The Oskaloosa Police Association have adopted a mile on the Lacey Recreation Trail and volunteered to trim trees and keep this mile clean. “The Oskaloosa Police Association is a service oriented group and all the activities we provide in the community are for the betterment of our community”, stated Jake McGee, Oskaloosa Police Chief. “We […]
The nice weather has allowed us to scour the county looking for interesting things. Summer vacation and the presidential campaign season will keep us running, and finding even more interesting things. Today’s picture is submitted by Osky News Lead Photographer Don Hubbard. Can you guess Where in Mahaska County he was? When you guess the […]
Osky News is less than a year into the news game, but already we are making an impact in our hometown. I just checked the webstats for Osky News in preparation for this article. We had 3817 unique page views on average for each and every day in April. So every month 114,518 unique page […]
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced today that he is running for President. “I’m Tim Pawlenty, and I’m running for President of the United States,” said the former Governor. “I know the American Dream because I’ve lived it. I’m running for President to keep that dream alive,” he added. Pawlenty began by criticizing President Obama’s […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased slightly in April to 6.0 percent from the previous month’s rate of 6.1 percent. The statewide jobless rate stood at 6.1 percent in April 2010. In contrast, the U.S. unemployment rate for April was at 9.0 percent, surpassing the Iowa rate by three full percentage […]
The Oskaloosa High School graduated it’s class of 2011 on Sunday afternoon beginning at 2:00 p.m. The class heard from Mr. Russell Reiter, the Superintendent of Oskaloosa Schools. Reiter spoke briefly about the capabilities of the Class of 2011 and their challenges ahead of them. The near capacity gymnasium then heard from Lyric Morris and […]
University Park is a sleepy place just on the East side of Oskaloosa. Saturday morning brought the sound of rakes, shovels and laughter as volunteers worked on building a new playground and cleaning up the existing one, along with brush clean up in the cemetery. George Toubekis, University Park Mayor, helped to spearhead the days […]
May 21, 2011 Sportsman Winner: Mike Wymore, Oskaloosa, 7.52 dial-in, 7.548 elapsed time, 84.89 mph, .082 reaction time. Runner-up: Jerry DeMoss, Knoxville, 7.62 dial-in, 7.662 elapsed time, 88.64 mph, .143 reaction time. Semi-finalists: Ben Moore, Ottumwa, 9.66 dial-in, 10.066 elapsed time, 65.45 mph, -.096 reaction time; Bobby Hayden, Corydon, 8.05 dial-in, 7.544 elapsed time, 86.81 […]
Last week we asked, “Do you prefer cake or cookies at Graduation Parties?”. The fun graduation themed question got 64 voters. Responding with 73%, or 47 residents, saying they preferred Cake; while 22%, or 14 residents, saying Cookies; and 5%, or 3 residents, saying they preferred neither. The Question of the Week poll is unscientific […]
Youth for Christ and other area youth leaders helped to guide area students with the presentation of the Baccalaureate Ceremony that ran from 11:00 a.m. to Noon on May 21st. Students, parents and others filed into the gymnasium of OHS for the 2011 service presented by the students. For those unfamiliar with Baccalaureate, it’s a […]
