A large number of area residents enjoy the use of the multi-use recreation trail. Now that spring is here, the use and enjoyment of the trail is only going to increase. The Oskaloosa Police Department would like to remind everyone of the city ordinance regulating the trail’s use. SOME OF THE PERMITTED USES ARE: -Walking, […]
Oskaloosa–Corey Lathram (Sr., Brentwood, Calif., Physical Education) was honored nationally for his dominating performance against Clarke last Thursday as he garnered NAIA Pitcher of the Week laurels Tuesday. The senior’s no-hitter in a 2-0 win against the Crusaders was considered the best showing by any hurler last week. It is his first national award and […]
PELLA — Central College will host Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, along with Mary Andringa, the co-chair of the governor’s STEM advisory council and president and CEO of Vermeer Corp., for a STEM town hall meeting May 5. Reynolds is holding STEM town hall meetings across the state to update Iowans on the progress being […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – First Degree Robbery and Third Degree Burglary charges have been filed against David Allen Coe Taylor of What Cheer in connection with an incident at a rural Mahaska County residence on April 18th. According to affidavit’s filed by the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office, the above named individual is accused of stealing rolls […]
Lathram, Vazquez Sweep MCC Accolades Oskaloosa–Two near-perfect outings helped the William Penn baseball team to a sweep of the Midwest Collegiate Conference Player of the Week honors Monday. William Vazquez (Fr., North Hollywood, Calif., General Accounting) was named Player of the Week, while Corey Lathram (Sr., Brentwood, Calif., Physical Education) collected Pitcher of the Week […]
PELLA—Central College women’s track sprinter Abi Davis (sophomore, Des Moines, Dowling Catholic HS) raced to her second consecutive Iowa Conference track events performer of the week award, while men’s track thrower Steven Messerschmidt (senior, Neola, Tri-Center HS) and softball first baseman Kaitlyn Matzen (Manly, Central Springs HS) each earned their first recognition. Dutch tracksters take […]
The Mahaska County Master Gardeners will hold their ninth annual plant sale Saturday May 10, 2014. It will be held 8 – 11 am at the Mahaska County Extension and Outreach Office. They will be selling a nice selection of annuals, perennial divisions, garden markers as well as second time around gardening items. Proceeds from […]
GRINNELL, Iowa – Grinnell College’s Sam Tinkham ’16 has been named the Midwest Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week. Tinkham, a 6-0, 215-pound left-hander from Newington, Conn. (Newington), tied a Grinnell College baseball program record by striking out 16 batters in a 9-2 victory over Illinois College in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The race to be Iowas next senator is coming down to the point of thinning the herd, and businessman Mark Jacobs is one of the nearly half dozen Republicans seeking his party’s nomination. Jacobs addressed a group of 3 potential voters at Smokey Row on Monday at noon. In a conversation after […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Monday morning the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors hired a new county engineer. Dave Shanahan, who is the current county engineer for Cherokee County, will take over for outgoing county engineer Jerry Neusbaum in July of this year. “I think Dave will be an asset to the community, and I think […]
