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Ottumwa · OttumwaWapello County attorney Reuben Neff resigns. Board of Supervisors will appoint first assistant attorney Steviee Grove. Grove has served in Neff's office since 2020. Neff won elections for attorney in 2018 and 2022, is taking a job with a private firm.See the Story
Supervisors to appoint Grove to replace Neff
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Baking · OttumwaHospice House is now open to inpatient patients. The auxiliary is trying to raise money to help get new equipment and to aid in maintenance. The sale will be Thursday, March 28 at Hospice House, 927 E. Pennsylvania, from 7 a.m.-1 p.m.See the Story
Hospice Auxiliary looking to raise funds
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Ottumwa · OttumwaKelly Joe Shiltz, 56, is charged with first-degree robbery, a class B felony. Officers say they found a "load syringe" containing a crystal-like substance that tested positive for methamphetamine. The officer was cut twice on the wrists and required six sutures.See the Story
Centerville officer injured as citizens assist arrest
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Ottumwa · OttumwaDenise Hall with Fairfield Dental Clinic was selected to be the board president for 2024. Joneane Parker, a trustee at Jefferson County Health Center, is president-elect and will begin her term as President in January of 2025. Ryan Swanson with Pilot Grove Savings Bank and Jason Davis with Agri-Industrial Plastics have joined the chamber executive board.See the Story
Fairfield chamber board welcomes three new members
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Ottumwa · OttumwaJarrod Eugene Diers of Mahaska County is suing the Ottumwa Residential Correctional Facility, a state-run work-treatment facility. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for defamation, denial of due process and interference with a contractual relationship. Diers claims a rumor was circulating at work that he had been sexually intimate with a male inmate.See the Story
Officer fired from Ottumwa correction facility sues for defamation
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Ottumwa · OttumwaWapello County Board of Supervisors will accept the resignation of county attorney Reuben Neff. Neff, who won election to his role in 2018 and was re-elected in 2022, will be taking a position with a private firm. The supervisors will then determine how to fill the vacancy.See the Story
Wapello County Attorney’s resignation on supervisor’s agenda
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Ottumwa · OttumwaA former student at Centerville High School is suing guidance counselor Ryan Hodges. She claims he groomed her when she was 16 and harassed her. A judge upheld all but one of the charges against Hodges this week. A motion to change the venue of the trial has been rejected.See the Story
Court upholds charges in Centerville grooming case
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