February 2022

City introduces street improvement and rehabilitation plan for 2022

Ottawa’s Director of Utilities Dennis Tharp introduced his department’s street improvement and rehabilitation plan for this year to city commissioners during a study session Monday afternoon. According to Tharp, the plan, which was put together by the city’s engineer, budgets $250,000 for street rehabilitation throughout the year – an amount that should provide a “significant cushion” for the work in the plan as well as any additional work that may arise in the coming months, Tharp said.

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Eagles battle state’s best

Wellsville High School’s Lainey Farley took control of Lakin’s Ivy Davis during the girls 4-1A State Wrestling Tournament in Hays. She won by fall. Farley and teammate Lindsay Witt went 1-2 in the program’s first state tournament appearance. Photo by Hailey Chapman/Cherry-Road Media

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