Chillicothe News

City residents use more chemicals on their lawns than farmers do on their fields.

SixteenA BNSF Railway cars derailed near Chillicothe, Iowa at the beginning of June.

Wapello County was approved for $5.35 million in I-JOBS grant money Monday for two major flood mitigation projects.

If the county gets approved for the funding, it would go toward a new bridge over the Des Moines River in Chillicothe and paving Rock Bluff Road into Ottumwa.

Ethanol and wind turbines aren't the only ways Iowans are reducing the use of fossil fuels.

The Wapello County Board of Supervisors will wait another week to take any action on the tire removal project along Cemetery Road.

The investigation into a weekend train derailment continues. According to the Wapello County Sheriff's department, the back of the train derailed at 2:15 p.m. Saturday near the Ottumwa Generating Station near Chillicothe.

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has rejected arguments from advocates who want to use marijuana for medical purposes.

Officials say the tracks have reopened but cleanup continues after a freight train derailed near Chillicothe in southeast Iowa last weekend.

The town's library has many supporters, and Friends of the Library, a nonprofit group, wanted to thank them.