Jonathan Narcisse, candidate for governor, is boasting his agenda for governor. Mr. Narcisse commented on several topics this evening including our state’s infrastructure, term limits, and the Iowa Judicial Process. When asked how he would improve our infrastructure he boasted the idea of using state inmates to do maintenance to free up resources.“When we look […]
It happens, the city tap water starts to be not so fresh, might be brown or not be so great to smell. At times especially on dead end water lines the water can become stagnate, turn brown from silt or other deposits such as rust. Oskaloosa Water Department is shown here flushing a city line […]
Harvey. , 54, of Harvey died Tuesday, August 24, 2010, at his home near Harvey. He was born on January 31, 1956, in Oskaloosa the son of Eugene and Patricia Bartlow McCain. He graduated from the Oskaloosa High School with the class of 1974. On October 17, 1975, he was united in marriage to Jean […]
Oskaloosa. Harold Junior Wells, 77, of Oskaloosa died Tuesday, August 24, 2010, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. He was born on May 3, 1933, in Mahaska County the son of Harold Linsey and Elsie Lucille (Tolles) Wells. Following school he went to work for Ideal Manufacturing in Oskaloosa. In 1952, he […]
Blake Lanphier, son of Allen Lanphier of Oskaloosa and Jodi and Brian Pollpeter of New Sharon Iowa has been showing goats in the FFA and is President of the North Mahaska FFA. This year has turned out to be a one of the best. It started out good, and has just gotten better. Blakes wether […]
Doing in life what you love makes living life all the better. So when drag racing’s Tim Hay lined up for his pass in the finals round, at Eddyville Raceway Park, the most recent stop on the World Fuel Altered Nationals, no one would even imagine this would be “the final pass”. Reports of the […]
Oskaloosa. Alice M. Rogers, 95, of Oskaloosa, died Monday, August 23, 2010, at the Oskaloosa Care Center in Oskaloosa. She was born on August 5, 1915, in Mahaska County, the daughter of Fredde and Anna Maria Ver Kou Westercamp. In February of 1935 she moved to Oskaloosa and began working as a nurse’s aide at […]
In 1962, a constitutional amendment to the Iowa Constitution was approved that got rid of the election of judges and changed the process to a Merit Process. Every 2 years, Iowa holds a retention election to determine if a judge should be retained. If a judge receives a simple majority of yes votes, then they […]
One year ago the business I worked for closed and I had a choice to make. I could file for unemployment and look for another job or I could stay home. I chose the latter. I was ready to do something that I had always wanted to do which was to be a homemaker. It […]
Oskaloosa High School has taken several steps to become more technologically advanced. In recent weeks, the staff at Oskaloosa High School have implemented several new policies relating to technology. One of the biggest changes has been in the cell phone policy. The new policy allows for students to use their cell phones during passing time, […]
