DES MOINES — Gov. Chet Culver has announced that Amtrak has released a list of national capital projects to be funded by $1.3 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Iowa’s passenger rail stations in six communities, including Ottumwa, will benefit from $402,300 in funding, which will be used to bring them into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Amtrak currently operates two long-distance trains through Iowa. During fiscal year 2008, Amtrak served 64,260 passengers (boardings and alightings) at Iowa’s six station locations.
Among the projects includes:
OTTUMWA: New wheelchair lift and enclosure at the station; improvements to crossing to platform; new sidewalk and curb cut from parking to platform; paint markings for accessible parking stalls on existing paving. Estimate: $61,200.
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Ottumwa Amtrak station receiving stimulus funds
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Out of the chute: Bullriders of America finals come to Ottumwa
Over two nights, the best riders in the Bullriders of America face off against hand-selected, well-known bulls. This is the culmination of the 2011 riding season for the BOA, a Midwest-based association, and the finalists are competing for more than $20,000 in cash and prizes this weekend at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa.
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Planning for the future
The council will first look at the goals the previous council established at the same session in 2010 to see what has been completed, what is still ongoing and what has been dropped at the 2012 goal-setting session Wednesday night.
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Kohl's project moving forward
As part of the development agreement with Kohl’s, the city needs to complete the Wildwood Drive Reconstruction Project by Sept. 1. The City Council will hold a public hearing for the project at its meeting Tuesday night. The project calls for a full-depth and full-width replacement of Wildwood Drive and an additional 16-inch water main.
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Students arrested on terrorism charges to remain in state custody
Fred Kirfman and Troi Milstead have been released from juvenile detention, but a judge has ordered them to remain in a shelter run by the Iowa Department of Human Services.
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Kids ask other kids not to bully
Dalton Prasch and his study partner, Matthew Kelley, were looking up slogans for a class project on bullying. The script that Laura Allen’s fifth-graders came up with ran as a public service announcement on local radio stations. The students discuss what they don't like about bullying and share some of their tips to stop a bully.
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Supervisors to look into using rail yards for traffic
The Wapello County Supervisors will discuss using the I.C.&E. rail yards for traffic when the Quincy Street Bridge is closed for repair next summer. Supervisor Jerry Parker said the situation affects properties along Black Hawk Road and other county roads in that area. The Wapello County Supervisors will met at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the third-floor boardroom/courtroom of the Wapello County Courthouse.
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House to debate bill outlawing traffic cameras
Ottumwa’s downtown surveillance cameras would not be affected by a bill headed to the Iowa House focused on banning automated cameras to enforce traffic laws. Ottumwa does not use traffic cameras.
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More deer taken in Ottumwa's 2011-12 bow season
The rise from the previous season was by more than one-third and brought the total number of deer harvested in seven seasons to 612.
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Staying inside the new lines
Redistricting of Iowa’s House and Senate Districts has shuffled around some local representatives, some very drastically.
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