Ottumwa News

Individuals and businesses may donate new and gently-used items and qualify for a tax deduction.

The state auditor has found more than $60,000 in improper or unsupported payments in the tiny western Iowa community of Grange Township, and a report links the former clerk to mismanaged money.

Jurors have found an Ottumwa man guilty of second-degree murder in the beating death of a man in 2011.

This modest ranch home is sure to please. With the possibility of 3 bedrooms, it also features hardwood floors, an eat-in kitchen, living room with picture window, an attached garage, and a fruit cellar for extra storage.

Cost: About $1.7 million Owner: Ottumwa Property and Redevelopment Co. Location: 331 E. Main St., Ottumwa Opening: Wednesday Funding: $500,000 grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority; $350,000 from the Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation; $175,000 from John Deere; $100,000 from Cargill Meat Solutions; $100,000 from South Ottumwa ... (more)

At Tuesday's meeting of the Ottumwa City Council, Transit Director Dave Silverio said there are some pretty significant changes coming to the city's transit services and community members need to take notice.

The calls came in shortly after Tom Colvin had cleared entire rooms at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa for 353 critters in the latest animal hoarding case.

A Cargill pork processing plant in Ottumwa, Iowa, has reported a spill of wastewater into the Des Moines River.

A $2.4 million project is set to start in a few weeks. It consists of the complete reconstruction of Pennsylvania Ave. The project will be phased from Brentwood Drive to Jefferson Street.

The Ottumwa City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to convert Main and Second Streets to two-way traffic from Jefferson Street to Kitterman Avenue.

Hoping to boost student interest and achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, known as STEM, Indian Hills Community College will host a free, family-friendly festival of hands-on STEM activities for fifth- to eighth-graders and their families Tuesday.

This modest ranch home is sure to please. With the possibility of 3 bedrooms, it also features hardwood floors, an eat-in kitchen, living room with picture window, an attached garage, and a fruit cellar for extra storage.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says Cargill Meat Solutions workers were attempting to repair a control panel when it shorted out at around 7 p.m. Monday allowing wastewater to back up and bypass the plant's treatment system.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Clarahan of Brighton announce the engagement of their daughter, Abigail Lynn, to Lee Allan Cobb, son of Mark and Laurie Cobb of Brighton and Rodney and Kim Gibbons of Burlington.

Two state senators almost came to blows on the Iowa Senate floor Tuesday morning.

Miller-Meeks is no stranger to the campaign trail. The Ottumwa native has run for congress twice before, and believes that things are different this time.

Ottumwa continues to clean up after another snowfall over the weekend. The snow ordinance has now been lifted.

The Iowa DNR confirmed at the end of February the invasive beetle had been positively identified in Eddyville.

Social hosts who knowingly allow people under the legal drinking age to consume alcoholic beverages on their property could face a criminal misdemeanor charge under a bill that won approval by the Iowa Senate on a 48-0 vote Monday.

The temperature didnt drop as low as predicted Monday morning.But it fell enough to break records set in 1884 , meteorologists said.