By Doug Carder A steady stream of residents browsed among the 36 exhibits at the Third Annual Home and Business Expo on Saturday at City Auditorium. Residents were entertained by music from the combined Osawatomie High and Middle school jazz band, the Band of Oz and members of the Paola School of Dance. Children had [...]
By Jeff Gulley A large crowd gathered Saturday morning at Osawatomie High School to speak with area legislators during the last of three breakfast meetings in Miami County. Sen. Pat Apple and Reps. Jene Vickrey and Bill Feuerborn spoke to the crowd about state budget issues and other decisions yet to be made as the [...]
Kevin Gray When construction of the Pottawatomie Creek Bridge was slated to begin in 1931, the Miami Republican claimed, “This is the most costly and will be the most pretentious bridge in the county.” But, most likely, this did not matter to anyone living in Osawatomie or on farms in the country, like Opal Eichorn, [...]
By Jeff Gulley The second executive director in the Miami County Family YMCA’s six-year existence reported for work Monday. Ashley Dooley Wohlgemuth was recently hired to lead the local YMCA making the move to Osawatomie from Boston. Wohlgemuth is a 10-year veteran of the YMCA, serving as the executive director at the Greater Salt Lake [...]
The Osawatomie boys’ basketball team topped Jayhawk-Linn 66-29 in the opening game of Pioneer League play Friday night. The girls’ team also got off to a good start beating the Jayhawks 53-36. In other league games. The Central Heights boys beat Anderson County 41-20 and Prairie View beat Wellsville 47-21. The Central Heights girls won [...]
By Jeff Gulley Osawatomie faced its tallest test of the season in the final game of December as Metro Academy came to town Dec. 14. The Warriors were familiar with Osawatomie as just three days before they captured the Osawatomie tournament title with a win over Coffeyville. They also brought with them the 6-9 center [...]
By Jeff Gulley The Osawatomie/Paola swim team took second place in the first home meet of the season Wednesday night, falling to the depth of Blue Valley Northwest. Blue Valley NW scored 502 points with Osawatomie/Paola coming in second at 453. Bonner Springs was third and Parsons came in fourth. “This was a very close [...]
