Louise Spurgeon March 6, 1916 – November 21, 2013 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 97 Louise Spurgeon, long-time resident of Oskaloosa and active community member, died Thursday, November 21, 2013. She was 97 years old, and had been residing at Grinnell Health Care Center for the past nine years. Frances Louise Whisler was born March 6, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – What’s next for the proposed regional airport? The South Central Regional Airport Agency board held their quarterly meeting Thursday night at the Oskaloosa City Hall to help answer that question. In the call to the public portion of the meeting, one area resident rose to speak about her concerns about the airport […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Developing skills to enable a better team was the reason for emergency driving instruction being given to Mahaska County CERT members this past week. The afternoon course included both in-class instruction and time spent behind-the-wheel, to learn how to drive a vehicle in an emergency situation and operation. Jamey Robinson, Mahaska County Emergency […]
Randy Lee DeJong July 01, 1957 – November 19. 2013 Leighton, Iowa | Age 56 Randy DeJong, 56, of Leighton passed away November 19, 2013, at the Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Randal Lee DeJong, son of Francis Lee and Cleora Helen (Van Kooten) DeJong, was born July 1, 1957, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa- On Monday night, the Oskaloosa City Council received a presentation from Overland Property Development Group on a possible housing development project. Brett Johnson, a partner at Overland Property, gave the presentation. Overland Property wants to construct a 48-unit apartment complex at the site of the former Georgian […]
Free app makes EBF information accessible through mobile devices Eddyville, (November, 2013) – Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont CSD today announced the release of a new, EBF-wide mobile communications application from School Connect, a leading developer of mobile applications for K-12 school systems and institutions. Brought to EBF by Jostens, the free mobile app is available for Apple and […]
A Wapello County Sheriff’s Department Press Release On November 17, 2013, at 12:59pm Wapello County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a motor vehicle accident on Hwy 63 south of Eddyville. Deputies arrived and located a 1997 Chevrolet Lumina located between the two bridges near the creek. The driver Patrick Allen Douglas Age: 60 of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The second trial of Henry ‘Willie’ Van Weelden started Monday morning at the Mahaska County Courthouse. Van Weelden was granted a re-trial after an appeal to the presiding judge on newly discovered evidence. The evidence in the case was a discovered recording of the Supervisors meeting. The video recording of the meeting […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Governor Terry Branstad is taking steps to match military veterans with jobs in Iowa through the newly accepted Home Base Iowa partnership. William Penn University in Oskaloosa and the College for Working Adults in Clive not only support the Home Base Iowa initiative, but have been actively working with our country’s […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa- On Monday morning, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors tabled Solid Waste Commission appointments. The board decided to table the discussion because of Supervisor Grerg Gordy’s absence. Supervisor Mike Vander Molen wanted to ask Gordy some questions about the commission. In its last meeting, the board discussed […]
