First semester grades are in for the Ottumwa school district's 5,000 students — the first semester after a strict cell phone policy went into effect. Phones and other electronic devices are ...

A federal appeals court in Cincinnati has heard arguments in a legal dispute that pits a suburban Ohio school district’s ...

The Iowa House passed Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal Tuesday to set a statewide restriction on cellphone use in school classrooms.

In just over a month from now the stands at the Ottumwa Babe Ruth Complex will be filled to the brim with baseball players ...

OTTUMWA, IA - The Ottumwa bowling program has been so successful for the past 25 years, that it's even finding success in ...

It’s been on the market for just over three months. The previous owner, the Ottumwa School Board, used the mansion as its offices before selling in the 1980s. Booze news: Madhouse Brewing Co. is ...

Coming off the winningest season in 15 years, the Ottumwa High School football team will be tested by the state's best program over the next two years. Ottumwa will be part of Class 5A, District 1 ...

Team championship No. 12 will have to wait. As will the first individual state championship won by an Ottumwa High School bowler since 2009. Doug Techel can more than expect that. After all, it took ...

KCCI INVESTIGATES THE GROWING PUSH TO BAN CELL PHONES AT SCHOOLS. GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS IS PROPOSING A BILL THIS YEAR THAT WOULD SET STATEWIDE STANDARDS. OTTUMWA SCHOOLS BANNED ALL CELL PHONES IN ...