(DES MOINES, Iowa) Attorney General Tom Miller announced that Iowa is part of a settlement with 50-state attorneys general to resolve allegations of unfair debt collection practices on customer accounts for Hollywood Video and its parent company, Movie Gallery. After Hollywood Video filed for bankruptcy in 2010, its customer accounts were turned over to debt […]
Last week, we asked you if you supported late term abortions. 74 voters responded with 63 residents (85%) saying No, 9 residents (12%) saying Yes, and 2 residents (3%) saying unsure. The Question of the Week poll is unscientific and does not reflect the views of Osky News. This week we shift to a fun […]
The Eddyville Blakesburg Girls Track Team will be sending several runners to the state meet this week. Below we have placed the names of those who qualified and what they qualified in. Official State Qualifiers for Eddyville-Blakesburg 200 – Megan McDonough 400 Hurdles – Tasha Alexander, Anna Tanner 800 – Tarah Alexander Long Jump – […]
The first ever RAID (Ride Across Iowa in a Day) took place on Saturday, May 14th 2011. Everyone in Iowa is fairly familiar with RAGBRAI and its format, but RAID is for a different type of rider. The distances are similar, though RAGBRAI is a little bit longer. While RAGBRAI is traveled over a week […]
With a Shotgun start at 10 a.m., the OACDG 2011 Scholarship Golf Tournament got underway. It was a soggy event this year, but 22 teams of 4 were still signed up to help the benefit. The golf benefit was held on Friday the 13th at the Edmundson Golf course. Individual entry fees were $50.00 and […]
Oz As Allegory Is the Wonderful Wizard of Oz a political allegory of the turbulent 1890s? In a 1964 American Quarterly article, Henry M. Littlefield suggested this wonderful American fairy tale spoke to the political and economic climate that produced the Populist movement. “Wizard of Oz: Parable On Populism” noted Baum’s years as a journalist […]
2001: Very hot weather pushed the temperature all the way up to 101 F at Sioux City making this the earliest date of the year on which such a high temperature has ever been recorded in Iowa. 1998: A severe weather outbreak produced 13 tornadoes across Iowa including an F3 that injured 47 people […]
Eldridge and formerly of Montezuma. Keith Osborn, 81 of Eldridge and formerly of Montezuma passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011 at the Genesis Health Care System East Campus in Davenport. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 am Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the Holland-Coble Funeral Home in Montezuma. Visitation will begin at 3:00 pm Friday, […]
May 31, 1936 – May 14, 2011 Hermitage, TN and formerly of Victor, IA Visitation: 6 pm to 8 pm on Friday May 20, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Victor, IA Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m., Saturday May 21, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Victor, IA Interment: following the funeral service May 21, 2011 […]
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Cpl. Primo C. Carnabuci of Old Saybrook, Conn., will be buried May 12 in his hometown. […]
