By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the 2014-15 budget on Monday morning. “I think it’s a pretty good budget, and I think department heads did a good job of keeping costs down,” said Supervisor Mike Vander Molen. The board held a public hearing on […]
Oskaloosa–A squad nearly void of any familiarity to the Big Dance will make a very familiar trip for the program as the Statesmen men’s basketball team used a huge second half to defeat #5 seed Grand View 94-75 in the Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament Finals Sunday. #2 seed William Penn (22-9) earned its third-straight bid […]
Conway, Ark.–Before heading for the Sunshine State next week, the William Penn baseball team began spring break by facing Central Baptist in four non-conference games Friday and Saturday. On Friday, the Statesmen (4-2) won the opener 6-0 and then lost the nightcap 3-2 in nine innings. Saturday’s results were the same with WPU taking the […]
Cedar Rapids–Frigid shooting prevented the Statesmen women’s basketball team from extending its season as it fell 69-65 to #3 seed Mount Mercy in a Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament Semifinal game Saturday. #6 seed William Penn (12-18) connected on only 27.0% of its field goals, but still made things interesting as it sought a trip to […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A Mahaska County man faces four charges stemming from a single incident in Oskaloosa on February 26th. Timothy John Anderson is accused of Disarming A Police Officer, a class D felony. He is also accused of Interference With Official Acts (Attempted to inflict serious injury) which is also a class D felony. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The process has been years in the making and starting this past weekend Mahaska County Emergency Management, in cooperation with area fire departments, is now taking the lead on any Haz-Mat incidents within the county. This is a change from the years of SIRG being the responsible entity in a Haz-Mat situation. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Officially hitting the campaign trail this past week, Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) stopped by Smokey Row in Oskaloosa. Miller-Meeks is no stranger to the campaign trail. The Ottumwa native has run for congress twice before, and believes that things are different this time. “I think after being at the [Iowa] State Department […]
by Ken Rozenboom When we returned to the Senate this week floor debate and voting began in earnest. The first funnel ended last Friday, and Senators had attended scores of subcommittee and committee meetings in an attempt to get bills moving before the funnel deadline. The Senate took up more than 60 bills this week, […]
An Education Series will be hosted by the Mahaska County Master Gardeners Tuesday evenings in March. These meetings will be held at the Mahaska County Extension Office at 7 pm. There is no fee to attend and the public is encouraged to attend. The speaker for the March 4 will be Jim Kessler. Jim is […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – With the last chance to enroll for 2014 coverage being March 31, Mahaska Health Partnership wants to remind the public they have staff available to answer questions and assist in registering for insurance on the Health Insurance Marketplace. According to MHP Director of Patient Accounts Joyce Vonk getting health insurance before March […]
