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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The Ottumwa Public Library offers prizes and events to get kids reading this summer.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Doctoral candidate comes to Truman to discuss new curriculum for future students

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Students at Faith Lutheran School participate in a "Build a Book Laboratory".

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Dani Lin, of Iowa City, makes her living as a medium.

Saturday, February 23, 2013 

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Melodie Sevits, owner of The Blossom Shop tells us Valentine's Day is the busiest day of the year for her business.

Sunday, February 03, 2013  A grant awarded to the Macon Public Library will help advance Missouri reading programs.

Friday, December 14, 2012  Two area groups are spreading Christmas cheer to the elderly.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  Vocabulary scores for Iowa's fourth-graders have dropped from 2009.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  By eighth grade, American students have fallen behind their Russian, Japanese and Taiwanese counterparts in math, and trail students from Hong Kong, Slovenia and South Korea in science.

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Friday, August 24, 2012  At Tuesday's Ottumwa City Council meeting, a decision was made not to go ahead with changing a city ordinance focusing on the city's right of way.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012  The Ottumwa City Council met Tuesday evening to discuss a variety of topics; but the one getting the most debate focused on amending a city ordinance dealing with trees, shrubs and vegetation.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  Vision loss brings on many problems for seniors.

Tuesday, July 03, 2012  Ottumwa Public Library's Summer Reading Program hosted its annual 4th of July celebration on Tuesday