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Legacy Foundation lists grant recipients
OTTUMWA — The Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation has announced it has awarded 15 grants to local nonprofit organizations totaling $206,890 during the Winter 2013 Bright Ideas Community Enrichment Fund grant cycle. The following lists the organization
- Not giving up on healthful living OTTUMWA — While Ottumwa did not receive designation as a Blue Zones demonstration site in January, the committee behind the effort did not disband and is, in fact, recharging. The group of approximately 13 people has now reorganized as the "Community
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City planners taking the long view
OTTUMWA — Even if you're doing something as simple as walking to school, work or the supermarket, it's hard to make progress if you don't know where you're going. City of Ottumwa officials realized that 10 years ago, and on Tuesday, reaffirmed their
- McCaffery, Brands to highlight SE I-Club Tailgate May 24 OTTUMWA – Fresh off leading the program to the second most wins in a single season, there's an exciting future in store for Fran McCaffery as head coach of the Iowa men's basketball team. Part of that future will include stopping to visit with local
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Veterinary clinic makes it past second hurdle
OTTUMWA — The Ottumwa Veterinary Clinic is well on its way to being rezoned into a commercial district. The City Council unanimously approved the second reading of the clinic's request to be rezoned from R-1 Single Family Residential to C-1 Retail Bu
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Upstairs/Downtown to showcase progress on rehabilitated buildings
OTTUMWA — The second and third floors of downtown buildings have seen a lot of change in the past year, and now it's time for the public to see the progress being made. The fifth annual Upstairs/Downtown event will be held on May 18 at five downtown
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Techel attorney files objections on retrial venue, judicial prejudice
OTTUMWA — The selection of Henry County as the location of Seth Techel's retrial is being challenged by the defense. Techel's attorney has accused prosecutors of forum shopping in asking for the retrial in Henry County, and has made claims of prejudi
- Convicted kidnapper moved to Clarinda OTTUMWA — Brendan Stanley, the man convicted in 2005 of kidnapping an Ottumwa girl, has been moved to the Clarinda Correctional Facility. Stanley, a former teacher's aide, was convicted of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl he knew from his job. The pair w
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Officials: Driver 'real lucky' to escape train, truck collision
OTTUMWA — Monday night by the railroad tracks, a police officer, railroad employees and firefighters were shaking their heads while a flatbed tow-truck hoisted the remains of a smashed pickup. "When are people going to learn not to go around the arms
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Work releasee escapes from Ottumwa correctional facility
OTTUMWA — A work releasee escaped from the Ottumwa correctional facility Monday night. Kevin Arthur Waldron, 29, is a 5-foot-6-inch white male, weighing 161 pounds, with a tribal neck tattoo. Waldron was serving a special sentence of lifetime parole
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