The Ottumwa Police Department received a welfare call on December 18, 2025, for two dogs living in a home on the 700 block of ...

Two people were charged on Monday with animal neglect after police say a dog was found dead and another severely malnourished ...

Ottumwa police received report of a sexual assault involving a juvenile female victim and a juvenile male victim on Dec. 9 on ...

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

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

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 Ottumwa boys basketball team went over four minutes without scoring a point to begin the first game in 18 days. That opening drought allowed Des Moines North to score the first 11 points against ...

Residents of Ottumwa should be aware of a traffic alert issued on Tuesday. Due to a water main repair on North Ferry and ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said he plans to file the first Iowa Farm Act, to support farmers and rural ...

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 ...

Life can’t ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer’s lover until death — ...

Police seized one dog, and an examination revealed he suffered permanent damage to his heart and overall well-being due to a ...