Ottumwa News

It was an evening at the movies last night at Burlington's Memorial Auditorium when the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra presented its 2012 Young Artists in concert.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Hank Bundy, a service technician, and Tom Luttenegger, a tire technician at Eastern Iowa Tire, stand Wednesday next to the company's 24-hour road service truck.

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Iowa cities struggling to afford necessary improvements to protect against flooding could get some help from the state under a plan that aims to safeguard areas of economic or historical significance.

It was novelist Richard Wright who probably best gauged the deep down emotional dimension of a black man in segregated America who dreams of what it would be like to fly a plane.

Committees are not always known by the average political watcher, but in order for a bill to make it to the floor of either the house or the senate, it must first make it out of committee.

Do you know someone who has performed an extraordinary act of courage or dedicated countless hours to a special cause? The American Red Cross in Ottumwa is looking for common citizens, the unheralded and unselfish pillars of our community.

Emery G. Given, formerly of 912 NW Ave C, Carrabelle, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 at Hospice House in Tallahassee.

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Three new additions have been made to the Registry of Historic Gaming Locations , a project aimed at preserving the stories of locations that have historical importance to video gaming.

The National Junior College Athletic Association has suspended a northeast Texas junior college center for the season after his second ejection for "violent behavior." Paris Junior College sophomore Raymon Austin was ejected after he was called for a flagrant technical foul for fighting in a 65-59 loss to San Jacinto College on Saturday.

Do you know someone who has performed an extraordinary act of courage or dedicated countless hours to a special cause? The American Red Cross in OttumwaA is looking for common citizens, the unheralded and unselfish pillars of our community.

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A near-record number of show choirs will compete in the 2012 Music InMotion Show Choir Invitational Saturday.