The Oskaloosa Area Chamber and Development Group held it’s first Christmas Walk this year. This event replaced the raffle that had been in place for the previous years. As mentioned in a previous story, the day began with a pancake breakfast in the center court of Penn Central Mall from 8:00 am to 10:00 am. […]
The kick-off to this years Christmas Walk was the pancake feed at the center court of Penn Central Mall. Pancakes, sausage and coffee were provided for a free will donation with half the funds going to Ecumenical Cupboard and the remainder is used to help cover advertising expenses of promoting the all day event coordinated […]
Oskaloosa. Lloyd H. Shappell, 68, of Oskaloosa, died Saturday, November 27, 2010, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. He was born July 16, 1942, at Knoxville, Iowa, the son of Ralph and Florence Curtis Shappell. Early in his adult life he did maintenance work for Paul Van Zee Motors in Oskaloosa. On […]
The First American Automobile Race At 8:55 a.m. on November 28, 1895, six “motocycles” left Chicago’s Jackson Park for a 54-mile race to Evanston, Illinois, and back—through the snow. Number 5, piloted by inventor J. Frank Duryea, won the race in just over 10 hours at an average speed of about 7.3 miles per hour! […]
1987: A snow storm struck about the western half of Iowa from November 27-28 with the heaviest snowfall occurring in southwestern areas of the state. The highest reported storm total accumulations included 7.0 inches at Atlantic, Bedford, and Logan, 7.8 inches at Creston, 8.0 inches at Sidney, 9.0 inches at Castana and Glenwood, 10.0 inches […]
Oskaloosa Y’s Men have set up shop once again in the corner of Mahaska Drug’s parking lot. Every year they donate the space for them to use so they can help raise money for different things that the Y does, such as Y day camp, and programs for the youth. All of the tree’s (approximately […]
OSKALOOSA –The Mahaska Health Partnership Laboratory has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), based on the results of a recent onsite inspection. The MHP Laboratory scored in the 99 percentile. The laboratory’s medical director, Ashok R. Pradhan, MD, was advised of this national recognition and congratulated for […]
Delancey and the Zenger Case James Delancey was born into the English aristocracy on November 27, 1703. He presided over the 1733 libel suit brought by Governor William Cosby against journalist Peter Zenger. This case is a major landmark in establishing freedom of the press in America. Delancey was educated at Cambridge and trained in […]
1994: Significant snowfall occurred roughly northwest of a line from Onawa to Algona where thunder accompanied the snow at times. Snowfall amounts ranged up to as high as 12.5 inches at Rock Valley and 14.0 inches at Rock Rapids. At the Sioux City airport 8.3 inches of snow was recorded along with wind gusts to […]
June 13, 1940 – November 26, 2010 Visitation: will begin at 11:00 a.m., Monday morning, November 29, 2010 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel. The family will be at the funeral chapel from 5 – 7 p.m. to greet visitors. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday morning, November 30, 2010 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel with Pastor […]
