Mahaska County’s CERT Team had their quarterly meeting Saturday, January 29th in the basement of the Jubilee Family Church in Oskaloosa. Local members have been attending courses on CPR, Triage, and how to help assist in managing emergency situations that may happen within Mahaska County. Discussion of future training events and other practice scenarios were […]
After days of peaceful protests in Cairo and other cities in Egypt, today we see violent attacks on peaceful demonstrators and journalists. The United States denounces these attacks and calls on all engaged in demonstrations currently taking place in Egypt to do so peacefully. These attacks are not only dangerous to Egypt; they are a […]
Diggin my way to the photo vault at Osky News for today’s edition of ‘Where in Mahaska County’ Once again yesterdays was figured out pretty quickly again, so looks like I am going to have to be a little evil today. If you have suggestions or pictures you would like to share please email them […]
AMES, Iowa – Feb. 2, 2011: 10 a.m. update – Snowplow operations have resumed in eastern Iowa. Operations in the following service areas were previously suspended due to the extremely low visibility conditions: Coralville Davenport Donnellson Fairfield Mount Pleasant Tipton Washington Williamsburg To see which roads are serviced by these maintenance garages, visit: http://www.iowadot.gov/maintenance/garages.html. Source […]
The most economically valuable tree in Iowa is under a possible threat from a beetle that is about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Thousand cankers disease (TCD) has been killing black walnut trees in the Western U.S. since the 1990s. It is not currently in Iowa, but is as […]
SOLON – As the calendar turns to February, some farm ponds and small lakes are beginning to show signs of winter stress and with another blanket of snow covering the state a near certainty, anglers will likely start seeing dead or dying fish under the ice before the spring thaw. Lakes and rivers that contain […]
Travel is not advised on Hwy 63, 163, and 92 but they are now open. The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office was able to recover 6 individuals that were stranded last night in the storm. Cedar Township fire had to utilize snowmobiles to rescue 3 other individuals overnight. Emergency Management would like to remind everyone to […]
Rangel Leading Statesmen Bowlers to High Ranking Oskaloosa–Sean Rangel (So., Omaha, Neb., Bellevue East HS) is one of the nation’s best bowlers and is helping the Penn men to a similar status as the regular season is winding down. Penn is ranked 31st on the collegebowling.com website with 1,652 points derived from a complicated equation. […]
Lees Summit, Missouri. Gladys Freda (Rexroth) Sutherland was called to Heaven on February 1, 2011 to join her husband Harold Sutherland. Her family believes she was an angel and after 91 years, decided it was time to go home. They will miss her greatly but have very fond memories to keep them filled with the […]
Des Moines, IOWA — Travel is currently not advised in many parts of the state. However some motorists continue to trek across our interstates and highways. That means Troopers for the Iowa State Patrol must remain vigilant as they work the road, investigating crashes and assisting stranded motorists. In addition, calls to the Patrol’s six […]
