The Oskaloosa Cross Country team competed at the Eddyville Invitational tonight. The boys team captured a 2nd place finishing behind Eddyville and the girls team captured a 1st place win. Coach Comfort commented on the girls team performance “We ran pretty well tonight, despite the fact that we had a pretty hard workout yesterday. The […]
Hot Stone Steak & Pasta Grill is nearly complete. The finishing touches are underway as new employees learn the menu. Hot Stone Steak & Pasta occupies the former Bonanza location on the east side of town along Highway 23. They open for business on Monday, September 27. One of the first things anyone entering will […]
A 2 car collision on A Avenue W in front of McDonalds ended up with some bent fenders. A 2009 Chevy AVO driven by 18 year old Emma Denniston was cited for failure to yield upon entering a through highway. At approximately 12:15 Emma attemped to exit the drive of McDonalds at 703 A Ave […]
Independent candidate for Mahaska County Supervisor Reg Randau is running on a platform of working with and listening to the people of Mahaska County. In order to help entice business to move here, Reg said he would start looking at infrastructure. Looking at other incentives to help bring business in such as property tax cuts. […]
Happy Election Day…. almost. Today is the day the campaigns have been talking about for a while now, the day that early voting begins. According to the secretary of state’s website, Iowans now have 3 ways to vote up until the election. The main way that the campaigns try to get you to vote, is […]
Malcom. Funeral services for Doris Henkle Van Arkel , 85, of Malcom, Iowa, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. at the Holland-Coble Funeral Home at Montezuma, Iowa. Burial will be at the Jackson Cemetery in Montezuma. Visitation will begin at noon on Friday, September 24, 2010, with the family present […]
Montezuma. Pauline Ewing, 82, of Montezuma passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2010, surrounded by her family at her home in Montezuma. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 am Monday, September 27, 2010 at the Holland-Coble Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 11:00 am Sunday, September 26, 2010 with the family present from 4:00 to 7:00 […]
Last week we asked you if RV-TV went well and you have overwhelmingly voted no. 37 residents (76%) voted no, 8 residents (16%) voted unsure and 4 residents (8%) voted yes. The question of the week poll is unscientific and does not reflect the views of Oskaloosa News. This week we shift our focus to […]
Mold can create serious health problems for residents recovering from the severe storms, flooding and tornados that occurred June 1 through Aug. 31, warn Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management and Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) officials overseeing the Iowa recovery effort. “People are anxious to get on with their lives after a flood,” said Federal […]
Oskaloosa. V. Thomas Forsyth, 80, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa. He was born August 17, 1930, at Aledo, Illinois, the son of Sherman and Hattie Castor Forsyth. He graduated from the Viola (IL) High School with the class of 1948, and then attended the University of […]
