Under the Friday night lights is where senior Archer Cechowicz shines.   After coming back from a season ending injury in 2024, Cechowicz has showed his important role as a player on the football...

With school starting and halftime shows beginning, one lucky artist was selected to be September’s artist of the month. The artist picked for this title was senior Bethany Polega. Polega said, “I’m...

"Farm stuff," senior Connor Fulkerson said about future plans for the FFA. Treasurer Fulkerson really knows his stuff. The Future Farmers of America, or the FFA, is an important group to many students....

Have you read “House on Mango Street” or “The Kite Runner”? How about “Othello” or “Romeo and Juliet”? If the answer is “yes” to any of these books, then you have most likely taken...

When the towering 6’7” blonde giant stands up as number 23, the other team is surely scared. Owen Sanders is a proud member of the basketball team. He has been playing for 12 years and is very happy...

The “CAD I Design Project: From Screen to Scene" asked students to be creative and design a personalized item. The students used AutoCAD to draw a digital image that would be engraved onto either wood...

Book it down to the library. The school's library is full of resources for everyone in the building. The library is open during all school hours at 7:45am before school and until 3:30pm after school. Students...

Are you looking to graduate early? Perhaps join the workforce ahead of schedule? Or maybe start college faster than the rest? Ottawa offers an early graduation program that allows seniors to graduate halfway...

Ottawa selects their ILMEA participants for 2024. Audition results come out following Thanksgiving break. “It was fun because I know I worked hard to make it,” senior Kara Powerman said. To be selected...

Making history, senior Shaylen Quinn becomes the fourth girl in Ottawa history to go to state for Cross Country. For only beginning in cross country since her sophomore year, Quinn has made the most out...

The band has been working hard to bring the holiday concert to life. Band teacher Andrew Jacobi has been preparing his bands for this year's holiday concert for a couple of months now. They have been rehearing...

Our hard-working preschoolers deserve a break. Student teachers are throwing the preschoolers a Christmas party. There will be zero learning and all fun.   The preschool teachers decorated the class...