State lawmakers to speak at Ottawa legislative dinner 2012
The Franklin County area representatives will address attendees at the November 27 2012 dinner hosted by Neosho County Community College Ottawa campus. The event runs 530 PM to about 615 PM and includes Ottawa City officials Franklin County and local school districts with other guests. Mayor Blake Jorgensen will MC the dinner sponsored by the city county and school district to discuss issues before January 2013 session.
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Leslie Quillen
Topeka
Blake Jorgensen
Kobach seeks federal halt on voters name release
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach filed a federal lawsuit to block disclosure of voters names to candidates in a tight Kansas House race. The move followed Shawnee County Judge Rebecca Crotty ordering release of provisional ballots voters. Mah trails by 27 votes and aims to contact provisional voters to fix issues so ballots count.
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Kansas
Kris Kobach
Kobach
U.S. District Court
Shawnee
Rebecca Crotty
Crotty
Ann Mah
Mah
Union offers five year Bombardier contract with bonus
Machinists union releases details of a five year offer that could end a monthlong strike at Bombardier Learjet in Wichita. The proposal keeps first year wages flat, boosts 1 percent per year thereafter, includes a $2500 signing bonus, and reduces employee health premium contributions. About 825 workers are represented. Bombardier Learjet declined comment.
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Machinists Union
Bombardier Learjet
Bob Wood
Sixteen Illegal Immigrants Arrested Across Kansas Sweep
Immigration officials report 16 illegal immigrants arrested over a three day sweep in Wichita and nearby areas plus Liberal and Dodge City. Fourteen from Mexico and one each from Guatemala and El Salvador. Eleven with prior convictions for crimes such as aggravated assault and identity theft, three fugitives, two reentered after deportation. Operation targeted egregious offenders and concluded Thursday.
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el Salvador
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ICE Field Office
Ricardo Wong
School officials testify to task force in Topeka
Lyons and Concordia superintendents told Gov. Sam Brownback's Education Efficiency Task Force they have absorbed cuts and adapted to shifting demographics, academic expectations, and technology. The panel, created in September, seeks ways to direct more state funds to classroom instruction. Recommendations are due by January.
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Kansas
Lyons
Concordia
Sam Brownback
Brownback
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Quail and pheasant season in Kansas to start with fewer birds
Kansas hunters begin the quail and pheasant season amid drought cut bird numbers. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism cites two years of drought as shrinking populations, with the southwest region expected to have the fewest birds due to heat and dry nesting conditions.
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Salina
Kansas
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Mike Miller
Daily Report Highlights Admissions Dismissals Births
A hospital daily report lists admissions for Wednesday including Jamie Hermreck and Garnett Dismissals on Thursday Mandy Pratt in Ottawa. Births note a baby girl born to Jamie Hermreck and Karen Thompson in Garnett. The report also covers sheriff and police arrests, thefts and an accident in Franklin, Lyon, Ottawa, and Overbrook with names ages addresses and locations.
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Jamie Hermreck
Garnett
Mandy Pratt
Ottawa
Karen Thompson
Police incidents report list from Ottawa area
A 17-year-old Ottawa girl reported battery by a 21-year-old Yates Center man at 900 block of South Highland. A 59-year-old Casey's employee reported fuel theft at 1019 W Seventh St. Curtis Clayton, 21, Ottawa, was arrested on theft and McPherson County warrant. Fire Dept investigated a possible natural gas leak and smoke detector activations with no fires. Firefighters assisted with four medical calls. Franklin County fire departments responded to seven medical calls Wednesday and Thursday.
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S. Main St
Tonya P. Simms
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Lyon County
Charles Newell
Franklin County Community Corrections
West 17Th Street
Benjamin D. Iversen
Ottawa
South Highland Street
Airaymon Cole
Sand Creek
Overbrook
Hunt Martin
Florida Road
Olathe
Texas Road
Adam Webb
Baldwin City
Adam Thomas
Yates Center
Casey’s General
7Th St
Curtis Clayton
McPherson County
Ottawa Fire Department
N. Sycamore St
S. Oak St
N. Davis Ave
Franklin County Fire Departments
Governor Brownback approves federal run health exchange for Kansas
Kansas will have a federally run health insurance exchange after Gov. Sam Brownback declined to back a state federal partnership. He cited cost to taxpayers and invited lawmakers to debate the issue in 2013. The move contrasts with Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger who sought a letter of support for the partnership.
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Sam Brownback
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Brownback
Sandy Praeger
Barack Obama
Praeger
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Derek Sontag
Americans For Prosperity
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Obama
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Hensley
Missing ESU student found in Germany after 3 week absence
Emilee Irsik, 20 year old junior at Emporia State University, reconnected with family from Hamburg after a three week disappearance sparked an international search. Her mother says she is fine and plans to return, though details remain scarce.
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Sherry Ir
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Associated Press
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