Ottumwa News

The Fairfield Fire Department says it responded to an emergency call Tuesday afternoon about the structural integrity of the building, located near the town square.

The City of Bridges will look more like a City of Bulldogs soon with the help of some local high school students.

Milestones Area Agency on Aging is seeking volunteers for two programs. The first is the Senior Medicare Patrol.

The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune will provide live updates starting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9 from the community meeting at Blake Fieldhouse.

The summer festival season continues with multiple music festivals across Iowa this weekend.

Patricia Barbara Pierce Patterson, 92, of Oskaloosa, died Saturday, July 5, 2014, at the Northern Mahaska Nursing and Rehab.

U.S. Representative and U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Braley stopped in Ottumwa Wednesday morning to talk to residents about social security and Medicare.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office reports a one-vehicle accident at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, on Highway 34 near Pine Avenue, with two of four people in the car injured.

The following area individuals were among 699 students who received a degree from Buena Vista University at its commencement ceremonies May 24: Lauri Curry, from Fairfield, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology.

With all the rain and storms that continue to pass through southeast Iowa, how are water levels in the Des Moines River holding up? According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Red Rocks Lake is currently at 752.5 feet, which is 10.5 feet above its normal elevation level.

Flags lined the Jefferson Street Bridge as a procession and the remains of Lance Corporal Adam Wolff were transported to Reece Funeral Home.

An Eastern Iowa Marine died in Afghanistan on June 20th. He was killed in an IED attack carried out by the Taliban.

Drawing Closer Ministries, featuring chalk artist and Bible teacher Randy Davis of Ottumwa, will be the guest Saturday and Sunday at Faith Baptist Church.

With the 2013-2014 class of the Ottumwa Leadership Academy graduating a few weeks ago, the organization is getting set for its next session.

Funeral Services are set for Sunday for a Marine who died in combat in Afghanistan Friday, June 20. The funeral for Lance Cpl.

Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from 5 p.m. on Friday, June 27, 2014, until 8 a.m. on Monday, June 30, 2014, in honor of Marine Corps Corporal Adam F. Wolff, 25, of Ottumwa, Iowa.

"Hollywood in the Heartland" opens Friday, June 27 at 10 a.m. at the State Historical Museum of Iowa in Iowa City.

Iowa's largest high school athletic conference could be on the verge of a split.

On Monday June 23rd, 2014 @ approximately 7:40 p.m. the Wapello County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call that Michael Todd Chrisman, age 25 of Ottumwa IA had gone into the Des Moines River near the Cliffland Park River Access and had not resurfaced.

The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors approved a fireworks permit for Cypress Villages Subdivision, represented by Dan Walker, at its June 16 meeting.