TOPEKA – Dakota Ferguson, of Williamsburg, recently graduated from the Kansas Livestock Association Young Stockmen’s Academy. Merck Animal Health partnered with KLA to host members in their 20s for a series of four seminars throughout 2022. This class brings the total number of YSA graduates to 315.
The rush is on as the hustle and bustle of the holiday season ramps up! It seems like there’s never enough hours in the days, or days in the weeks leading up to Christmas. As a parent, small business owner, community member and farmer, there’s just a lot to accomplish immediately after washing the dishes from our Thanksgiving meal.
Franklin County Farm Bureau and its members were recognized for their hard work and dedication to agriculture at Kansas Farm Bureau’s (KFB) 104th annual meeting, Dec. 4-5 in Manhattan. Franklin County achieved Platinum level, the highest possible, in the County Showcase (local efforts in Advocacy, Education & Service). They were also recognized for having made membership gain in both associate and voting members.
TOPEKA — After months of meetings, compiling data and listening to research, lawmakers say they’re ready to take another shot at legalizing medical marijuana. Sen.
Foggy conditions that made visibility difficult Sunday morning may have led to a multiple-vehicle accident that killed a 21-year-old Wellsville man Sunday morning on Interstate 35, just south of West 223rd Street near Wellsville.
When agriculture instructor Allyson Gilmore accepted the job as FFA adviser at Ottawa High School earlier this year, she already had plans in mind to not only find ways to re-energize the program, but to mentor and support students with realworld experience. With help from good friend Shawn Turner, a former ag ed teacher himself and a longtime FFA member, Gilmore planted the seed, hoping to start a local FFA Alumni chapter. The idea had been proposed several times, Turner said, but never realized.
An article in Saturday’s newspaper about fake prescription pills containing potentially lethal doses of fentanyl misidentifi ed the first name of the Ottawa Police Department’s Chief of Police. It is Adam Weingartner, not Andy Weingartner. The Herald regrets the error, which was corrected online.
Small businesses long have been the heart and soul of local communities. There is something to be said about being on a first-name basis with a local restaurateur or another small business owner, as such familiarity often translates into exemplary service.
From the time he could walk, Cooper Davis was off and running. An adventurous, outgoing kid, Cooper was an explorer, a risk-taker, his mother, Libby Davis, says.
An investigation is continuing into the cause of an early morning house fire in the 600 block of North Cedar Street on Thursday. Just before 6:30 a.m., Ottawa firefighters were dispatched to a structure fire at 618 N.