Archive for: September, 2011

Iowa Celebrities Support Start Somewhere Walk

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – September 7, 2011 – Iowa’s effort to break a world record for the largest walk is getting a boost from 18 Iowa celebrities. Iowa celebrities young and old – both in the state and across the country – are lending their faces and voices to a series of television and […]

Maroon Night at the Stadium, Friday September 9

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Friday, September 9, will mark the Oskaloosa Indian Booster Club first-ever Maroon Night at the new stadium. The Boosters encourage residents to buy a maroon stadium shirt and wear it to Friday’s game to support the Indians and the inaugural football season of the stadium project. Maroon stadium shirts are on sale […]

Central lands three players of the week

PELLA—Three Central College athletes have received the Iowa Conference player of the week award. Senior Sarah Paulson (Ottumwa) is the women’s golf honoree, senior Chelsea Grieger (Pella) is the volleyball libero/defensive specialist and freshman Eli Horton (Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) is the men’s cross country performer. Paulson took medalist honors at the Buena Vista Fall […]

Sign Up Now To Participate In The 2011 Homecoming Parade

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Football season is in high gear, and with it the preparations for Homecoming. The Homecoming Parade is organized every year by the Oskaloosa High School Student Council. The parade works its’ way through downtown Oskaloosa. Last year, the parade saw 43 entries, and they hope to have many more this year. The […]

Oskaloosa Franchise Fee’s On Utilities Bring Questions From Business Owners

How much will your utility bill go up under a planned franchise fee hike by the city?

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council held a work session before the scheduled City Council meeting Tuesday night to further discuss franchise fees that would be applied to utilities bills, in an attempt to generate funds for road repairs within Oskaloosa. The first reading of the new fees passed the Oskaloosa City Council at […]

Howard Davis

Howard E. Davis, 93, of Oskaloosa, and formerly of Perry, Iowa, entered into the presence of his Lord on Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. He was born June 10, 1918 at Perry, the son of Omer and Nina Roberts Davis. He grew up in Perry and later Centralia, Missouri. He […]

Wilma Hardlein

October 01, 1923 – September 07, 2011 Oskaloosa, Iowa Visitation: will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, September 09, 2011 at Garland-Van Arkel Langkamp Funeral Chapel; the family will be present from 9:30 a.m. to service time on Saturday to greet friends and relatives. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Saturday morning, September 10, […]

City Council approves $40,000 to assist in CAT grant

Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Oskaloosa City Council met in regular session Tuesday evening with Mayor David Krutzfeldt presiding. The meeting had been pushed back one day because of the holiday. The first item on the agenda was that of the consent agenda including the monthly claims and minutes of the previous meeting. The consent agenda was […]

City Election Candidate Filing Begins

Oskaloosa, Iowa- Filing for the Oskaloosa Municipal Election has begun. The first day to file nomination papers to run for Oskaloosa City Council or Oskaloosa Mayor was on Monday August 29th. The final day to file is Thursday September 22nd at 5 PM. Candidates can file their nomination papers in the Oskaloosa City Clerk’s Office […]

2,977 flags to be placed on the Capitol grounds today to remember victims of 9/11; Branstad announces remembrance ceremony lineup

State of Iowa Seal

Simon Estes, Gen. Timothy Orr, Brig. Gen. Derek Hill, Commissioner Larry Noble, Barry Ferguson, Linda Juckett to participate in ceremony (DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today announced that WHO Radio and the United States Air Force will place 2,977 flags in the Capitol grounds along East Grand Avenue to honor those who lost […]

             

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