The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce honored the top five percent of students at Ottawa High School at a ceremony on April 27. The seniors pictured have maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout their entire high school careers. Photo Courtesy Ottawa High School
After seven years with the organization, Franklin County Health Department’s Assistant Director Erin Laurie will be leaving at the end of May to assume a position at Baker University. Laurie grew up on a farm outside Madison, Kansas and earned her undergraduate degree in dietetics from Kansas State University.
The semi-annual Ottawa City-wide Garage Sale will be held next weekend, May 6-7. According to Community Development Director Mike Hall, city ordinance limits residents to conducting no more than two garage sales at the same location per year, and any garage sales occurring out side of the two designated weekends need to be registered with the city for tracking purposes.
Ottawa High School held its 2022 Prom on April 23 at The Historic Post Office in Ottawa. As per tradition, friends and family members gathered outside the venue for a live walk-in, where students’ names were announced as they got out of their cars and walked in to prom. This year’s Prom King and Queen were Brady Pfizenmaier and Ava W. Photos by Marissa Ventrelli, The Ottawa Herald
Ottawa University celebrated the 157th anniversary of its official recognition, known as Charter Day, on April 21. To mark the occasion, the school held its fourth annual We are Braves Day, a day of giving and fundraising campaign for alumni and the OU community.
The Ottawa Community Arts Council (OCAC) is holding its annual art auction at the Carnegie Cultural Center on April 28 from 6:30 to 9 pm. Admission to the event is free; guests will have the opportunity to bid on paintings, photos and other forms of media created and curated by local artists including Irene Shumaker, Kelly Pinet, and Dr. Reggies Wenyika.
The Franklin County Sheriff ’s Office is investigating the death of a Topeka man who was Around 5 pm on April 22, Franklin County Sheriff ’s Deputies responded to the 2700 block of Sand Creek Road on reports of a man standing outside a car assaulting the woman inside. When the Deputies arrived, they found the man, 58-year-old Manuel Lara of Topeka, laying in the road, injured.
Dear Readers, Forty-two years ago while waiting to run the mile-relay I asked Joe to my Senior Prom and he said, “Yes.” As a distance runner whose races were scheduled late in the afternoon, track meets were simply long hours of laughter, trading sack lunch contents and cheering on my classmates. I can’t speak for the Healy High Boy’s Track Team, but we girls viewed track meets mostly as an opportunity meet boys from other schools, especially those tall, dark mysterious ones from rival towns.
LECOMPTON — Abraham Lincoln(s) paid a visit to Lecompton’s Historical Society on Saturday — roughly 30 of them. The visitors were members of the Association of Lincoln Presenters, a group of men and women across the United States who enjoy portraying Abraham or Mary Todd Lincoln.
HAYS, Kan. – The Phillipsburg Rodeo Association, the organization behind Kansas’ Biggest Rodeo, has awarded more than $26,000 to Fort Hays State University rodeo team members during the past 25 years.