National Police Week 2013 will be observed Sunday May 12 – Saturday May 18. In 1962 President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designates May 15th as Peace Officer Memorial Day and the week in which the date falls as Police Week. National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who […]
Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Osky News. Dissappointment is a understatement when you ask many people in the Marion and Mahaska counties. We the people feel like we have no representation and no say in this airport. Why is it that the […]
Oskaloosa–Jennifer Whitehead (Jr., Oskaloosa, Iowa, Biology) headlined a list of seven players who were honored for outstanding campaigns as the all-Midwest Collegiate Conference softball teams were announced. Whitehead was picked as the league’s Pitcher of the Year, while second baseman Molly Miller (Sr., Kalona, Iowa, Business Management) and left fielder Bri Zerley (So., Monroe, Iowa, […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Grinnell College men’s tennis team will face Kalamazoo College Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Regional Tennis Championships. The regional is being hosted by Washington University in St. Louis. Grinnell, ranked 16th regionally, brings a 22-11 mark into the contest while the 9-12 Hornets are ranked […]
(DES MOINES) – Today, Gov. Terry E. Branstad received word that a Presidential Disaster Declaration has been issued for five Iowa counties. The five counties included in the declaration are Dickinson, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola and Sioux. The Governor sent the request for the declaration on Friday, April 26, in response to severe weather which occurred […]
CHICAGO, Ill. – For the second year in a row, the Grinnell College women’s tennis team will open up with Carleton College at the NCAA Division III Regional Team Championships. The regional, hosted by the University of Chicago, will take place May 10-12. The Pioneers will bring a 14-8 mark into the match, while Carleton […]
Week 16 The Iowa legislature has finished week 16, which was the scheduled end to the session. But a lot remains to be done. Most of what’s left will be negotiated in conference committees, and we’ll have to see how quickly the differences can be resolved. We continue to work for much-needed comprehensive property tax […]
William Penn University hosted for the first time ever a MCC Multi-championship over the weekend at the Lacey complex stadium track. Grand View took the title as MCC 2013 Champions, their coach commenting that his team may have started late on the inside but said “they worked hard and pulled it off in the end!” […]
On Saturday, May 4th, the Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont Concert Band earned a division I rating at State Large Group Contest at Mid-Prairie High School in Wellman. The EBFHS Chorus also had an excellent performance earning a Division II rating. Bands and choirs at the contest were evaluated in several categories by a panel of three […]
by Austin Harris Moulton, Iowa – The town of Moulton is a quiet town, and if you would look around you would have no idea what some of the vacant buildings once produced or what the town once accomplished. Below is a little bit of history the Moulton Tribune discovered, and it shows and highlights […]
