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Honoring sacrifice
Honoring sacrifice
A Marine honor guard moves Master Sgt. Travis Riddick’s casket to a waiting hearse for his final trip back to his hometown of Centerville. Riddick was killed while serving in Afghanistan. His funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon.
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City making plans for the ballot
City officials are in the preliminary stages of studying and planning for an item slated for the ballot this fall: The Local Option Sales Tax (LOST).
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Refocusing the campaign
While the United Way of Wapello County didn’t meet its 2011 campaign goal, it still raised more than $568,000.
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Jobless support: Helping themselves — and each other
Not everyone understands how it feels to be jobless. Not every job opportunity is listed in the huge database at the unemployment office. The people with tips — and empathy — are often fellow job seekers.
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Welcome to Ottumwa High School
This week, the school board heard about a resource for parents and their kids: the Ottumwa High School Welcome Center.
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Ottumwan accused of sex abuse to face judge
A man accused of felony sexual abuse and incest will have an opportunity to plead his case before a judge.
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January Fog
Fog on Thursday morning required Ottumwa drivers to pay close attention during their commutes. But by midday the fog was gone and an unusually mild January day was under way.
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Slideshow: MSgt. Travis Riddick comes home
Master Sergeant Travis Riddick arrived back in southeast Iowa on Friday. His plane landed at Ottumwa Regional Airport, where his casket was met by a military guard for the trip back to Centerville.
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Pella still in the running as demonstration site for the Blue Zones Project
Pella is one of 54 communities that submitted an application to become a demonstration site.
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Lotto jackpot claim withdrawn; local win still unknown
The surreal story of a massive jackpot appears to be ending without a payout. That leaves an Ottumwa ticket from last summer as the biggest outstanding ticket in the state.
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Performing Arts Scholarship audition day at Indian Hills CC
Performing Arts Scholarship auditions will be held on the Ottumwa Campus of Indian Hills Community College on Saturday, Feb. 4.
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Christian Opportunity Center executive director celebrates 25 years
Rod Braun has been with the organization for a quarter-century, time he says has flown by.
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- Sports
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All the right moves lead Upchurch to IHCC Hall of Fame
He caught John Elway’s first completed pass as a Denver Bronco. He was briefly engaged to future Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He helped lead the Denver Broncos to their first-ever Super Bowl, where he set an NFL record with a 67-yard kickoff return touchdown.
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Nine Straight: Bulldog girls down Roosevelt on Senior Night
In a game that was a preview of Ottumwa’s first-round postseason game, the Ottumwa Bulldogs used two dominating runs to down the visitors from Des Moines Roosevelt, 58-30, in CIML Metro play Friday.
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WARRIOR PREVIEW: INDIAN HILLS BASKETBALL VS. IOWA WESTERN
Time and Place: 7 p.m. tonight at the Kanesville Arena in Council Bluffs.
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Physical Roughriders down Bulldogs, 66-54
The Des Moines Roughriders gave themselves a chance at the outright CIML Metro title with a 66-54 win over Ottumwa Friday at Evans Middle School.
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Redettes secure second place in SCC
Stopping Olivia Starcevich can frustrate any opposing defense.
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But when they do manage to stymie Starcevich, defenses only find themselves overcoming even more frustration.
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All the right moves lead Upchurch to IHCC Hall of Fame
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Try this dish: Hypocrisy
I don’t know about you, but I just threw away my Paula Deen cookbook.
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Mountain? What mountain?
Imagine my surprise reading the Courier the other morning. A mountain bike trail is being proposed for my park. I had no idea I lived near a mountain.
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Try this dish: Hypocrisy
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