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Board Approves New Band Trailer And 21-22 Employees
The purchase of a new band trailer was approved and more than 200 employee positions were filled for...
Tecumseh City Council Discusses March Water Bills
Significant reductions for some resident's March water bills were among items approved Monday...
Tecumseh Board Narrows Candidate Pool
After 25 years as superintendent, Tom Wilsie's resignation was accepted during the regular meeting...
Tecumseh Approves 2021-2022 Technology Plan
After an hour-long executive session that included discussion of candidates for a new...
Tecumseh PD Continues To Battle Drugs, Non-Stop
In a year-end report for 2020, the Tecumseh Police Department detailed 1,081 citations and 1,134...
Fire Chief Banks Provides Quarterly Update
The rescue of a local resident from a burning building was among information provided recently in...
Tecumseh Approves Disaster Proclamation, Praises Staff
Tecumseh city officials approved a disaster proclamation for Tecumseh, praised city employees for...
What Is In A Name?
Webster defines "savages" as "not domesticated or under human control," "untamed," "lacking the...
Wilsie Announces Retirement Plans To Board
The resignation of Tecumseh's superintendent for the past 25 years, Tom Wilsie, was accepted during...
Hazard Pay Approved For 49 Tecumseh Employees
Nearly 50 city of Tecumseh employees will receive an extra $1,800 in COVID-19 hazard pay, as...
Tecumseh Reviews Cuts, Cares Act and COVID-19
State funding cuts for Tecumseh Public Schools were larger than expected this month, but the...
Bradley Takes Seat On Tecumseh City Council
With the newest council member seated among the five-member legislative body, the Tecumseh City...
Tecumseh Discusses Changes To Return To Learn Plan
Changes to the district's "Return to Learn" plan and COVID-19 notifications were among discussions...
Tecumseh Approves Raises For All Employees
Money was a common theme during the December meeting of the Tecumseh City Council Monday – includi...
Local, State COVID-19 Impact Surpasses Decade of Flu
Nov. 17 – The county added 270 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past week, as the state... Full story
TPS Approves New Rules For Winter Sports
New rules for attendance at indoor sporting events, the firing of an employee, the purchase of 35...
Division Among Residents Over Rezoning Request
Tree trimming, a rezoning request for a wrecking service and other issues drew seven residents and...
County COVID-19 Deaths Rise to 17
An institutional virus outbreak landed Pottawatomie County in the red this week and another local... Full story
Three more Deaths reported In The Past Two Days
Nov. 11, 2020 – Another COVID-19 death in Pottawatomie was confirmed Tuesday and two more today... Full story
Pott County: 10th in State Cases, tops 2,000 cases, 2 more deaths this week
• Pottawatomie County ranks among top 10 for total cases • First COVID-19 nursing home death... Full story
Property Prompts Executive Session For Tecumseh
Discussions regarding the purchase or appraisal of property prompted an executive session by the...
$5.5 Million In County CARES Act Funds Available
Cities and towns throughout Pottawatomie County were allocated a total of $5,590,012 in CARES Act...
Good News And Bad News For Tecumseh
Financially, the city of Tecumseh had some good news and some bad news for officials to consider...
Chamber Flourishes Under New Director
Even a growing pandemic couldn't stop Leslie Merritt from jumping into her new role as director for...
Positive Test Numbers Increase In Pottawatomie County
Sept. 1 – Since Aug. 20, Tecumseh's first day back to school, the district has announced eight... Full story
