The first steps toward merger took place on June 3, 1966, under the guidance of the Iowa Board of Public Instruction, with operations beginning on July 1, 1966.

The IHCC Falcons, the college's baseball team, practice and play their home games at Pat Daugherty Field on the Centerville campus.

[5] The new complex, to be built adjacent to the Centerville IHCC campus, will also offer community outreach events such as tours and continuing education classes in subjects ranging from back yard gardening to food packaging.

Dr. Mel Everingham, who oversaw the merger of the disparate institutions into IHCC, remained on as the college's first President, serving until 1973.

[2] Dr. Lyle Hellyer took over as president in 1973 and over the next twenty-eight years orchestrated considerable growth in campus facilities, student enrollment, and program offerings.

Sprouse, previously the Executive Vice-president for Academic Affairs, becomes the colleges fourth President when Lindenmayer officially steps down in Fall, 2013.

This allows the student to pursue a bachelor's degree, because of the general education classes they completed at Indian Hills Community College.

During that stretch, the Warriors broke UCLA's previous collegiate men's basketball record by winning 89 consecutive games, a feat that stands to this day.

The Warriors are tied for eighth all-time with 17 appearances at the historic NJCAA DI Men's Basketball Championship in Hutchinson, KS.

Bruton, Cory Hightower, and Ernest Brown while Pete Mickeal and Johnny Taylor were drafted following their collegiate careers.

Hellyer Field, next to their indoor practice facility, funded by and named for IHCC alumnus Tom Arnold.

Now known as the Warriors, the baseball team has made 12 appearances at the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, CO.

The Warriors won a program record 18 matches in 2018 and reached the team's first-ever NJCAA Division I National Tournament behind the All-American play of Akean Schackleford.

The Indian Hills Volleyball program began in the 1996 season on the Ottumwa campus and has been a perennial power in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference.

The Warriors have reached three NJCAA Division I National Tournaments, most recently in 2019 under current head coach Lyndsey Michel.

Indian Hills offers men's and women's cross country and track and field that compete at the NJCAA Division I level.

The men's and women's wrestling programs, currently coached by Cole Spree, are two of the newest intercollegiate offerings at Indian Hills.

The coed Competitive Cheer and Dance program at Indian Hills offers scholarships to student-athletes to compete at the intercollegiate level.

The Indian Hills Sports Shooting squad competes in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference and routinely places at the state and national meets under current head coach Jake Stalzer.

[11] A student health and wellness clinic staffed by a Registered Nurse practitioner is located in Trustee's Hall on the main Ottumwa campus.