In early 2013, after a highly competitive selection process, Oskaloosa was chosen as one of 19 Blue Zones Demonstration Sites in Iowa. Extensive work toward becoming a certified Blue Zones community begins in January 2014. According to Dawn Collins, Executive Director of the YMCA and a Blue Zones Volunteer, Blue Zones communities work hand-in-hand with […]
PELLA—The Central College Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) is co-sponsoring a canned good drive at the Nov. 16 Dutch football game against Coe and the LifeServe Blood Drive Nov. 21. SAAC is holding the canned good drive in conjunction with the Central Volunteer Center to kick off Hunger Week activities on campus. Fans are asked […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will hold their annual public budget hearings, which begin on Friday, November 15, and run through mid-December. The hearings are open to the public and credential media. Subsequent hearings will be listed in the weekly Friday public schedules. All public budget hearings will […]
GRINNELL, Iowa – Claire Weidman ’15 has been named to the 2013 All-Midwest Conference Volleyball Team Weidman, a 5-10 outside hitter from Flossmoor, Ill. (Homewood-Flossmoor), earned a spot on the second team. She led the Pioneers in kills per set with 3.13, which ranked third in the MWC, while also averaging 1.96 digs per set […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Tuesday night, the Oskaloosa School Board received two public comments by instructors in regards to the comments made by the board in its last meeting. In its previous meeting on Oct. 29, the board discussed test scores and said scores are too low. The board questioned the […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Tuesday night, the Water Utility Board of Trustees unanimously tabled discussing the compensation of Oskaloosa Water Department General Manager Chad Coon. Coon is making $64,800 a year. Coon researched eight communities to see what other GMs are making. That average came out to be about […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Monday night, the Oskaloosa City Council and the Water Utility Board of Trustees held a meeting to discuss how both entities can share services to reduce costs. The board oversees the Oskaloosa Water Department (OWD). The conversation was based off a shared services study conducted by […]
by Shelly Spaur Over the last couple of months, monarch butterflies born in late July and August have slowly made a 1500 mile trip south to a small area in Central Mexico called the “Oyamel Forest”. These are the lucky ones; they will live approximately 8 months while most butterflies live only 2 to 3 […]
CANDIDATE LISTING December 3, 2013 BARNES CITY Councilmember (elect 1) – Four Year Term Gene Davis Cedar Simmons BEACON Councilmember (elect 4) – Two Year Term Chad Bru Charity Bru Jacob Dalbey Kyle DenHartog Ron Kauffman Cecil D. Smith Dwight Teeter Richard Thomas The final day to register early and be eligible to vote for […]
Oskaloosa–William Penn University Athletics Director Greg Hafner has announced the hiring of Raphael Martinez as Men’s Soccer Coach. Martinez, who was a graduate assistant under former coach Greg Jarosik, was handed the program on an interim basis when Jarosik departed just before the preseason began. A successful 2013 campaign, though, was more than enough to […]
