Davis County News

The Wapello Woodcarvers are shown making canes with eagle heads as handles to donate to veterans.

Ottumwa police officers and Wapello County Sheriff's deputies responded to an alley north of homes in the 700 block of East Mary Street just before 11 p.m. Thursday after reports of an altercation that may have involved a firearm.

Each visitor reacts differently when the walking dead greet them Friday night at the Ottumwa Police Department Haunted House in the basement of City Hall.

Loren Hagedon works on a cane during this week's Wapello Woodcarvers meeting. The group is about 15 years old and is currently working on eagle-headed canes for veterans.

Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 4:07 p.m. OTTUMWA, IOWA -- Justin Jacob, the suspect inA Thursday's high speed chase and shooting in the City of Seymour, was convicted of vehicular homicide after a similar high speed chase in 2003.A Over six years ago, police were pursuing Justin Jacob who was driving south on Highway 63.

The 26-year-old Wapello County man who led law enforcement on a two-county high-speed chase late Wednesday that finally ended when a state trooper fired his shotgun into his vehicle at the school in Seymour has an extensive criminal record.

For Brad Lisk and Kevin Webster, co-owners of Body Masters in Ottumwa, it was an easy business decision.

There has always existed a problem in every culture which is still with us today, and in 1906 when Ottumwa was a large industrial and railroad site - which would never have been nominated for sainthood - concerned citizens of 100 years ago, tripping over stupefied fallen drunks in front of our myriad of saloons and known brothels, were very ...

Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra members, directed by Tony Chang, will bring to life some of the world's most delightful music Saturday night.

Troy Ward, a firefighter with the Wapello County Rural Fire Department, helps Trey WEite, 3, of Ottumwa, climb out a window at the Blank Children's Hospital Fire Safety House on Saturday.

The Headin' Home Quartet will be the center of attention after lunch at the Ottumwa Women's Club meeting Tuesday at Hotel Ottumwa.

A community open house about the proposed casino project will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Bridge View Center, 102 Church St.

Councilman Gordon Aistrope has won sixth place in the Ottumwa City Council primary, securing a place on the general election ballot.

Award-winning singer/songwriter Wil Maring and virtuoso guitarist and fiddler Robert Bowlin will combine their skills to present an acoustic concert of folk, country and bluegrass styles at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct.

Today's Oktoberfest parade kicks off at 10 a.m. at O'Hara Hardware, and Chuck Osing will be near the front.

Miguel Angel Gallegos Sr., already charged in a federal drug case, is also being charged with attempted murder in state court.

State Reps. Mary Gaskill, D-Ottumwa, and Dave Heaton, R-Mount Pleasant, along with state Sen.

Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened Thursday at the Pizza Hut in Bloomfield.

On September 24, 2009, the Davis County Law Center received a call reporting an attempted armed robbery.

Unemployment rates in southeast Iowa are among the worst in the state. Numbers released by Iowa Workforce Development for August show that Mahaska County has the highest unemployment rate in the state, at 10.9 percent.