(DES MOINES) – Governor Terry E. Branstad today issued a disaster emergency proclamation for Cedar, Dubuque and Scott counties in response to this week’s severe winter weather. The Governor’s proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of these storms, including for removal of snow.
PELLA—Central College is No. 12 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s preseason Division III softball rankings. Linfield College (Ore.), last year’s national runner-up, received seven of eight first-place votes and tops the first poll. Defending champion East Texas Baptist received the other first-place vote and is ranked No. 10. Iowa Conference rival Luther College, which […]
PELLA — Central College faculty will hold an exhibition on the theme of the egg. The exhibit starts Monday, Feb. 7, and runs through Friday, Feb. 11. The event is free and open to the public and gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The idea was conceived last year when Ian […]
Still diggin out here at Osky News, but I think I have a good one for today’s edition of ‘Where in Mahaska County’ Once again yesterdays was figured out pretty quickly again, I really hope this one proves to be more of a challenge then the recent one’s have. If you have suggestions or pictures […]
PELLA — Central College Board of Trustees member Stan Poortinga and wife Gayle and trustee emeritus Mark De Cook ’64 and wife Kay Kuyper De Cook ’63 donated 17 acres of land near the Carlson-Kuyper Field Station. The land will be used for the prairie biomass project, headed by Russ Benedict, associate professor of biology. […]
DES MOINES, Iowa – (Feb. 2, 2011) – With the large accumulations of ice and snow falling in the past 48 hours, MidAmerican Energy Company reminds customers of the importance of keeping electric and natural gas meters and pressure regulators free of snow and ice. Accumulations of snow and ice can interrupt your natural gas […]
AMES, Iowa – Feb. 3, 2011; 5 a.m. update – Nearly all road in Iowa have been reopened from the winter storm that covered a large part of the United States, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT). Roads remaining closed Iowa 83 – Pottawattamie and Cass counties (Walnut to Marne) Iowa 175 – […]
PELLA — Russ Benedict, associate professor of biology, will give a lecture titled “The Prairie Biomass Project: Benefitting Prairies and Agriculture” at Second Reformed Church Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. The Prairie Biomass Project aims to regain tallgrass prairie in Iowa, which once covered 85 percent of the state. Today, 99.9 percent of prairie […]
PELLA — Trenton Blythe, a 2008 Central College graduate, joins Central’s alumni relations office as an assistant director after spending time teaching and attending graduate school. His duties began Jan. 17. “I am extremely excited to get to work on the many new and innovative things taking place in the alumni office and the larger […]
**Oskaloosa and Oskaloosa Christian are now Closed** Announcements as they come in today: Send your announcement to info@oskynews.org School Announcements for Thursday: Oskaloosa Community Schools – Closed Oskaloosa Christian School – Closed Pella Community Schools – 2 hour delay Pella Christian School – 2 hour delay Eddyville-Blakesburg – Closed Fremont School – Closed Twin Cedars […]
