The Eddyville netters gained another conference win tonight after defeating Davis County at home. The netters beat Davis County in 4 matches. Coach Gladys Genskow commented on her teams performance “Another conference win and another step towards our goal. We started out slow,but picked up the serving aspect to get us back with the momentum. […]
Lynville-Sully High School had a rough day at school today. According to the latest statement from the National Weather Service in Des Moines. An air exchanger on the gym building was ripped off. The roof itself sustained damage with about one fourth of it being ripped off and tossed 50 to 100 feet to the […]
Oskaloosa News is seeking 2 persons to fill the positions of volunteer writers. Oskaloosa news is a volunteer driven news organization aimed at providing fair and accurate news to Oskaloosa and surrounding areas. We hold up the high integrity and accuracy of our news website. The ideal candidates will posses excellent writing skills, the ability […]
I had about 9 months warning that I might lose my job so when I did actually lose my job, we were prepared. We had saved some money and had paid off some debt. We also had a plan for living on one income, including a plan to put our youngest son through college beginning […]
The Supervisors were introduced to the new naturalist Laura De Cook. An AmeriCorp grant was received to hire an assistant naturalist from the DNR. The assistant naturalist will be on the payroll for a year, with $6,000 of the salary coming from the local conservation budget. Environmental Services reports that since May of this year […]
The Oskaloosa High School student council is seeking entries for its homecoming parade to be held on September 30th. Line up will begin at 5:30 pm with the parade beginning at 6:30 pm on High Ave East. NO POLITICAL ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED! Also, we are in need of convertibles for our homecoming court. If […]
We at Oskaloosa News are always interested in your opinions. That is why we are now accepting letters to the editor. We will publish your letter on any day of the working week. We would ask you to please follow our letter to the editor guidelines listed below. Letters attacking an individual will not be […]
Montezuma. Robert Barker, 80 of Montezuma passed away Monday, September 20, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 am Thursday, September 23, 2010 at the Holland-Coble Funeral Home with Pastor George Salnave officiating. Interment will be held in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter at 2:00 pm Thursday. Visitation will be […]
The Oskaloosa City Council defeated the 3rd reading of a resolution amending our snow removal ordinance to allow residents to have 48 hours to remove snow from their sidewalks. According to city council procedure, this means that the proposed change to the ordinance was defeated and will not be voted on again. The move comes […]
Saturday proved to be a busy day in Oskaloosa. The Nelson Pioneer Farm was busy with their event, the rain had washed out any chance of racing for the weekend. The vendors were high and dry in the Exhibit Hall at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds. There appeared to be a good turnout of vendors and […]
