Ottumwa News

There's only one plot left at the community garden in the Ottumwa Industrial Park and all the others have been planted and tended to and are well on their way to growing food to help the food insecure in Wapello County and the surrounding area.

The Indian Hills Community College Board of Trustees has tapped Marlene Sprouse to be the next president of the college.

Several Ottumwa property owners and their tenants had the doors of their work and living spaces on display for everyone in the community to see, and most of the action took place upstairs.

From Columbine to Sandy Hook, unfortunately, school shootings are not an issue that seems to be going away any time soon.

The bridge will close at 8 a.m and remain closed throughout the morning. Crews will be cleaning up salt and sand that accumulated over the winter and will be doing some work to its joints.

Construction began last November in Memorial Park in Ottumwa . The biking trail goes four miles in a continuous loop, and has sections bikers can veer off on based on biking abilities.

As summer and graduations approach, it's the time kids look forward to most each year -- no school and no homework.

Located in the heart of downtown Ottumwa at 113 Main St., the Leadership Academy will soon be holding sessions out of the renovated building.

Students served people in the community bowls of ice-cream at the sixth annual "Fire and Ice" Ice Cream Social held at the North Fire Station in Ottumwa.

The announcement was made in the Ottumwa High School library just before the school board meeting.

Joe and Sandy Nelson of Fairfield announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Sara Nelson, to Kyle Syfert, son of Dennis and Diane Syfert of Birmingham and Bob and Laura Sampson of Drakesville.

Illusionist Kevin Spencer believes that magic can be therapeutic, especially with sick children, because tricks give them something in their lives they can control.

The Ottumwa Courier reports the council on Friday voted 3 to 2 to hire Tom McAndrew as police chief.

OTTUMWA, Iowa - The Ottumwa City Council has chosen a 25-year veteran of the Ottumwa Police Department as its next chief.

On Saturday, May 18, just a couple days before Memorial Day, there will be a fundraiser for the American Legion in Ottumwa.

Larry the Cable Guy will be performing two shows at the Bridge View Center Saturday May 11.

Five cities in Iowa and one in Nebraska have received federal grants to help clean up contaminated former industrial sites.

Gov. Terry Branstad issued a disaster proclamation on Tuesday for 15 Iowa counties due to storms and flooding, one being Wapello County.

Ottumwa residents can meet with three men vying to become the city's next police chief.

Three residents voiced their concerns Tuesday night about rezoning the Ottumwa Vet Clinic in their neighborhood from a residential zone to a commercial zone.