Rick Lampe retires from Iowa State Patrol
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Sgt. Rick Lampe - Photo provided
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Rick Lampe figures it's time for a change. After 35 years in law enforcement - 31 of them with the Iowa State Patrol and four years with the sheriff's office in Waverly, Sgt. Lampe, 58, will report to work for the last time Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009.
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Officials say depositors' money safe at City State Bank
 Bank officials sought to clarify published reports that Ogden BancShares, Inc., a registered bank holding company that owns City State Bank here, Ames Community Bank, Community Bank of Boone and Vision Bank of Iowa, West Des Moines, and various nonbank subsidiaries, has entered into a written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Iowa Division of Banking, Superintendent of Banking, designed "to correct certain deficiencies . . . relating to safety and soundness."
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Incumbents Conklin, Reimers are re-elected to city council
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Lyle Conklin, Brian Reimers
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Incumbent city councilmen Lyle Conklin and Brian Reimers were re-elected in the city elections Tuesday. Conklin received 283 votes; Reimers, 244 votes. Not elected was Darren Huntley who received 158 votes. The figures are unofficial.
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Keith Berg is elected mayor
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Mayor-elect Keith Berg
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Keith Berg was elected Ogden mayor Tuesday as he received 204 votes. A total of 396 citizens cast ballots. The other candidates: David Huntley, 131; Jason Moorman, 31; Brian Jennings, 26. Berg will take office Jan. 1, 2010, replacing Mayor Mark Trueblood who did not seek re-election. These figures are unofficial.
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Pumpkin person . . .
Thomas Peterson, son of Pete and Mary Bergstrom, isn't too sure about this trick-or-treating stuff. -Photo by Kathy Pierce
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Foreign student returns to Ogden after 24 years
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Former foreign exchange student Inga Nabinger, front, has a special bond with a lady she still calls Mom, Mary Ellen Carlson.
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Building arrives for One to One Physical Therapy
 The new building for One to One Physical Therapy has been put in position just east of the Ogden city limits on 216th Drive (old Highway 30).
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Hometown Food and Fuel closed
 Customers who arrived at Hometown Food and Fuel Saturday were surprised to see the windows covered with brown paper and a sign on the door saying the store was temporarily closed.
The business sold pizza, sandwiches, daily specials, ice cream, cold drinks homemade bakery goods and newspapers, among other items.
Cindi Sprecher could not be reached for comment.
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OHS drama department will present the musical "Big"
 "Big" the musical will be presented by the Ogden High School drama and music departments Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 12, 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
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Jan Peterson awarded the Golden Heart
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Jan Peterson, social worker of the year
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Jan Peterson, who works at the University of Kansas Medical Center, was recently honored by Cancer Action, named the social worker of the year and was awarded the Golden Heart.
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Halim wins award
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Mahmoud Abdel-Halim
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Mahmoud Abdel-Halim of Ogden was awarded the 2009 Iowa Lodging Association's Department Manager of the Year Award.
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ALBAN'S ALBUM: Our 50th wedding anniversary
November 1st was our 50th wedding anniversary and it has been 50 wonderful years..
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It's not all smiles for Landon Russell
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Landon Russell, a tough little tyke
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Landon Russell has had a rough three months, and it's been an agonizing time for his parents Eric and Courtney (Hill) Russell of Grimes.
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Colorful, fun additions to the park
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Cody Alberts tries the climbing wall. -Photo by Kathy Pierce
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Fourth grader Cody Alberts takes advantage of a sunny fall day and tries out the new climbing wall recently installed at Ogden City Park.
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Hill convicted of second degree murder
 The Associated Press and The Boone News Republican are reporting that Jessica Hill has been found guilty of second-degree murder of her husband, Michael "Shane" Hill.
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Pritchard, McPherson cast in DMACC production
 Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Boone Campus students Lando McPherson (left) and Ashlei Pritchard, both of Ogden, rehearse a scene for the upcoming DMACC Boone Campus Drama Department production of Murder Go Round by Fred Carmichael. The comedy will be performed at Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the DMACC Boone Campus Theatre under the direction of Drama and Speech Professor Kay Mueller. Tickets may be purchased at the door. DMACC students receive free admission.
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OGDEN FUN DAYS website
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