A traveling exhibit about Indigenous people in Kansas and Missouri will be on display at Ottawa’s Old Depot Museum for the next two months. The exhibit, called “Living Sovereignty: Sustaining Indigenous Autonomy in Indian Territory in Kansas” was created by graduate students from the University of Kansas’s Museum Studies department in conjunction with the Watkins Museum of History.
The first thing you’ll notice about Kelley Rowlett is her accent, which makes it clear she’s not from Kansas. Rowlett and her husband moved from Tennessee in 2019, and when she was looking for a teaching job in the area, USD 288 caught her attention.
Ottawa’s Prairie Paws Animal Shelter is set to receive a $10,000 grant from national nonprofit Petco Love on June 21 at 11 am at the Petco on Iowa Street in Lawrence. Founded in 1999, Petco Love is a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding local animal shelters and adoption centers.
One of the traditions of the graduates is to decorate their hats. The West Franklin seniors were creative with their art skills.
Ottawa High School senior Kirsten Evans is all smiles as she receives her diploma holder as she walks across the stage at Steve Grogan Stadium. Ottawa had one of its largest graduating classes in many years. Photo by Greg Mast/The Ottawa Herald
With the help of Kansas State Bank, Ottawa High School will soon be opening a bank of its own for students and employees to make withdrawals and deposits right at school. The project began in 2019, accounting and finance teacher Cliff McCullough.
TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran and U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids offered input Thursday into development of a compromise bill designed to improve domestic manufacturing and the nation’s supply chain that were exposed as competitively deficient during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kansas Secretary of State candidate Mike Brown made a stop in Ottawa to visit with the Ottawa Republicans on Monday to discuss his goals for the state’s election process. Brown, a Johnson County native, is touring all 105 Kansas counties leading up to the primary election on August 2.
The legislature is on another break until May 23. The delayed schedule is a response to the Congressional map and now the state senate map being challenged in court.
Cherry Road Media and the Ottawa Herald held a Chamber Coffee at the Herald office on May 13 for community members to hear about the paper’s new owner. Photo: Marissa Ventrelli The Ottawa Herald Cherry Road CEO Jeremy Gulban speaks to Chamber Coffee attendees about his company’s goals with the Herald and other small, local papers like it.