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November 15, 2024Turner Flowers and Country Store Kick-off for Christmas Open House with the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce at 8 am.At Turner Flowers and Country Store, 231 S.

Jason Edwards and his mom Almeda are century farm owners and business operators in Ottawa. They currently own land at 3800 Montana Road, of which he is trying to obtain a special use permit from the Franklin County Planning Commission. He first applied in October of 2024 for his special use permit. The permit he is applying for is to operate a Commercial Solar Energy Conversion System. However, without knowing what Edwards is trying to accomplish, it could be easy for his project to get confused with other large-scale commercial solar projects.

Prairie Paws received the Rachel Ray Save Them All Grant for $30,000 from Best Friends Animal Society.

Feb. 28 a burn ban was issued for Franklin County by the Emergency Management Director, Thomas Winter, due to a Red Flag Warning. It was later lifted on March 1.

Severe Weather and Flood Preparedness Week in Kansas proclaimed by Governor Kelly on March 2 for the following week March 3-7.

On Feb. 8 a teacher, Mark Elliott Gridley, was arrested on charges of sexual assault with a minor at the Prairie Park Elementary School in Lawrence, Kansas. After the arrest, more evidence was brought forward that the alleged assault occurred with eight students at the school.

Recent statistics from the Neosho County Community College Ottawa Campus indicate a positive trend in both student enrollment and class hours taken for the 2025 spring semester.