For more than 100 years, people in Iowa City have been getting their clothes cleaned at Varsity Cleaners. Soon, the business will close its doors for good.
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The Ottawa area is set to benefit from a portion of more than $2.1 million in grant funding that has been awarded to fuel All in for Kansas Kids, a program used by the Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund for distributing money and resources for childcare and related services across the state.
Ottawa was among those that received a grant submitted by Child Care Aware of Eastern Kansas. Ottawa is working collaboratively with Child Care Aware of Eastern Kansas, Chanute and the Hi-Crest neighborhood of Topeka. Ottawa received over $22,000 to support existing providers to offer high-quality care for infants and toddlers and create 10 additional slots for children birth to age 3 during nontraditional hours.
In addition to the regular decrease in students on campus around the holidays as students go home for break, JMU may be just as empty even with the twinkling lights on the Quad.Â
JMU announced that itâd be transitioning to online classes after Thanksgiving break in a Sept. 18 newsletter. Despite the transition, JMU would open campus for students to return, but it wouldnât be mandatory, according to the newsletter.
Director of Communications and University Spokesperson Mary-Hope Vass said JMU decided to open campus to give students the option to return or remain virtual, as the campus would still be operating, similar to other Virginia colleges.Â