OSKALOOSA – If you are having trouble sleeping or don’t feel rested, plan to attend the Mahaska Health Partnership Sleep Awareness Open House to learn more about your sleep. This free open house will be held Thursday, March 17 from 4 to 7 p.m. on the MHP campus in Oskaloosa (use entrance #3). MHP Registered […]
Gordon Anderson of the Mahaska County Shriners presented 90 tickets to the Za-Ga-Zig Shrine Circus. On hand to accept the tickets was Diane Broerman and Tammy Sparks. The circus will be held at Jacobson Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds March 25th, 26th and 27th. On top of the 90 tickets (some help cover chaperons), […]
Following the meeting yesterday between U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and European Union Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia Miroslav Lajcak, the United States continues to be deeply concerned over the stalemate in government formation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly the Federation institutions. This impasse is preventing Bosnia and Herzegovina from addressing […]
Officials from NOAA’s National Weather Service will recognize Mahaska County on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 for completing a set of rigorous criteria necessary to earn the distinction of being StormReady®. Mahaska County is one of 29 StormReady communities in the state of Iowa, and one of more than 1700 StormReady communities in the U.S. “StormReady […]
College Park/Lake Myrtle, Florida–The Penn baseball team performed very well in posting a 9-3 record at the RussMatt Invitational in central Florida last week. The Statesmen (12-4) got its worst loss out of the way on Sunday, falling 8-1 to Davenport (Mich.). The squad then rebounded for back-to-back 8-5 wins over Saint Xavier (Ill.) Sunday […]
Oskaloosa. Rex Ringgenberg, 58, of Oskaloosa died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. He was born Monday, November 24, 1952, at Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Lester and Bernedene McCoun Ringgenberg. He attended Saydel High School. Following school he attended Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa. On August 11, 1973 […]
Hundreds of thousands of Iowans could receive restitution (DES MOINES, Iowa) A Polk County Judge has ordered Connecticut-based Vertrue, Inc. to pay more than $30 million dollars in restitution, penalties and costs after ruling the corporation violated Iowa’s buying club law and used deceptive and unfair practices to market so-called buying club memberships to nearly […]
Gov. Terry E. Branstad today announced the individuals who he has appointed to the Governor’s Transportation 2020 Citizen Advisory Commission (CAC). “I am pleased to announce the appointees to the Governor’s Transportation 2020 Citizen Advisory Commission,” said Branstad. “These individuals will be an asset to the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) as they assess the […]
Gov. Terry E. Branstad today announced the launch of a new website focusing on his plan to restore Iowa’s schools as best in the country. The site, http://iowaeducation.iowa.gov, will be maintained by Gov. Branstad’s special assistant for education, Linda Fandel. “Restoring world-class education in Iowa is the challenge that Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds and I […]
Des Moines, IOWA — The State Fire Marshal Division and the Iowa Attorney General are warning consumers of recent complaints in the Eastern and Southern parts of Iowa where salespeople are reported to be selling smoke and heat detector systems using high pressure sales tactics. In one recent complaint from Eastern Iowa, a sales person […]
