Newsletter-Late-Week

OSAWATOMIE – USD 367 school board members agree that the district needs to propose a bond issue to voters to fix aging buildings, but the amount and timeframe are still being debated.

OSAWATOMIE – Local legislators discussed a variety of topics during a legislative breakfast at Osawatomie High School, but tax relief was a common theme.

LOUISBURG – The Kansas City Chiefs lost the Super Bowl in disappointing fashion to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, Feb. 9, but Louisburg elementary students already felt like champions.

LINN COUNTY – The ice has melted at Lake De Lago in Linn County, but scars remain on the hearts of those grieving the loss of two young boys taken too soon.

PAOLA – Derrick Doty played the fiddle, banjo and ukulele during a program about the history of Kansas music.

SPRING HILL – Spring Hill USD 230 will be proposing a $60 million school bond to voters during a special mail-ballot election in May.

PAOLA – Joe Flake is proud of his hometown and the legacy he is leaving at the Paola Fire Department as he heads into retirement.

OSAWATOMIE – USD 367 officials are finalizing the details of a school bond they plan to propose to voters later this year.

LOUISBURG – Tara Mulcahy was destined to be a fourth-grade teacher at Broadmoor Elementary.

OSAWATOMIE – Osawatomie City Council members have approved the site plan for West Elementary Lofts, a planned senior housing development located at the site of the former Swenson Early Childhood Education Center.