Oskaloosa, Iowa – It seems hard to believe, but the start of the school year in Oskaloosa is only a month away. Over the lunch period of 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, donations found their way to the big yellow school bus that the Oskaloosa School District provided to help transport all of the collected […]
Tuesday, July 24th 7 – 9 pm 19th Century Barn Dance – Square, Round, and Contra Dancing. Band: The Janssens. Caller: Heather Roorda. Families welcome, partners not needed, no experience necessary, dances taught by caller. Free admission, donations welcome. Tuesday, August 21st 7 – 9 pm. 19th Century Barn Dance – Square, Round, and Contra […]
PELLA— For a record 12th straight year, the Central College volleyball team has received the AVCA Team Academic Award. Central broke the all-time record for most consecutive years receiving the award. The Dutch outlasted Wis.-La Crosse, who previously shared the mark of 11 straight years. It’s the 13th time overall that Central has captured the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska Young Professionals group have adopted a mile on the Lacey Recreation Trail and volunteered to trim around a bench and keep this mile clean. “We are excited to be involved with MCRF. One of our group goals is to provide young professionals in the area a way to become more […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – If you have questions about Medicare, Mahaska Health Partnership has Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) counselors available to assist you. SHIIP provides free informational materials as well as one-to-one assistance with questions and problems related to Medicare benefits, Medicare supplement insurance, Medicare insurance claims and other related issues. According to MHP […]
ISU Extension and Outreach is taking action to help Iowans deal with the current drought. · Resources for Dealing with Drought are accessible from the ISU Extension and Outreach homepage (http://www.extension.iastate.edu/, click on the Dealing with Drought link; or go directly to http://www.extension.iastate.edu/topic/recovering-disasters). ISU Extension specialists have compiled this list of resources to help Iowans […]
On Thursday and Friday, the Southern Iowa Fair was crowded with many 4-H & FFA members and their horses. The show on Thursday started at 4:00 pm with Poles and Barrels, and other fun events. The show on Friday began at 8:00 am with Halter, and ended with Trail. The judge on Friday was Laura […]
On Thursday, July 19th afternoon local 4-H’ers and Clover Kids members brought out their pets to show off tricks, some great costumes and what they know about raising their pet. Results are as follows: (Each class winner received a purple ribbon) Best of Show Clover Kids Pet – Allison Walker, Clover Kids Best of Show […]
The beef was at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds on Thursday morning. 4-H and FFA members led their cattle into the pavilion where tension was high to see who would have the best breeding and market beef animals at the 2012 Southern Iowa Fair. For hours before the show, exhibitors were prepping the animals to make […]
4-H’ers worked hard to show their Meat Goats on Wednesday afternoon at the Southern Iowa Fair. The pressure was on judge Doug Glosser as he selected the best of the best at the show. Results from the event are as follows: Champion Market Meat Goat: Emily Peters Reserve Champion Market Meat Goat: Austin Lanphier Junior […]
