RARE PRESENTATION AND OWL HIKE – MARCH 3 March 3 is birds of prey day at Pioneer Ridge Nature Area. We just booked The RARE Group (Raptor Advocacy Rehabilitation and Education) to bring two live birds (one owl and one hawk) for a one hour presentation beginning at 4:00 PM. After the 4:00 presentation, we will have a fire to […]

Ottumwa Community Players will be holding auditions for "My three Angels"  on Sunday March 4th, 3 - 5pm and Monday March 5th, 7 - 9pm at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa.     The OCP is looking for 5 adult men and 2 younger men in their late teens early 20's plus 2 adult women and one […]

Mahaska County 4H & FFA Gala Fundraiser is March 9th at the ISU Extension Office in Oskaloosa.  There’s a free will donation meal with a silent auction and LIVE Pie & cheesecake auction. Support a GREAT cause Mahaska County 4H & FFA Gala!

SPRING BREAK CAMP: BIRDS AND FLIGHT – MARCH 14 We are partnering with Iowa State University Extension of Wapello County on a birds and flight camp. Camp will take place at Pioneer Ridge Nature Area on March 14. If your 3rd – 6th grade student has an interest in birds, flight, and outdoor activities, contact the ISU […]

March 15, 2018 The Ottumwa Civil War Round Table  will have a 1st person presentation by Jo Porter about her great-great- grandmother, entitled "Hannah Porter, the 3rd Iowa Cavalry and the Civil War" Join the Ottumwa Civil War Round Table at Hotel Ottumwa's Sac and Fox Room 6:00 p.m. meal  6:45 p.m. meeting and presentation For information, call […]