Ottumwa
CRIME & SAFETY
Ottumwa Man Arrested after Stealing from Delivery Truck
An Ottumwa man was arrested after allegedly stealing personal belongings from a delivery truck. 29-year-old Dillon Sisler was charged with 3rd degree burglary (unoccupied motor vehicle), an aggravated misdemeanor. On May 26 at 12:16 a.m, court records say Sisler entered an unoccupied delivery truck in the Hyvee parking lot on...
Ottumwa motorcyclist injured in Tuesday morning crash
OTTUMWA, Iowa — A southeast Iowa motorcycle rider was injured in a Tuesday morning crash involving a car. It happened just after 11:30 a.m. near the intersection of U.S. Highway 63 and Rochester. According to the Ottumwa Police Department, the motorcycle rider, Dakota Jeffery Boyer, 33, of Ottumwa, received...
Law Enforcement says ‘RAGBRAI is expected to double Ottumwa’s population for a day’
OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) - Almost every RAGBRAI organizer has mentioned the amount of RAGBRAI riders will more than likely double Ottumwa’s population for a day. They said, that could be up to fifty thousand people in Ottumwa on July 25th. The Director of Wapello County’s Emergency Management Agency, Tim Richmond, says law enforcement is ready and on the same page.
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