QUINCY, ILL. -- UPDATE: Friday, April 23, 2010 2:46 p.m.
The following is a press release from The White House Office of Media Affairs:
On Tuesday, April 27, President Obama will continue the White House to Main Street tour with stops in Iowa. In the early afternoon, he will tour Siemens Energy Inc Facility in Fort Madison and then share ideas with workers for continuing to grow the economy and to put Americans back to work. He will then make a stop in Mt. Pleasant. Later in the afternoon, President Obama will hold a town hall meeting in Ottumwa at Indian Hills Community College. The President will depart from Des Moines International Airport on the morning of April 28.
On Wednesday, April 28, the President will hold events in Macon, MO and Quincy, IL. More details will be announced for these events as they become available.
The President’s Town Hall Meeting in Ottumwa is open to the public. Tickets will be distributed on a first come first served basis on Monday, April 26 starting at 12 PM until tickets run out at the Hellyer Student Life Center at Indian Hills Community College 525 Grandview Avenue, Ottumwa. The Carter Ave entrance to the Hellyer Student Life Center will also be open for ticket distribution.
More details will be annouced as KHQA receives them.
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ORIGINAL STORY: Thursday, April 22, 2010
KHQA has learned more about President Barack Obama's possible visit to the Tri-States next week.
Preliminary plans show that the President will visit Quincy, Fort Madison, Mount Pleasant, Ottumwa and Macon during a two-day swing on Tuesday and Wednesday. KHQA received a tentative schedule on Wednesday morning, which is posted below. When contacted by phone on Thursday afternoon, the White House press office said no more information was expected to be released on Thursday.
White House advance personnel and Secret Service have been in touch with some of these communities as recently as Thursday afternoon, but city leaders in both Quincy and Fort Madison have released no definite plans from the White House. All indications are that more information, including event locations, will be released on Friday.
Our sister station, KTVO in Kirksville, also has heard tentative plans for Mount Pleasant, Ottumwa and Macon. The latest reports indicate the President will hold some type of town hall meeting or rally at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa late Tuesday afternoon, April 27, and is expected to tour the ethanol manufacturing plant outside of Macon on Wednesday.
Obama was still a U.S. Senator representing Illinois when he visited Quincy during the flood of 2008.
The last sitting president to visit Quincy was Bill Clinton, the day after his State of the Union address in 2000.
This is the preliminary schedule KHQA first obtained on Wednesday morning:
Tuesday, April 27
11:30 a.m. President Obama arrives in Quincy, travels to Fort Madison
1 p.m. Fort Madison event, described as "some type of energy event"; remarks expected to last approx. 20 minutes
1:25 p.m. President travels to Mt. Pleasant
4:45 p.m. Ottumwa event, described as "some type of town hall/rally"
6 p.m. Ottumwa event wraps up
7 p.m. President travels to Des Moines
7:45 p.m. President arrives in Des Moines; no events scheduled there
Wednesday, April 28
10 a.m. President leaves Des Moines
10:40 a.m. President arrives in Quincy, drives to Macon for event described as "plant tour"
4:25 p.m. Quincy event, described as "some type of town hall/rally"
5:25 p.m. Quincy event ends
6 p.m. President leaves Quincy
8:45 p.m. (Eastern time) President arrives in Washington, D.C.
Again, this is a preliminary schedule. More information is expected to be released on Friday.