The Ottumwa Fire Department will be performing a live fire training exercise Friday on East Fourth Street that will temporarily close down East Fourth Street between North Jefferson ...

When local elected officials met Tuesday for a joint work session at the Amtrak Depot, much of the attention was on a presentation by Ottumwa Fire Chief Sean ...

Officials in Wapello County are exploring options to make EMS an essential service, requiring a voter-approved levy, as ...

Almost 30 people sat in a packed conference room for a work session at the Amtrak Depot Tuesday evening, all wanting what is best for Wapello County in terms of emergency medical services. No one left ...

Chief Canto took over Ottumwa’s Fire Department late December. He has 33-years of experience working in five states before coming to Iowa. Canto has experience coordinating the operations for ...

House Study Bill 266 would expand the definition of cancer to include more than just the 14 presumed cancers currently covered by the state of Iowa. It would also allocate $1 million in state funding ...

If an office closes in a city, people can just go a few miles to the next drop-off box. In the country, it can mean driving ...

"There isn’t too much, I can't think of too many things that you can’t buy in Ottumwa that you can ... emphasized the need for an additional fire station to improve response times. "The primary driver ...

K-Y-O-U's Randall Gimm visited the warehouse to see the power of Christmas spirit. As we start to wrap up the year, the Ottumwa Fire Department reports an increased number of calls and fires in 2024.