Newsletter-Late-Week

PAOLA — The Miami County Fair kicked off with the 4-H Dog Show on Saturday, July 12, and a practice Horse Show on Sunday, July 13, at the fairgrounds in Wallace Park.

PAOLA – Paola’s adult education program is ending due to a loss of grant funding, but Director Karen Ulanski-Swank is determined to find a way to keep serving community members.

OSAWATOMIE – Eunice Mollett is on a mission to save cats, and now her non-profit rescue operation south of Osawatomie has a new cabin to house felines in need of a new home.

PAOLA – Officials continue to discuss ways to improve general public transportation services in Miami County, especially after the loss of Lakemary Center’s service that ended June 30.

OSAWATOMIE - Nicole and Brad Dickinson of Osawatomie aren’t happy with what the city’s proposed plan for new shared-use paths would mean for their property, and they voiced their concerns at the City Council meeting Thursday, June 26.

PAOLA – Andy Martin was just 5 years old in 1967 when his older brother accidentally started a grass fire in the backyard of their home in Fairfield, Iowa, but he still remembers it vividly.