Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met on Monday May 2nd for their regular scheduled meeting. The board opened a public hearing that would establish a policy for construction and reconstruction of county roadways. The ordinance would be adopted to help Mahaska County during a disaster situation in coordinating with FEMA for […]
Nebraska City, Neb.–It may be a different conference, but the result is a similar one as the Statesmen women’s golf team brought home another league title by claiming the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championships Monday and Tuesday. #21 WPU was first out of 11 teams with a two-day score of 643 (326-317) at Table […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council cleared the final hurdles that will allow the city to save $165,000 in financing by the reissuance of $1,695,000 in general obligation bonds. Also approved was a 28E agreement between Oskaloosa and Ottumwa for law enforcement services during RAGBRAI 2017. Brad Reiman, of Bearence Management Group reviewed the […]
Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Oskaloosa News. On December 21st the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors (BOS) received a petition signed by nearly 900 residents of Mahaska County requesting the BOS to set a date for election. This would extend collection of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – For nearly two decades, Deb DeJong has been turning on the lights every day at her store, Reruns Consignment Store. DeJong has become an expert at understanding what the second hand shopper is looking for, and has enjoyed working with the people in the Mahaska County Community during all that time, helping […]
Oskaloosa – Mahaska Health Partnership nurses Crystal Booy, RN, of Oskaloosa and Heather Cook, BSN, RN, of Pleasantville, have been named to the 12th annual listing of “100 Great Iowa Nurses.” Recipients were honored at a special celebration recognizing National Nurses Week on May 1 in Des Moines. The Iowa Nurses Association, Iowa Nurses Foundation […]
PELLA — Central College’s Iowa Conference softball doubleheader with Wartburg College was shortened because of darkness Sunday, but not shortened quite enough for the Dutch. As daylight dwindled on the A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex field, umpires elected to squeeze in one more inning in the rain-delayed Iowa Conference twinbill and Wartburg capitalized with a 3-run […]
DUBUQUE — A furious late-game really narrowed the margin, but the Central College baseball team could not overcome a five-run deficit in game two and were swept 6-0 and 5-3 against the University of Dubuque Sunday. Scoreless in the first 14 innings of the doubleheader, the Dutch (8-28, 5-19 Iowa Conference) offense showed life in […]
A very rainy day at the Lacey Recreation Complex for MCRF’s first time “Swing Into Spring” tournament! MCRF hosted a fund raiser tournament at the complex on Saturday and Sunday April 30-May 1. For Saturday, the games were canceled before they began but some games were made up on Sunday. The tournament ran for only […]
DES MOINES — Competing in a stellar field at the Drake Relays Saturday morning, Logan Mulford (junior, Mount Pleasant) exceeded his personal-best and propelled his way to the top of Division III in the high jump. One of only three Division III competitors in a field littered with Division I entries, Mulford kept pace by […]
