Ottumwa News

The 2008/2009 Bridge View Center season performances were announced Thursday night at their release party.

OTTUMWA, Iowa - Police have confirmed a tenth arrest in a large-scale raid on an alleged cocaine distribution ring.

OTTUMWA, Iowa - Police have confirmed a tenth arrest in a large-scale raid on an alleged cocaine distribution ring.

The South Ottumwa Savings Bank's Sand in the City event will take place in the Bridge View Center parking lot this weekend with several activities planned.

The defendants from last week's major drug busts in Ottumwa have been in court, and now authorities are saying they might not be the only ones.

Armed with those guidelines, the average person can handle news of rising prices and plunging markets, according to local financial advisers.

He's reached a settlement with the state, but Ottumwa businessman Alan Cramer remains unhappy over the TouchPlay ban that he said cost him a lot of money.

Flooding, looting and lack of a county housing code add up to problems for Hidden Valley Trailer Court residents, many of whom are Latinos.

Etcetera By JUDY KRIEGER, Courier Editor Curly cuke first entry in Courier's veggie contest Finally, the first weird veggie entry in the Courier's annual Weird Veggies contest.

The local hospital will soon be without a mental health unit. Ottumwa Regional Health Center leaders announced the change late Monday afternoon.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 5:16 p.m. OTTUMWA, IOWA -- Ottumwa will soon be without inpatient mental health services The Mental Health Unit at Ottumwa Regional Health Center will be closed as soon as patients can ...

Warrants tied to last Friday's drug raids in Ottumwa say the organization was involved in illegal gun sales in addition to cocaine and marijuana.

The sun may feel good to most people, but it can be a dangerous thing. Overexposure to hot temperatures can increase the risk of heat-related illnesses such as heat stroke, dehydration and infected sunburns.

On July 16, 2008 at approximately 3:30 AM, the Ottumwa Police Department received a report from a citizen of suspicious activity in the 1400 Block of East Main Street.

There are new developments in the Ottumwa drug raid case. Two Ottumwa bars were raided Friday morning, resulting in a mass arrest.

Local, state and federal agents raided two Ottumwa bars in the early morning hours Friday, along with a number of private residences, in what authorities are calling a major drug investigation.

Police have confirmed that there has been a 10th arrest in the huge drug sweeps that took place early Friday morning.

River levels are returning to normal around the City of Bridges. In fact, river gages show that levels were at a little more than 11 feet on Monday afternoon, which is very close to the 10 foot flood stage.

The town of Chillicothe isn't included in the Wapello County Multi-Jurisdictional Multi-Hazard Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan.

Police have raided two Ottumwa bars and a number of homes in an apparent drug investigation.