Editorial on AG probe and farm truck weight clash
Editorial argues the conflict over overweight farm trucks is political. Attorney general Bob Stephan hints the probe could reach Gov. Joan Finney’s office. Three highway patrol lieutenants say they were ordered to ticket overweight farm trucks during harvest, which Finney denies. Stephan says harvest law leeway allows excess weight up to about 5,000 pounds, risking safety, highways, and federal funds. He sees no criminal charges, calling it Republicans and Democrats playing cops and robbers.
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AG Bob Stephan
Joan Finney
Highway Patrol
Motor Cartiers Inspection Division
Stephan
O.K
Federal Highway Administration
Taxpayer letter on Killough landfill proposal in Ottawa Township
Joyce M. Teter voices strong opposition to the Franklin County Planning Commission’s recommendation to approve the Killough Construction Demolition Landfill in Ottawa Township. She warns of increased road damage and taxpayer costs from five to ten loads daily, cites landowners’ petitions, and urges residents to contact County Commissioners.
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Franklin County
Franklin County Planning Commission
Killough
Ottawa Township
Planning Commission
K.D.H.E
Sand Creek Road
Joyce M. Teter
Welfare pets spark debate in community dialogue
A resident questions welfare policies for pet ownership, citing families with multiple dogs on food stamps, and calls for action. The note asks a former vendor and an accident witness in Acres Estate to call back, urging listener participation in the “It's Your Quarter” dialogue. Call times and numbers are provided.
Day trip through Elk Falls Kansas and surrounding towns
Herald editor Jim Hitch profiles a tour from Ottawa to Elk Falls, exploring Little House on the Prairie sites near Independence, and a sequence of natural and historical stops. He visits Elk Falls bridge gorge waterfall, Elk Falls Garden, Path of Wisdom, Elk Falls Sawmill, Ed's Sunny Lane Cafe, and Moline's swinging foot bridge, then passes through Howard Severy Fall River Benedict Roper Buffalo before returning home.
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Ottawa
Jim Hitch
Herald
Diane Yeamans
Elk Falls
Kansas Ozarks
Herbert Hoover
Society For the Promotion
Elk River Gorge
Coffeyville
Little House
Independence
Charles Ingalls
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Hame
Michael Landon
Ingalls
Pepin
Wis
Keytesville
Walnut Grove
Minn
Burr Oak
Iowa
DeSmet
S.D
Almonzo
Rose
Mansfield
Lane
Sunnyside
Wayside
Hill Country
Bridge Gorge
Kansas
Elk River
Iron Bridge
Elk Falls Garden
Wisdom
Wayne
Elliott
Osage
Sunny Lane
Moline
Wildcat Creek
Howard, Severy
Fall River
Benedict
Roper
Buffalo
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Acres Estate
Fifth and Main
Karl A. van Asselt
Standard Oil
Standard of New York
Mobil
Standard of Indiana
Amoco
Standard of Ohio
Standard Oil Co
Standard of New Jersey
Exxon
Standard of California
Chevron
Ingalls Wilder
Charles Ie
Carrie Ingalls
Little House On the Prairie
Wayne Elliott
Joyce
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