Severe weather possible this weekend

Category: Local News
(Ottumwa)— You may want to keep a close eye on the weather the latter part of the weekend.  The National Weather Service in Des Moines says our first real out break of severe weather is possible Sunday and Monday.  Today and Saturday will be mostly sunny and warm ahead of a system that will impact the state

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New ownership for Ottumwa Clinics

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(Ottumwa)— It appears Ottumwa Internal Medicine North and Ottumwa Family Practice and Specialties clinic are about to come under new ownership. In today’s edition of the Ottumwa Courier, its reported the medical facilities will be owned by Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines a member of Mercy Health Network. The medical offices located adjacent to Ottumwa Regional Health Center are owned by Unity Point Health

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Gaskill supports aid to education

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(Des Moines)—  State Representative Mary Gaskill of Ottumwa is among lawmakers in Des Moines to support a plan to grow Iowa’s skilled workforce while keeping tuition at Indian Hills Community College and state universities affordable for Iowa families. Gaskill says “the agreement reached is good news for Indian Hills and students in Ottumwa who are going to

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OHS Send Girls Track Standouts to State

Category: Local Sports News
The 2013 state high school track meet takes place Thursday through Saturday in Des Moines, and the Ottumwa High girls’ track and field team is sending the following competitors: Sophomore Hope Bitner will compete in the high jump.  Bitner was the champion high jumper at both the Metro Conference meet and Ottumwa’s regional meet. Junior

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IHCC Sets Summer Volleyball Camp Dates

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Indian Hills Community College volleyball coach Lyndsey Lyon has set the dates for the summer volleyball camp at IHCC. The instructional camp will be held June 17-19 at the Tom Arnold Net Center on the Ottumwa campus. There will be three separate sessions for the camp: athletes entering grades 9-12 will attend from 9 a.m.

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Whitehead Named MCC Pitcher of the Year

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Jennifer Whitehead (Jr., Oskaloosa, Iowa, Biology) headlined a list of seven players who were honored for outstanding campaigns as the all-Midwest Collegiate Conference softball teams were announced. Whitehead was picked as the league’s Pitcher of the Year, while second baseman Molly Miller (Sr., Kalona, Iowa, Business Management) and left fielder Bri Zerley (So., Monroe, Iowa,

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