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The Lansing City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Lansing City Hall, 800 First Terrace.

Staff members of the Council on Aging will be at Dillons to collect stocking stuffers for Meals on Wheels homebound seniors on Friday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The city of Leavenworth will be hosting its annual Trunk-or-Treat event this weekend. The event will take place from 5 to 7 p.m.

The grounds of a former Native American boarding school in Kansas will be searched to determine if any Indigenous children were buried there, state officials said. The Kansas Historical Society, which owns the site in Fairway, is contracting with the University of Kansas Center for Research to conduct a ground-penetrating radar survey of the 12 acres to search for unmarked graves, The Kansas City Star reported.

Two proposed amendments to the state Constitution will appear on ballots for the Nov. 8 general election.

Waves of explosives-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital Monday, setting buildings ablaze, tearing a hole in one of them and sending people scurrying for cover or trying to shoot them down in what the president said was Russia’s attempt to terrorize civilians.

The Whittier Club will meet Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Jahn Room at the Leavenworth Public Library, 417 Spruce St.

• The Leavenworth City Commission will meet for a study session at 6 p.m. today at Leavenworth City Hall, 100 N.

Former Kansas police officer of year facing rape charges A onetime Kansas law enforcement officer of the year is accused of raping a woman who could not provide consent because she was drunk. A Ford County grand jury earlier this month indicted Guillermo Gutierrez, formerly of the Dodge City Police Department, on charges of felony rape, felony aggravated sexual battery and misdemeanor sexual battery.