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Tonight clear with lows in the lower 50s and south winds 5 to 15 mph. Tuesday will be mostly sunny and very warm with highs in the mid 80s and south winds 10 to 20 mph. See Page 2 for more weather details.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 2001
Page
1
Fall harvest in Franklin County better than expected
Franklin County farmers report soybeans corn and milo yields near or below average but still welcome after heat and drought. Corn yields 90 to 100 bushels per acre with some above 100, milo mostly 50 to 90 bushels. Milo harvest 40 to 45 percent complete as fields show disease and stalk fall risk. Wheat planting rises as drought conditions persist and prices stay low amid farm programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleomn Rickel Herald News
Darren Hibdon
Franklin County Extension Ag
Franklin County
Hibdon
Kansas
Farm Service Agency
Ottawaherald
Welfare deadline passes with few in Franklin County affected
Franklin County Kansas sees no local welfare recipients hit by the TANF time limit as of today. Officials credit job placement efforts and exams showing most participants now employed. About 270 Kansas families may receive hardship exemptions to keep cash help, while state SRS aims to protect those facing barriers to employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Linda Haag
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Haag
Congress
Kansas
SRS
Janet Schalansky
Schalansky
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald
Sampler program highlights rural culture sites in Kansas
The Kansas Sampler Foundation launches a Making a Difference program to spotlight eight rural heritage sites across Kansas. Destinations include the 1936 Civic Theater at Pretty Prairie and venues such as the Whit ing Cafe, Greenbush church, Weaver Hotel at Waterville, a Gove grocery, a Kinsley carnival exhibit, Cimarron Grassland north of Elkhart, and the Kansas COWBOY Society, aiming to draw tourists and preserve architecture, cuisine, history, and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Darrell Albright
Pretty Prairie
Foundation
Marci Penner
Whiting Cafe
Little St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Greenbush
Waterville
Gove
Kinsley
Cimarron National Grassland
Elkhart
Kansas Cowboy
People
Kansas
Ottawa
Forest Park
Toronto
County urges insurance for reservist workers
Franklin County commissioners consider a resolution to extend health insurance to military reservists when activated. The move follows input from Sheriff’s Department employee and National Guard staffer urging coverage, with discussion by Ed Taylor and others on eligibility for reservists serving the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Franklin County
Frank Gregg
Sheriff's Department
Nese Guard
Steberger
Aaron
Ed Taylor
Arcept
County Sanitari
Gitar Hixon
Dov Caer
Ison
Laura Leong
Ral
Yaaa
Ca Care
City seeks extension on cable contract in Ottawa
City officials plan to ask the Ottaway Commission this afternoon for a 90 day extension of Communication's cable TV franchise which expires November 10. The meeting also considers rezoning Deerfield Addition to R 1 and Country Club Heights to R 1, plus a Vision project featuring Kansas State design students aiding with a new Ottawa library and city planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleon Rickel
Deerfield
Country Club Heights
City Commission
Ekect
Itana Library
Ottawa Vision
Vision
Ottawa
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Dallas
Dragonfly
Justin Mace
Tucson
Ariz
Mace
City
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