Pat Essick: "Remembering Curtis King: The Civil War's Oldest Soldier". Presented at the Knights of Columbus Hall and virtually Via Zoom meeting. Call us at 641-682-7563 or email Director Sonja Ferrell at sferrell@ottumwapubliclibrary.org to be added to the Zoom meeting.

Open to kids and teens 9 years old and older, the meeting room will be an after school lab with laptops available for homework and gaming.

Join us at the Ottumwa Public Library for a book club focusing discussion of non-fiction works.

You are in for a riveting hour online with New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger! Join us as he discusses his newest book in the Cork O’Connor series Fox Creek and his other works!

Join us for story time where we'll be reading stories, singing, rhyming, and doing a craft. This story time is aimed at children aged 3-5 but older or younger children are welcome.

Main Street Ottumwa’s popular “Ladies Night Out” returns Friday, April 28! The event will run from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with a trolley running from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Complimentary tote bags can be picked up outside Coal Palace Café, The Antler Guys Mercantile Co., and the Main Street Ottumwa office. Event passports are $2 and […]

LOVILIA CITY WIDE YARD SALES   SATURDAY,  APRIL 29th    8:00 UNTIL ?????   Each participant may vary their closing time!!!!!!   THANK YOU!!!!

Blakesburg Garden Club annual plant/bake sale will be Saturday, April 29 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Blakesburg Community Building. A big selection of vegetable, annual, perennial bedding plants as well as shrubs, trees and house plants will be for sale. Bake sale will include lots of homemade cakes, cookies, candy, pies and breads. All […]

Learn to preserve family history and memories. Writing class open to teens and adults of all writing levels. Class lead by Indian Hills, Instructor Patti Jones. Ottumwa Public Library

This writing class is open to teens and adults. Discover new stories to write and enhance your writing skills. Class lead by Indian Hills, Instructor Patti Jones. Ottumwa Public Library

Event by Bloomfield Farmers' Market Love that fresh garden produce but have more than you can eat? Preserve it! It’s not difficult, but you do need to follow safe methods. You’ll learn how to can, freeze, and dry foods safely at home in this introductory course. You must be 18+ to attend and cost is $10 […]