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OTTUMWA — The Ottumwa City Council is scheduled to hold a work session Tuesday, weather permitting, to discuss four items that could have ranging significance over various parts of the

PAVILION — Among the trees at near the edge of Henry B. Wright Memorial Park was a tree dedicated to Jacob Joseph Wolcott.

A Trump campaign event on Sunday was part of an effort by the former president to increase his presence in Iowa and to shut out his rivals in January’s caucuses.

Eric Wies says it’s time for “drastic change.” Yaeger, coordinator of Genesee County Emergency Services, and Weis, president of the Bergen Volunteer Fire Department, reported today to the Genesee County Legislature’s Public Service Committee on the findings of a task force set up to take an in-depth look at the state of emergency response in the county. In short, what they have found is a critical shortage of volunteer firefighters. The situation has become so dire that some fire compan...