PELLA, IOWA— Sometimes the hoop looks like the ocean and Central College junior shooting guard Kaitlyn Johnson (Stockport, Van Buren HS) splashed six threes on her way to a career high 20 points in a 99-82 win over Grinnell College Thursday night. The Dutch (1-0) drained 14 three pointers, just one shy of a school […]
by Charlie Comfort Oskaloosa, Iowa- It was a night of presentations for the Oskaloosa School Board at their regular meeting Tuesday night, as the board heard a variety of presentations dealing with student behavior and test scores. Curriculum Director Steph Wilson was among those presenting Tuesday night. Wilson stated that the district had shown improvement […]
Oskaloosa Main Street Press Release Oskaloosa, IA: An Oskaloosa project has been selected as one of only 14 across the state to receive funding through the prestigious Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant. Jennifer Main, a local business and property owner, plans to use the grant to help fund the creation of an apartment above her […]
OTTUMWA — The 2017 annual art faculty exhibition in the Art Gallery on the Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa campus will feature the art work of Lisa Fritz and Mark McWhorter. (The public is invited to the opening reception of this art exhibition at which viewers may visit with the artists regarding their works on […]
An Oskaloosa Police Department Press Release On Saturday November 11, 2017 at approximately 12:37 p.m. the Oskaloosa Police Department and Oskaloosa Fire Department were dispatched to 201 Trueblood Avenue “William Penn Gymnasium” in reference to a smoke report. William Penn Security contacted the Mahaska County 911 Center and advised that the old upper basketball gymnasium […]
An Oskaloosa Police Department Press Release Thanksgiving is a time when families and friends come gather to share a meal and connect; it is also one of the busiest travel weekend of the year. Don’t let your Thanksgiving end in tragedy. “Year after year, we are devastated by stories of family members who are killed […]
City of Oskaloosa City Council Meeting Regular Session Council Chambers City Hall, 220 S. Market Street Oskaloosa, IA 52577 Agenda November 20, 2017 Call to Order and Roll Call – 6:00 P.M. 1. Invocation: Pastor Alvern G. Boetsma, Good News Chapel 2. Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States […]
1.Approve Agenda 2.Public Comments 3.Approve minutes November 6&9 4.Conservation Report – Dave Sedivec 5.MCARD Report – Deann DeGroot 6.Payroll Change *Sheriff *Secondary Roads 7.Approve disallowance of Business Property Tax Credit claims (2) 8.Approve and execute Amendment to Agreement for Private Development *With The Welders Shield LLC and Co-Line Welding Inc. in NW Urban Renewal Area […]
Donald Dean Hedlund June 24, 1934 – November 15, 2017 Hedrick, Iowa | Age 83 Donald Hedlund, 83, of Hedrick, died Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. He was born Sunday, June 24, 1934, in Fremont, the son of Carl and Opal V. Williams Hedlund. Donald graduated from […]
New IDALS-Funded Program Aims to Incentivize Expanded Use of Cover Crops to Improve Water Quality DES MOINES – Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced a new program aimed at increasing acres of cover crops in the state. Iowa farmers who plant cover crops this fall (2017) may be eligible for a $5 […]
