The Ottumwa Police Department arrested a man on the city's south side Monday afternoon after receiving a complaint about a possible sexual assault of a minor.

Ridership on Amtrak at the Ottumwa station in fiscal year 2024 grew by more than 1,000 riders from the previous fiscal year, as national rail company recently released ...

OTTUMWA — Southern Iowa could see more snow this weekend, but Friday afternoon forecasters saw the systems target shift south ...

The final score doesn't tell the story of just how close the Pekin High School girls basketball team was to handing Columbus ...

It could have been a long holiday break for the Cardinal High School boys wrestling team. Fortunately for the Comets, a trip ...

As the year 2024 comes to a close, here’s a look back on a year’s of news that appeared in the pages of the Ottumwa Courier.

The City of Ottumwa Friday afternoon announced the hire of Sean Canto as its next fire chief. Canto replaces Tony Miller, who retired in September 2023, leaving the city with an interim fire chief ...

Conversation about making emergency medical services an essential services has been on and off again over the last couple years.