Consider it “round one” of severe weather that moved across the area last night. A severe storm rumbled it’s way through the county shortly after 10:00 p.m. last night, causing damage to some mobile homes in the Beacon area, tree limbs to be thrown violently, and dangerous lightning. The intersection of South I and West […]
Riding in the rain proves you won’t melt. That was a thought given up by Jeff Wilford, owner of Bobzilla Bicycle Werks in Oskaloosa. Oskaloosa Police Chief “Jake” McGee was on hand to lend support to the Bike to Work Week initiative. “I just thought it would be a fun worthwhile event to be involved […]
Death of Martha Washington “I am fond of only what comes from the heart.” -Martha Washington On May 22, 1802, the first of first ladies, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died of a severe fever. When she married George Washington in January 1759, she was twenty-seven years old and a widowed mother of two. She was […]
2004: A severe weather outbreak occurred for the second consecutive day with storms developing on the afternoon of May 22nd and continuing into the morning of the 23rd, producing at least 20 tornadoes across Iowa. Fortunately most of these were relatively weak and affected open country with no injuries occurring. Some of the storms produced […]
Junior Babe Ruth continues with the 13-15 yr old Osky White team on May 19th at the Lacey Recreation Complex. The Kentfield Babe Ruth fields are getting nightly play as the Oskaloosa Junior Babe Ruth continues its season. There are twelve 13-15 yr old Junior Babe Ruth Teams in the league this year, 5 from […]
The Oskaloosa High School Academic Recognition Ceremony was held Thursday evening in the George Daily Auditorium. The 7:00 p.m. ceremony sponsored by the Oskaloosa Area Chamber & Development Group. The near 90 minute program started off with students being honored for the National Honor Society. Superintendent Russ Reiter opened the evenings event. Presenters stepped up […]
OSKALOOSA – Mahaska Health Partnership Wound, Ostomy, Continence (WOC) Nurse Cindy Donohue, BSN, CWOCN, will hold an Ostomy Support Group meeting on Monday, June 13 at 5:30 pm. “There are a lot of people in our community living with an ostomy,” Donohue explained. “This initial meeting is to determine if there is enough interest to […]
Reverdy Johnson On May 21, 1796, attorney and statesman Reverdy Johnson was born in Annapolis, Maryland. Johnson represented Maryland, a slaveholding state south of the Mason-Dixon line, as a Whig, in the U.S. Senate from 1845-49 and again following the Civil War as a Democrat from 1863-68. Under President Zachary Taylor, he served as attorney […]
2004: A significant severe weather outbreak began on the morning of May 21st and continued into the morning of the 22nd producing 16 tornadoes across Iowa including one that injured 15 people in and around Bradgate. Large hail was reported across the state including at Spencer where softball sized hail fell twice, first with a […]
NAPERVILLE, ILL.—The Central College men’s and women’s track squads concluded their regular season schedule at the North Central (Ill.) Gregory Invitational Friday night with a number of personal-best performances. The women’s 4×400 meter relay squad of Jill Ziskovsky (senior, Dallas Center, Dallas Center-Grimes HS), Emily Teas (senior, Indianola), Rachel Purdy (sophomore, Ankeny), and Felicia Coleman […]
