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An accident along highway 63 shuts down road in both directions and send people to hospital

Iowa voters taking part in the primary on June 1st, 2020

The existing concrete girder bridge on West Park Blvd will be replaced with a beam bridge and the pedestrian bridge on Ottumwa St. will be removed during the closure. The decision to remove the pedestrian bridge was based on a few different factors.

A public informational meeting for Phase 8-Division 1 of the Ottumwa Sewer Separation Project is scheduled for 5:30 PM on Wednesday, June 3rd.

June’s full moon is coming this week.

Davis County reports 24 cases of COVID-19

“We have the greatest country in the world,” the president declared. “We’re going to keep it safe.”As Trump spoke, tear gas canisters could be heard exploding.

An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd’s family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd's neck for several minutes and ignored his cries of distress, the family’s attorneys said Monday.

/Total number of covid-related deaths is now at 9 in Wapello County as of 5/29/2020

Wapello County Courthouse to open Monday, June 1st

Indian Hills Community College breaks ground in Centerville for its new wrestling practice facility

Ottumwa will receive $41,882 to support activities to prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus.

Nearly 3 dozen candidates applying for superintendent job with Ottumwa School District

2 more deaths in Wapello County due to COVID-19

CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and his crew have been freed from the Hennepin County Public Safety after their arrests on air from Minneapolis Friday morning.

Facebook group #WineAwayQuarantine is a way to pay it forward amid COVID-19

Two Democratic state lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the no-bid contract for Test Iowa.

Two more deaths reported in Wapello County on Thursday, May 28th.

The TestIowa site at Beach Ottumwa is being re-located to Evans Middle School.

Violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody rocked a Minneapolis neighborhood for a second straight night as angry crowds looted stores, set fires and left a path of damage that stretched for miles.

President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at curbing liability protections for social media companies, two days after he lashed out at Twitter for applying fact checks to two of his tweets.

Although many car dealerships across the nation are struggling amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Pre-Approved Auto in Ottumwa says it hasn't missed a beat.

Free Fishing Weekend Fishing Contest

“Our very first koala of the season has popped out of Mum’s pouch to say hello!” the zoo’s Facebook page said.

Only about half of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if the scientists working furiously to create one succeed, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

The White House said that President Donald Trump followed the law when he fired multiple inspectors general in the last two months, but the administration offered no new details about why they were let go.

Daughter speaking out after father dies following a coronavirus outbreak at his nursing home

Iowa Governor allowing more businesses to open up

Author J.K. Rowling announced her book "The Ickabog" would be available for free online, with a new chapter - or two or three - getting released every weekday.

Farmers and ranchers who have been hurt financially by the coronavirus pandemic have an opportunity to get aid from the federal government starting Tuesday.