February 2022

The Ottawa Herald The Friends of the COF held its first annual cornhole tournament on February 6 at the Bottle House in Ottawa. All proceeds from the event go to COF Training Services, a not-for-profit organization that provides day programs and residential services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Coffey, Osage and Franklin Counties.

TOPEKA, Kansas — Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly used her veto pen Thursday to strike down a congressional redistricting plan pushed by Republicans that critics say was gerrymandered to hurt Democrats.

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An Ottawa man was arrested Sunday night after fleeing a shooting incident the previous evening , OPD says. According to Sergeant Aaron Procaccini, officers responded to a shooting call in the 500 block of North Hickory Street around 10:15 Saturday night.

TOPEKA — Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease led to rancher Charles Imthurn’s placement in a Kansas assisted living facility and it was dementia that prompted his involuntary discharge. Imthurn’s wife, Rachel, said the facility providing care for her husband and five other Alzheimer’s patients with issues related to memory, thinking and behavior decided without warning to get out of that line of business.

The American Eagle Foundation and Kalmar donated a combined total of over $15,000 to Ottawa High School’s STEAM bus project. According to OHS Technology Coach Lori Hower, the donations were made in late 2021, but representatives from American Eagle and Kalmar weren’t available to present the checks until recently.