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28 minutes ago  156 Participants got out to enjoy a variety of activities such as tracking animals in the woods and learning what their footprints look like, archery lessons, shooting riffles at a toy pigeon, and learning how to handle different snakes and insects

Today at 8:00 AM  An effort to maintain a tax break for ethanol blended fuel has won state Senate approval.

Yesterday at 2:15 PM  Training took place Friday morning on the Indian Hills Campus in Ottumwa.

Yesterday at 9:00 AM  "...she would give me meth to see to my friends, then I got to keep the money from that."

Yesterday at 8:41 AM  Iowa lawmakers have reached a spending compromise for Iowa's public universities and other education programs.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Gas prices are expensive.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Three and four-year-old students planted flowers to give back to their school.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Iowa drivers will be able to renew their driver's licenses online under a bill signed into law by the governor.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The tiny house is the size of a college dorm room, but is fully-functional and houses an entire family.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The bridge will close at 8 a.m and remain closed throughout the morning. Crews will be cleaning up salt and sand that accumulated over the winter and doing some work to its joints.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  A joint committee of lawmakers from both parties and chambers settled Tuesday on spending $41 million for economic development.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The Wapello County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday evening discussing the next steps in the transition from a county-based mental health delivery system to a regional system consisting of three regions.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  There will be multiple trailheads in Memorial Park on both the Elm Street side and Jefferson Street side, so riders will be able to start at a few different places in the park. Signage is posted directing bikers to an easy, intermediate or more difficult biking course.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Democratic state Senator Jack Hatch is seriously considering a run for governor in 2014.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Officer Kobes was involved in an on-duty accident in January.