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Tenco productivity increases thanks to new equipment
Cindy Toopes/The Courier Workers at Tenco Industries worked with their new equipment on Tuesday. A new conveyor belt, a counter and other technology will assist them in being more productive and efficient.
OTTUMWA — There's nothing like good partners who team up and improve the world around them. Tenco Industries and John Deere Ottumwa Works have teamed up to improve the way Tenco workers handle all the containers they receive for recycling and other
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Date set in Pam Ward retrial
A date has been set for the retrial of former Ottumwa Transit Authority Director Pam Ward.
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SLIDESHOW: Communications tower assembled
Crews assembled the new 250-foot communications tower Tuesday in just more than four hours.
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Body of Fairfield boy recovered
FAIRFIELD -- Authorities in Montana say they have recovered the bodies of a grandmother and two grandchildren after the car they were in rolled into the Clark Fork River, including that of a Fairfield resident. Authorities were called Friday after a
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Loosen up, help a student graduate
OTTUMWA -- Students in the massage therapy program at Indian Hills Community College are almost ready to graduate. They just need a little help from the community to complete their requirements. The 14 students in the program each need to clock 200 h
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VIDEO: NSA director says 50 plots foiled
General Keith Alexander says two recently disclosed surveillance programs on international communications are critical in the terrorism fight.
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Facilities open for use at Rathbun despite high water
With high water levels at Rathbun Lake this spring, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake has crested and is lowering and that park facilities are open and ready for use.
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Called 'Next Stephen Hawking,' teen is perfect on math exam
There's a wall on the third floor of Lewiston-Porter High School dedicated to celebrating perfect scores on state mathematics exams. A new name joined the growing list Tuesday, which brought a smile to the face of everyone involved.
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Bakery mix-up goes viral after cat drawn on girl's head
A photo of one graduate's cake has gone viral on Reddit due to a bakery mix-up that left a cat, instead of a cap, drawn on her head.
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T-15 may close for three months
The construction of the hydroelectric plant near the Red Rock Dam is expected to include road closures, including the possibility of T-15 being closed for 12 weeks.
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Ottumwa overwhelms Des Moines North
OTTUMWA -- The Ottumwa softball team overwhelmed an outmatched Des Moines North team Monday, crushing the Polar Bears 11-1 in game one and 13-1 in the nightcap. The front half of the doubleheader lasted five innings, while the second game lasted only
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EBF remains red-hot; Osky suffers first loss
OSKALOOSA - Whether it's in conference play or tournament play, the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont softball squad lately cannot seem to lose. EBF's winning ways earned them a place in the new Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union softball rankings Thur
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Mid-season races are here
Hello race fans and welcome to The Pit Stop. It is hard to believe that it is mid-season championship time at some of the tracks in the area. It seems like just a week or so ago I wrote the first Pit Stop of the race season and here we are coming up
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Rockets split at Pella Christian Tourney
PELLA - The South Central Conference-leading Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont baseball squad saw a five-game winning streak end in tournament play on Saturday at the Pella Christian Tournament over the weekend. The Rockets didn't wait long to try and sta
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Strong sweep at D.M. North
DES MOINES -- The Ottumwa baseball team got a brand new week off to an incredible start, using just nine innings to complete a CIML Metro Conference sweep on the road Monday afternoon in Des Moines. The Bulldogs dominanted North High in all facets of
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Ottumwa overwhelms Des Moines North
