The Lacey Recreation Complex has completed the development for the Kentfield Babe Ruth Fields and the season on the new fields has been great! The players and coaches, local and from surrounding communities, have expressed their awe and appreciation since opening the fields on May 8th. The Babe Ruth President, Vie Prescient and MCRF were […]
OSKALOOSA – Mahaska Health Partnership Sleep Services urges the public to maintain good sleep habits. “Adequate sleep is as important as good nutrition and exercise to your health,” MHP Sleep Technologist Kai Schwab said. “A recently study showed that people who stay up late and sleep in end up consuming more calories in a day […]
Mahaska County Community Foundation grants $20,000 to MCRF for recreation projects underway. $10,000 was received for the Skate Park project to be developed this season. The Skate park will be built by Spohn Ranch design company and will be one part of an urbane park area downtown Oskaloosa. Another $10,000 went to a project […]
The Oskaloosa Junior Main Street program will be sponsoring “Story Doors” art! The doors will be viewed and judged during this year’s Art on the Square, which is June 11th. The rules for the doors are as follows: each door will be an individual art project that tells of a story of a person or […]
January 24, 1917 – May 26, 2011 Grinnell, Iowa Visitation: 12:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., with the family present to greet friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 01, 2011 at First Baptist Church, 925 East Street, in Grinnell Interment: […]
DES MOINES – An estimated one million gallons of untreated wastewater was released into the Des Moines River on Wednesday afternoon near Prospect Park in Des Moines. The wastewater bypass occurred when the motor on a pump failed causing the sewage to back up and flow out of a manhole across the ground at Prospect […]
Firefighters from Montezuma, New Sharon and Oskaloosa gathered their equipment and said good-bye to their families. Members of the these fire departments pulled out of Oskaloosa heading for Joplin, Missouri after 4 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. Joplin was struck by an EF-5 tornado at 5:41 p.m. on May 22nd, 2011. With 125 confirmed deaths and […]
The Parent Teacher Organization or PTO of Oskaloosa held it’s annual Fun Day at the Oskaloosa Elementary School. Students were treated to inflatable games in the commons area and gymnasium. There they could find slides, bounce houses, skee ball and a multitude of other fun things. The day used to be somewhat smaller, but has […]
Thankfully this shot didn’t depend upon nice weather, as that has been very hit and miss lately in Mahaska County. I have been surprised how quickly some of these locations are figured out, and it makes the challenge for us at Osky News all the greater. Today’s picture is submitted by Osky News Lead Photographer […]
DAVENPORT, IA – Following his earlier guilty plea on February 25, 2011, Terrence Deshawn Dunn, age 36, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on May 24, 2011, to 60 months of imprisonment for one count of threats against the President, and 96 months of imprisonment for one count of making a threat to unlawfully damage […]
