by Larry Sheets Last week was very interesting in the Iowa House. We addressed issues relating to abortion and education and less exciting issues like trailer parks. It is effectively emotional and intellectual whiplash. The house voted by a solid majority (including a few conservative Democrats) to outlaw the so-called webcam abortions. These are the […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Tuesday morning, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors received a presentation reviewing the county’s health plan, and discussed the county engineer hiring process. Brad Reiman from Bearance Management Group presented the county’s health plan mid-year review. Reiman discussed how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care […]
Keeping Tradition Alive, Come to the Dutch Costume Open House on February 27, 2014 at the Pella Historical Museum PELLA -The Pella Historical Society & Museum opens its doors to local Dutch costume designers, Jacki Carver and Phyllis Zylstra, as they host a costume open house in the Historical Village, Heritage Hall on Thursday, February […]
The Oskaloosa Dolphins are sending 31 swimmers to the state swim meet this year after a strong showing at the Sectional meet in Ankeny where Osky finished 2nd out of the 9 teams that were competing . Ankeny finished first and is in the Dvision 1 with the other large YMCA’s in the state of […]
PELLA—Central College men’s track and field distance runner Austin O’Brien (senior, Bettendorf, Pleasant Valley HS) was named men’s indoor track performer of the week following a record-setting weekend at the Tufts University Cupid Challenge and the Boston University Scarlet and White Invitational in Massachusetts. The Dutch distance medley relay team of O’Brien, LJ Lipscomb (junior, […]
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering a certification workshop for anyone wishing to sell morel mushrooms in Iowa. The aim of the workshop is to help assure that mushrooms sold as morels in the state are actually morels. The three-hour certification workshop on identifying morels and false morels will be […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – Patty Elscott of Oskaloosa was recently named the 2013 Volunteer of the Year for Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Services in Mahaska County. According to MHP Hospice Volunteer Coordinator Lisa McNulty, the award was presented by the Hospice & Palliative Care Association of Iowa. Elscott has been a faithful hospice volunteer since 2009. […]
WPU 14th at Hoosier Classic Indianapolis, Ind.–In its final Tier 1 event of the regular season, the Statesmen men’s bowling team performed well at the Backhaul Direct Hoosier Classic Saturday and Sunday. The Statesmen placed 14th out of 78 teams with a nine-game tally of 8,734 pins, missing qualifying for bracket play by two spots […]
Thanks to all the business sponsors for making the 3rd annual Osky Winter Open a success. This is a great opportunity for the whole community to come out and have some fun and get a break from the winter. “We kicked off the event with a two-person team tournament on Friday. There was tough competition […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The debate on funding schools for the 2015-16 school year has taken hold in the coffee shops and legislative halls of Iowa. A proposed 6% increase was passed by the Iowa Senate this past week on a party line vote, while the House looks to take up the issue. State Aid, or […]
