For his senior project at Columbus North High School, Dylan Prather, center, raised enough money to purchase and train a third police dog to join the two dogs already working with CPD, Argo, left, seen with his handler, officer Branch Shrader, and Rex, with his handler, officer Chad Lehman, in 2013.
From The Republic archives
Sept. 3
2013
Thanks to donations from private individuals and a check of more than $9,000 from the Custer Foundation, Columbus North senior Dylan Prather reached his goal of paying for the purchase and training of a new police dog for Columbus Police Department several months ahead of schedule.
1998
Columbus City Council unanimously approved the use of $275,000 from the city’s general fund to cover the cost of 12 emergency alert sirens for the city.
1973
Some residents of the Grandview Lake neighborhood set what was thought to be a world record, towing 13 skiers behind one boat.
