Watch kept on Ol' Mary
Heavy rain drips water across Franklin County with 2 to 4 inches reported, flooding fields and closing at least three roads. The Marais des Cygnes River rises toward 33 feet as flood gates close on Main Street bridge to shunt traffic, while two residents near Princeton shelter from rising Middle Creek waters.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Franklin County
Main Street
Andy Haney
Ottawa
Public Works
Marais Des Cygnes
National Weather Service
Appanoose
Middle Creek
Vermont
Rantoul
Sand Creek Road
Pawnee Road
Sand Creek
Princeton
Paula Huss
Hamilton Road
Ruby Huss
Huss
Lane
Haney
Jim Bradley
Ottawa Utilities
Bradley
Jehovah's Witnesses raise Ottawa Kingdom Hall with volunteers
Kansas volunteers from Jehovah's Witnesses arrived in Ottawa for a four day hall-raising project. Leonard Fausset led about 300 volunteers from towns including Chanute Elkhart Dodge City St Joseph Abilene Wichita and Garden City. All work is volunteer with trades represented and no one paid. Despite rain the frame and roof were completed on day one as crews hope for better weather.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Jehovah's Witnesses
Kansas
Ottawa
Kingdom Hall
Nevada Terrace
Fausset
Chanute
Elkhart
Dodge City
St. Joseph's
Abilene
Wichita
Garden City
Jehovah's Witness
Debbie
Jerome
Jacob
County weighs annex expansion and new county offices
Franklin County commissioners discussed expansion of the Ottawa IGA site at 1428 S. Main with owner Barry Shirley and a possible 12 000 square foot southern half addition. If leased, some county offices would move in and others would be leased out. A new basement meeting room is nearly ready, with improved acoustics and space to display maps.
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Greg Mast
Herald
Franklin County
Barry Shirley
Topeka
S. Main
Ottawa Iga
Shirley
IGA
Mavity
Mainty
Charles Mavity
Russ
Savage
Richard Jackson
Dave Warren
Income growth lags on coasts while North Dakota leads
The Commerce Department reports that the East Coast and California show slower personal income growth since March 1991, with inland states posting stronger gains. North Dakota tops at 8.7 percent, followed by Nebraska 8.4 and Idaho and Iowa at 7.2 percent, while declines in construction and manufacturing payrolls helped restrain coastal gains.
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Washington
Californa
North Dakota
Commerce Department
Bureau of Economic Analysis
California
Nebraska
Idaho
Iowa
South Dakota
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kentucky
Utah
City adopts park shelter reservation policy in Ottawa
Ottawa commissioners approved a new park shelter and gazebo reservation policy at a Wednesday meeting, extending reservations beyond Forest Park shelters to Forest Park main shelter, City Park gazebo, and a southeast Forest Park shelter. The OCAC seeks Aug 12–15 use of the City Park gazebo for a musical review directed by Jacki Rutter.
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Greg Mast
Herald
Ottawa City Commission
Forest Park
City Park
Dave Warren
Joan Tyson
Mary Anne Whiteford
Ottawa Community Arts Council
OCAC
Jacki Rutter
Rutter
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Earl Devore
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Farin
Matt Matthews
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