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Ottumwa Police investigate suspicious death

Ottumwa Police are investigating what they say is a suspicious death.  Police were called to a home on North Green Street Thursday afternoon (9/5).  After talking to family members, Police executed a search warrant at…
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Nordyke to undergo psychiatric exam

By: Joe Lancello A man from Agency who’s accused of shooting his father has been released from jail without bond—but he has to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.  David Nordyke III has been in jail since…
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Marshalltown woman dies in crash while fleeing from police

By: Joe Lancello A woman from Marshalltown was killed Tuesday afternoon (9/3) while she was fleeing a traffic stop in Knoxville.  The Iowa State Patrol says 40-year-old Erin Ruth Weers was going north on Highway…
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Oskaloosa gets Future Ready Iowa grants

Two of the first 13 recipients of grants from the Future Ready Iowa Employer Innovation Fund are from Oskaloosa.  The Oskaloosa School District, in partnership with several local businesses, will begin a project that intends…
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Ritenour Testimony to be Heard at Retrial

Testimony from Alicia Ritenour’s first trial for murder will be heard in her re-trial next month.  Ritenour is accused of killing her 18-month-old daughter Ava in 2014.  Last year, a judge ruled that Ritenour had…
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Reynolds favors local control of wind turbine locations

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Former Governor Terry Branstad championed statewide standards that overrode local attempts to restrict where livestock confinements may be built, but his successor says she will not propose statewide standards for placement of…
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Hero pilot of Flight 232 crash in Sioux City has died

Woody Gottburg, KSCJ, Sioux City RADIO IOWA - Captain Al Haynes, the pilot of United Airlines flight 232 — which crashed in Sioux City in 1989, has died at the age of 87. Larry Finley,…
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Life sentence given to man who killed former ISU golfer

By: Grant Gerlock, Iowa Public Radio The man who admitted to stabbing and killing Iowa State University golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena was sentenced to life in prison without parole today. Collin Richards pleaded guilty to the…
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Ottumwa Council appoints Lazio interim city administrator

Ottumwa’s mayor is doing double duty.  At a special city council meeting Friday (8/23), Ottumwa Mayor Tom Lazio was appointed interim city administrator.  This after city administrator Andy Morris turned in a letter of resignation…
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Poweshiek County storm wasn't a tornado

It wasn’t a tornado.  You’ll remember that several strong storms came through Iowa Tuesday morning (8/20). A tornado was reported near Tracy—one of three in the state.  A homeowner southeast of Grinnell thought his home…
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