OTTUMWA, Iowa, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In commemoration of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Iowa First Lady Mari Culver will announce on Oct. 26 a $10,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon, to Ottumwa's Crisis Center and Women's Shelter.

By Cindy Toopes, Ottumwa Courier, Iowa Jul. 31--OTTUMWA -- More federal funding for the city's sewer separation project has passed the first hoop in the appropriations process. U.S. Rep.

By Matt Milner, Ottumwa Courier, Iowa Jun. 18--OTTUMWA -- Cole Van Nest stood just a few feet away from one of the biggest floods in Ottumwa history, and he couldn't have cared less about the water. The public is allowed to watch the Des Moines River from the rear of Bridge View Center.

By Kathleen Pierce, The Sun, Lowell, Mass. Jan. 9--ABOARD THE CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR, SOMEWHERE IN IOWA -- Students pore over their Kerouac books as the simple silos and plains of Middle America roll by. Neat, golden cornfields and country roads seem to go on forever.

By George C. Ford, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Dec. 16--Cargill Corp. has operated a plant in Ottumwa for two decades, prompting southeastern Iowa economic development officials to say a big "thank you" to the Minneapolis-based agricultural conglomerate.