Oskaloosa, Iowa – A single vehicle accident claimed the life of 37 year old Danielle Kelso the night of July 9th, 2011. She was driving her 1995 GMC Jimmy Eastbound on Utah St. where it curves North and turns into Adams Ave. Kelso apparently failed to negotiate the curve. After exiting the curve, Kelso’s vehicle […]
Oskaloosa, July 11, 2011 – The Mahaska County YMCA will be offering a FREE soccer clinic on July 16, 2011, open to the community. This free clinic is available to children ages 5-8 from 9:00-10:00am and ages 9-14 from 10:15-11:30am. Registration is not required to attend the free clinic. The event will be hosted by […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Historical Society’s Nelson Pioneer Farm and Museum is working on a Sesquicentennial exhibit on Festival Day, beginning this September and continuing through Festival September 2015. Do you have ancestors who served from Mahaska County, which you would care to share their story and/or picture? I am particularly interested in […]
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell introduced an amendment to H.R. 1309 that would help victims of flooding in Iowa and across the nation by making key changes to flood insurance. “Residents in nearly 700 counties across the United States have been victims of flooding this year, and Iowans have been hit especially hard,” […]
PELLA —Kyle Johnson has been promoted to head strength and conditioning coach at Central College while Ryder Weischedel, a former graduate assistant at Baylor University, is the new assistant coach. Johnson, a 2002 Central honors graduate, spent the past three years as assistant strength and conditioning coach. He replaces Jake Anderson, who left June 30 […]
NEWTON, Iowa — July 12, 2011 — Iowa Speedway is excited to announce that Midwest Wheel Companies is sponsoring the pole award for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Race on Saturday, Aug. 6. The U.S. Cellular 250 presented by Enlist™ Weed Control System is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. in Newton, Iowa. “We’ve been serving […]
PELLA—Central College ranks 21st on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division III Team Honor Roll. The Dutch compiled a team grade point average of 3.456 under coach Jerry Nikkel for the 2010-11 academic year. Case Western Reserve (Ohio) led Division III at 3.609. Iowa Conference rival Simpson tied for 10th at 3.519 while Coe is […]
Eddyville, Iowa – High School Winner: Dustin Shepherd, Altoona, 10.38 dial-in, 10.475 elapsed time, 62.21 mph, .182 reaction time, Runner-up: Patrick Lind, Agency, 11.30 dial-in, 11.491 elapsed time, 61.66 mph, .098 reaction time. Friday night was test-n-tune at Eddyville Raceway Park and also High School racing. In the Finals it was the battle of the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Osky News obtained documents further detailing the charges placed against Christopher Allen Atchison. The complaint reads: The defendant is accused of the crime of Sexual Abuse in the 2nd Degree (Two Counts) in violation of Section 709.1(3) 709.3(2) of the Iowa Criminal Code, which is a Class B Felony. A Class B […]
Keokuk, Iowa – Sgt. Robert Briggs was laid to rest on Monday, July 11th, 2011. Briggs was wounded by shrapnel from an insurgent artillery round while serving in Ramadi, Iraq on April 16, 2005. Before his passing the doctors had to remove one of his eyes, and the other one was damaged, which left him […]
