Chimene Ngalula Muamba holds her newborn son, Sycomore, the first baby born in 2026 at Ottumwa Regional Health Center.

As 2025 comes to a close, the Ottumwa Courier is looking back on a year of news that shaped the community. This ...

The Heartland Humane Society in Ottumwa is taking in 14 dogs that were rescued from a hoarding situation in Wapello County.

Two people in Ottumwa are facing animal neglect charges after authorities say one dog in their care died and another was severely neglected.

Ottumwa hosted 814 events in 2025, down from 870 last year, but organizers say the decrease reflects a strategic shift toward ...

The bright future of the Ottumwa High School girls basketball team was on full display in the first game out of the holiday break for the Bulldogs. Freshmen teammates Emma Ryder, Hayden Keith and ...

The Heartland Humane Society in Ottumwa is over capacity after rescuing more than a dozen dogs from a hoarding situation in ...

Ottumwa City officials said there is no immediate threat to Wapello County but asked people to not touch sick or dead birds and to keep pets and other animals away from close contact. Signs to watch ...

Meet Ottumwa and Wapello County Conservation will host the third annual Wildlife Weekend on Saturday, Jan. 10, offering a day of free, family-friendly activities focused on Iowa’s winter ...

The Bottom Line If you like being in on the ground floor of something brilliant, get your fanny to Ottumwa, Iowa, now. Expect a coffee shop whose profits fund a soup kitchen, a video game trail that ...