Walk For Justice aims to raise Peltier awareness across U S
International walkers travel 3600 miles from Kansas toward Washington to spotlight Leonard Peltier case and Indigenous rights, also urging attention to issues such as a nuclear dump on Mescalero land and fishing rights disputes, while critiquing sports mascots. The trek pauses near Horton before Kansas City and Washington meetings with lawmakers.
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Walk For Justice
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Washington
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FBI
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New Mexico
Nevada
Minnesota
Kansas City Chiefs
Wellsville school bond proposal detailed
Wellsville school district officials announced a 3.95 million bond proposal for a new elementary school driven by eight year student growth totaling 141 students. Superintendent Don Williams cited rising enrollment and favorable rates plus 33 percent state aid, with advisers warning the aid window may close and local taxpayers facing about 16.26 mills annually.
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Ottawa University Milwaukee campus graduates first class
DAVID BARTKOSKI reports Ottawa University's 129th commencement featured W Richard West Jr of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian as speaker. West discussed historical bias against Native Americans and the enduring impact of past court decisions on indigenous peoples.
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Ottawa University
Milwaukee
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Downing-Manahan
David Bartkoski
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America
W. Richard West Jr
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
West
Stanford University
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Supreme Court
Columbus
North America
West Franklin Voters to Decide on Local Budget
West Franklin residents head to polls Tuesday to decide on a proposed local option budget funding a 1.8 million building project in the West Franklin school district. Voting hours run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at various polling sites.
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Justices strike against trash transfer rules
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, invalidated Clarkstown New York flow control requiring waste to go to a designated sorting facility, saying it unlawfully interferes with interstate commerce. The decision notes many communities enforce similar ordinances. the ruling narrows local authority over where waste is processed.
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Kansas Missouri test well water quality after floods
The states Kansas and Missouri will join a $1 million CDC survey covering every county to assess private well contamination from last summer's floods. Illinois Iowa Nebraska Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Wisconsin also participate, aiming for a reliable snapshot of aquifer quality across nine states. Ron Burger of the CDC notes the effort seeks a clearer picture of potential contamination levels.
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Kansas
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Ron Burger
CDC
Burger
Camp Brings Ottawa Sixth Graders to Outdoor School
Ottawa Middle School hosted an all-day outdoor program at Camp Chippewa for about 180 sixth graders. Ottawa High School science teacher Kevin Allan led four presentations on snakes deer furbearers and reptiles while more than 20 presenters offered bees gun safety pioneer skills and spin casting activities at five stations.
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Camp Chippewa
23Rd Street
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Ottawa
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