Albia, Knoxville, Newton and Ottumwa will receive money from the state to pay for downtown housing projects.  Governor Kim Reynolds announced Thursday (5/5) that 61 Iowa cities will receive nearly $20 million in grants to pay for these projects.  In Ottumwa, there’s a project to turn the upper story of the old Capitol Theater building at 231 E. Main into four apartments.  In Albia, the upper story of a building at 8 Washington Avenue E. would be converted into four apartments.  In Newton, an underutilized building at 403 W. 4^th Street N. will be turned into 72 apartments.  And the upper story of a building at 101 S. 3^rd Street in Knoxville will be converted into three apartments.