Wapello County News Archives

An Ottumwa man has been charged with an impersonating a police officer. At around 5 p.m. last Sunday, the Ottumwa Police Department responded to the Ottumwa Skatepark located in the 300 Block of South Market Street for a report of a disturbance in which at least one of the persons involved was impersonating a police officer.

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.

Court records show an Ottumwa man charged with attempted murder and assaulting a police officer is facing federal drug charges as well.

Residents in Wapello County will see a drastic increase in agricultural land values.

The Adair County Detention Center recently sent their prisoners to a different jail.A They're back but the detainees are still there.

Posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 11:02 a.m. Kirk Coffin, 38, of Macon, Mo., is behind bars charged with possession of a controlled substancea 'methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Public health nurses across Iowa are in the same boat. There's not enough H1N1 vaccine to serve everyone.

If two city boards approve, a new Veterans Affairs Medical Center will soon be a reality at Ottumwa Medical Clinic, 1005 E. Pennsylvania Ave.

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.

Wapello County Supervisor Greg Kenning still hasn't made up his mind about supporting a casino near the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa.

Memorials inside and outside of the Davis County Law Center mark a connection to the recent events in Seymour, Iowa.

A state trooper shot and wounded a man suspected of leading authorities on a high-speed chase through two southern Iowa counties late Wednesday.

The Wapello County Board of Supervisors made the Ottumwa city primary election votes official Thursday afternoon.

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.

A new position at the Ottumwa Community School District will help to bridge the gap between Spanish speaking families and school officials.

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.

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

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

A Burlington therapist has pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with an underage client.

Tomorrow is primary election day in Ottumwa. Voters will go to the polls to select the candidates for the city general election in November.

If attendance had counted for anything, the 30-plus supporters of Wapello County 4-H Exposition, Inc., would have won their quest for land and a building at Monday's City Council meeting.

Two motorhomes parked at the Bowling Motors & RV Sales in Ottumwa, Iowa, were struck by lightning early Thursday and destroyed.

BreastA cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States,A other than skin cancer.

Doug Davis had been trying to make a deal with a customer for the 1999 RV sitting just outside the office at Bowling RV Sales.

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