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Ottawa schools face funding hit amid budget clashes
Ottawa district could lose about $852,000 if a $300 million state cut is required to balance the budget. Superintendent Jan Collins warned of a disaster for staff and programs, while board members discussed tax hikes, potential layoffs, and inflation pressures.
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Herald
Ottawa
Jan Collins
Collins
Bill Allegre
Allegre
House
Senate
Graves
Girl Scouts
Anita Figgins
Chris Reynolds
el Paso
Texas
Reynolds
Ottawa Area Chamber names Tom Weigand president and CEO
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce board selected Tom Weigand as president and chief executive, effective July 1, replacing Lou Atherton. Weigand brings experience in real estate, marketing, and business analysis, and will resign as Franklin County Republican Central Committee chair. He said the move shifts him from entrepreneurship to board leadership and aims to boost local economic development.
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Ron Bishop
Ken Woods
Chamber
Lou Atherton
Tom Weigand
Weigand
Ottawa
Ottawa Area
Howell
Franklin County
Earl Devore
Jerry Thompson
Ed York
Janet Peters
Tom Leinaker
Ottawa Main Street
John
Verssue
Franklin County Republican Central Committee
Jackson
Alan Loyd
Auditorium Authority
Henningsen
Dick Smith
Rocky Fleer-Husted
Franklin County Vietnam Veterans of America
Municipal Auditorium
Judge rules videotape admissible in G Williker's case
Ottawa judge denies suppression of a videotape claimed to show women in the G Williker's restroom. The ruling centers on Kyla Rutter acting as a private citizen in obtaining the tape and on whether the police questioned Votaw with proper Miranda procedures and using the video and interview. Arguments on both sides to be briefed.
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G. Williker
Votaw
Timothy Riling
Rutter
Lawrence
Voatan
Wotan
Amy Reed
D. J. Heston
Heston
Eudora
Hatheway
Riling
Smith
Station construction to begin in June
The city plans the new police station and municipal center with concrete pours starting in early June. Reinforcing steel is being made, drainage work at Second and Beech proceeds, and debris cleanup continues as a 3 million dollar project moves toward a March 2003 completion and police relocation soon after.
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Cleon
Thompson
Ottawa City Commission
City to review OMA future uses at May meeting
Ottawa City Commission schedules a public meeting at 7 p.m. May 29 about how to manage Ottawa Municipal Auditorium. Mayor Deb Henningsen pushes for inclusive invites from groups using or likely to use the venue as discussions center on operation and funding.
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Cleon Rickel
Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
City Hall
Deb Henningsen
OMA
Henningsen
Hope
Municipal Auditorium
Richard Jackson