Visitation: 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. Monday and where the family will be present from 6:00 to 8:00 Monday evening December 27, 2010 at Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell Funeral Service: 1:00 p.m. Tuesday December 28, 2010 at Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell Interment: following funeral service December 28, 2010 at Westfield Cemetery, southwest of Grinnell Mathew […]
May 15, 1921 – December 22, 2010 Funeral services for Elizabeth Jones, 89, formerly of What Cheer will be held privately at a later date. Interment will be in the Garrett Cemetery near Delta. Elizabeth Esteling Jones was born May 15, 1921 in Bloomfield, Iowa the daughter of Estel K. Jones and Elizabeth Ellen Lawson. […]
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 22, 2010 – Thursday through Sunday will be a busy time on Iowa roadways as travelers complete last minute shopping and make their way to see family and friends. According to the American Automobile Association, 90 percent of year-end holiday travel is by automobile. AAA is forecasting an increase of 2.4 […]
DES MOINES – The city of Eddyville reported that a pump failed at a lift station on the southern edge of town yesterday afternoon. Wastewater was bypassing from the lift station to an unnamed tributary to the Des Moines River, a distance of approximately two miles. Backup pumps were out for repairs at the time […]
Mahaska Health Partnership’s Board of Trustees met Monday evening after the Mahaska County Supervisors held their vote on the urban renewal designation for MHP. Jay Christensen, MHP’s CEO, informed the board of Mahaska County Supervisors 2 to 1 decision not to adopt the urban renewal designation for MHP. We really didn’t get any feedback except […]
Des Moines, IA, 12/22/2010. The American Red Cross across Iowa has seen a 20% increase in the number of calls for help – mostly due to home fires – compared to this same time period last year. Since Thanksgiving, Red Cross volunteers in Iowa have assisted 63 families. This is a significant increase compared to […]
Last week, we asked you if you believed Christmas has become too commercialized. 177 residents responded with 148 residents (84%) voting yes, 16 residents (9%) voting I don’t care, and 13 residents (7%) voting no. The question of the week poll is unscientific and does not reflect the views of Osky News. This week’s question […]
A Sunday December 19th accident around 7:45pm in the evening caused considerable damage to the 1995 Wrangler driven by James Bennett of Sully, Iowa. Bennett was blinded by oncoming headlights running off the right side of the road striking a tree at the junction of T-14 and Elk Horn St. 1 mile North of Pella. […]
May 09, 1929 – December 21, 2010 Visitation: Visitation will start at 9:30 a.m. January 07, 2011 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel and continue until service time. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Friday morning, January 07, 2011 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel with Father Thomas Speigel officiating. Jean Ferryman was born in Omaha, NE on May […]
Saturday, November 21st, 1936 to Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 Obituary: Billy Eugene Finck was born November 21, 1936 in Fontanelle, Iowa the son of William and Ellen (Purdy) Finck. He graduated from Fontanelle High School and then enlisted in the United States Army. He served four years and was honorably discharged. As a young man, […]
