Ottumwa Radio

Josh, Brenda, and the team at Meridian Credit Union in Ottumwa, along with Ottumwa Radio Group, would like to congratulate Ottumwa Soccer player Junior Pineda, our 101.5 KKSI-FM Athlete of the Week! Last week, Pineda, a senior forward, was named to the first team of the Iowa Alliance Conference. Pineda led the Bulldogs with 22 goals this past season. Our KKSI-FM...

Mahaska Health in Oskaloosa, along with Ottumwa Radio Group, would like to congratulate Centerville Softball Player Kiera Klum, our 92.7 KTWA Athlete of the Week! Klum, a junior, led the Redettes in batting average (.450), on-base percentage (.532), home runs (4), doubles (11), and RBI (18) this past season. Our KTWA Athlete of the Week program is made possible thanks to...

State Farm Agent Shawn McCarty, serving southeast Iowa from his office at 604 W Burlington in Fairfield, along with Ottumwa Radio Group would like to congratulate Van Buren County Baseball Player Izaak Loeffler, our 104.3 KRKN Athlete of the Week! Last Tuesday, Loeffler's two-run single in the seventh inning proved to be the game-winner as the Warriors beat Mid-Praire 6-4...

Mahaska Health announced the addition of a new pain management office within the Oskaloosa Campus, dedicated to serving patients outside of the operating room. Through the services of Greg Kronenberg, CRNA, fellowship-trained pain management specialist, the expansion allows Mahaska Health to offer specialized relief for neck, shoulder, knee, and back pain, including thoracic and lumbar epidurals. The newly established pain...

A southeast Iowa man was arrested after police say he dropped his child off and then left the toddler unsupervised despite the child's mother not being home. 41-year-old Fermin Garcia of Albia has been charged with child endangerment, an aggravated misdemeanor. Court records say on July 8 at 8:05 PM, Garcia drove his two-year-old child to the mother's home in Ottumwa...

The 36th Annual Sweet Corn Serenade is being held on Thursday, July 27 in downtown Oskaloosa. This year’s event includes kids’ activities, food vendors, and a Craft & Vendor Fair starting at 12 pm and going through 9 pm. Starting at 4 pm, hamburgers, beverages, pie, and sweet corn will be served until 9 pm or until it runs...

Main Street Ottumwa will host the second of their brand new summer movie screening series called Dive-In Movies with the film Hot Tub Time Machine at The Beach Ottumwa on July 29th starting at 7:30 pm. Main Street Ottumwa invites the public to join them for an unforgettable summer movie event at the picturesque Beach Ottumwa, where we bring the...

Born Barbara McCoy Pittman in Tampa, Florida on February 19, 1933, Barbara went to be with her Savior June 18, 2023, in Palmdale, CA with her loving husband, “Hal”, by her side. An alumna of Glendale High School in CA, Barbara graduated from St. Joseph’s School of Nursing in Ottumwa, IA. There she fell in love with a farm...

Margaret “Peggy” Mary Van Blaricom, 83, of Ottumwa, Iowa passed away on July 15, 2023 at the Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. She was born on November 4, 1939 in Waterloo, Iowa to Nick Donald and Mary Louise Rouse Moos. She graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1958. Peggy married William Lester Morehouse in 1967 and he passed...

Linda Mae Buckles, 76, of Ottumwa passed away at 11 a.m. July 14, 2023 at Good Samaritan Society-Ottumwa. She was born July 30, 1946 in Derry, New Hampshire to Leonard and Ruth Waters Thomas. She married W.R. “Ralph” Buckles Jr. on August 16, 1974 and he preceded her in death on January 26, 2007. Linda attended Pinkerton Academy as a...