The pubic had their chance to formally meet new library director Wanda Gardner. Friends of the Oskaloosa Public Library held an event at the library on Thursday afternoon starting at 5:00 pm and going until 6:15. There was a nice crowd of come and go visitors to welcome Ms. Gardner who comes to Oskaloosa from […]
The trial of alleged sexual abuse began Wednesday with opening statements from both the prosecution and defense. Jury selection the previous day provided 14 jurists out of the 40 that started the process. The 14 jurists 12 regular and 2 alternates hear opening testimony from the States prosecuting attorney Becky Goettsch and Mr. Ebelsheiser’s attorney […]
Oskaloosa. Lula May Sheffer, 78, of Oskaloosa, died Thursday, October 21, 2010, at the Mahaska Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. She was born March 31, 1932, at Oskaloosa, the daughter of George “Pete” and Helen Hanna Atchison. She graduated from the Oskaloosa High School with the class of 1949. On March 31, 1950, she was […]
He wants to be your county treasurer. Kent Frankenfeld is running to be your county treasurer. Frankenfeld is currently employed by Cargil as a Production Technician but also has 30 years of banking under his belt including several years as upper management of a small local bank. I had the opportunity to sit down with […]
Brooke VanHouweling finished 4th in the district cross country meet at Knoxville qualifying for the state cross country meet to be held next weekend. VanHouweling ran a time of 16:14 to lead the Indians to a 6th place finish in the 11-team field. “I was very pleased with our performance tonight. Obviously Brooke ran very […]
The Oskaloosa Band Boosters will begin their Annual Fruit and Nut sale Monday, October 25, 2010 and conclude Monday, November 8, 2010. All Oskaloosa High School and 7th and 8th grade band students will be selling a wide range of products this year, including several new items. Students will offer usual fruit packages with apples, […]
The Mahaska County Democrats held their annual chili and potato soup supper tonight. County Treasurer Sone Scott lead the planning effort again this year. The soup supper was similar to recent years with State Representative Eric Palmer present helping serve residents. One thing different this year was that Congressman Leonard Boswell made a brief stop […]
I want to thank Mahaska County Supervisor candidate Ken Rozenboom for taking the time to answer some questions for us. We asked him the exact same questions as we did with the other candidates in this race. We started off by asking Ken what Mahaska County could do to entice business to move here. Right […]
I spoke last time about unemployment and the foreclosure crisis hitting America. These are terrible life altering events that are shaping our nation today. We have hunger in our nation, families that sleep on back porches, and their only means of survival at this point are the wonderful people that have stepped up to the […]
Lady Statesmen Downed in Four By V-Hawks La Crosse, Wis.–Penn played at a high level Wednesday night, but just not high enough to knock off the league leaders as the Lady Statesmen fell to Viterbo 3-1 in Midwest Collegiate Conference play. Penn (18-15, 3-3 MCC) lost by scores of 23-25, 20-25, 25-20, 28-30. The visitors […]
