch Summary
Fire calls report authorized controlled burning at 717 E Third St at 8 56 a.m. Wednesday. A cooking fire at 501 S Otter Lane at 8 44 p.m. Thursday caused light smoke with no damage. Firefighters assisted with fire medical calls on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Ottawa Fire Department
E. Third St
S. Otter Lane
Kansan dies from brain eating amoeba exposure
A Kansas resident died from Naegleria fowleri a rare brain infection contracted in freshwater. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said exposure likely occurred at multiple water sources. precautions include nose plugs and keeping the head above water during warm-water activities. The case is the second in Kansas since 2011 and US cases total 132 through 2013 with most in the South.
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Topeka
Johnson County
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Naegleria Fowleri
United States
Robert Moser
Department of Health
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