Osawatomie voters again said no to forming a storm water Utility. Charter Ordinance No. 13 failed with 586 no votes to 296 yes. The council tried to establish the storm water utility in December 2008. A protest petition gathered enough signatures to put the proposed utility before voters last year, and it went down to [...]
By Jeff Gulley The numbers are staggering – 1,510 yards of total offense, 818 rushing yards by one team and 505 passing yards by another. And then there was that final score. Spring Hill won the final football game of the season against Osawatomie by a staggering score of 99-72. It was a game where [...]
By Kevin Gray Contract content and what the Osawatomie City Council would like to see in a Chamber of Commerce and city of Osawatomie legal document bounced back and forth during the council’s work session Thursday evening. The big question appeared to be how much money out of $30,000 budgeted for the chamber should go [...]
By Kevin Gray While trains offered their familiar sounds in the background and those “confounded” horseless carriages flew by Osawatomie’s Oakwood Cemetery Saturday evening, individuals and families, who helped build a small community into a city, returned to tell their stories. Hosted by none other than the Reverend Samuel Adair (Grady Atwater), visitors learned more [...]
By Jeff Gulley News of the death of Spring Hill football player Nathan Stiles spread quickly through both communities Friday morning. Students and parents woke up Friday morning to the shocking news, that the young man many of them had prayed for during the Osawatomie/Spring Hill football game died at the hospital. Stiles, a senior [...]
Spring Hill High School football player Nate Stiles has reportedly died following the Broncos game with Osawatomie. Stiles was injured late in the second quarter and was taken to the hospital by air ambulance. The type of injury has not been released. Stiles is the son of Miami County Commissioner Ron Stiles.
By Phil Dudley I am writing this guest editorial to communicate to you, the voter, the purposes of Charter Ordinance #13 and the need to approve the creation of the Stormwater Utility. There are very real consequences for voting no and I ask that you consider seriously these consequences. I also hope that you utilize [...]
By Doug Carder Osawatomie voters will decide whether or not to establish a storm water utility to help pay for upgrades to the city’s storm water system and for a $400,000 levee certification process. The approval or disapproval of the utility, which will appear on the ballot as Charter Ordinance No. 13, will be decided [...]
Osawatomie High School students learned a lesson in giving back to the community last week during the annual Community Service Day. High school students spent four hours in the community doing various odd jobs, cleaning lawns, painting and even building a walking path at the Osawatomie Public Library. “The reason we do it is two-fold,” [...]
