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Airport Day 2025

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Rosby Column: Life is a Musical

I woke up this morning with that old Four Seasons’ song, “Walk Like a Man,” stuck in my head. I don’t know why. I don’t particularly like it. I haven’t heard it lately. And yet there it was banging around between my ears all morning like a marble in a tin can.

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Bills discussed at Kansas Local Government Day

At the state capital in Topeka, there was Local Government Day hosted for all governments in the state to come and visit with representatives as well as get involved in discussions about similar interests and topics. A lot of general information was shared alongside bills which were discussed that will or could directly affect municipalities such as Ottawa. Some of the bills that were discussed were regarding political signs, property taxes, opting out of Daylight Savings Time, property tax relief for veterans, sales tax exemption issues.

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