This February, United Way of Mahaska County, along with 14 local nonprofit partners, will be hosting the 7th Annual Oskaloosa Winter Open. Each hole along the course will be co-hosted by a UWMC partner agency and a business sponsor. Golfers will be able to step up and putt on the miniature golf course greens in […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Indians defeated the Pella Dutch 65-56 on Tuesday night in Oskaloosa. The win guaranteed them at least co-champion status in the Little Hawkeye Conference, something the team hasn’t done before in that conference. The last time the Indians were conference champions was back in 1996 when the Indians were part […]
by Allison McGuire Tension over selecting and funding a new radio communications system for emergency personnel in Mahaska County continued at the regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors on Monday, February 5th. Adding another legal opinion into the question of who will own the new radio system was attorney Daniel Gonnerman. He was there […]
George Francis Johnson March 25, 1955 – February 6, 2018 Searsboro, Iowa | Age 62 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran George F. Johnson, 62, of Searsboro passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. George Francis Johnson was born on March […]
Mildred “Cleo” Johnsen June 13, 1946 – January 31, 2018 Copperas Cove, Texas (Eddyville) | Age 71 Mildred “Cleo” Johnsen, age 71, of Copperas Cove, Texas, formerly of Eddyville, passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Cleo was born June 13, 1946, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the daughter of Walter Clyde and Wanda Mae Edwards Watts. […]
Elizabeth Ann Fleming September 29, 1962 – February 6, 2018 New Sharon, Iowa | Age 55 Elizabeth Ann Fleming, 55, of New Sharon passed away at her home on Tuesday, February 6, 2018. Elizabeth “Liz” Ann Fleming was born on September 29, 1962 at Sigourney, Iowa to Norman and Patricia Townsend McCombs. Liz was raised […]
Robert Dean Doonan January 29, 1924 – February 4, 2018 Pella (Montezuma), Iowa | Age 94 Robert Dean Doonan, 94, of Pella and formerly of Montezuma, died Sunday, February 4, 2018, at the Hospice Comfort House in Pella. Dean was born Tuesday, January 29, 1924, on his grandparent’s farm southeast of Montezuma, the son of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met on Monday night, where the final reading of an ordinance to increase user fees to pay “for expenses associated with the city’s wastewater treatment works” was read. “The average residential customer utilizes 4.54 units of sewer per month and, based upon the recommended increase, the average sewer […]
PELLA — After a sensation performance in the heptathlon at the Wartburg Select over the week, Central College men’s track and field athlete Will Daniels (sophomore, Geneseo, Ill.) was cited as the Iowa Conference men’s indoor field events performer of the week. It is the second time this season and third time overall receiving the […]
by Wade Steinlage Erlanger, Ky./Louisville, Ky.–The William Penn men’s bowling team returned to the top of the mountain for the first time since 2014 as it competed in a pair of one-day tournaments over the weekend. WPU won Sunday’s Eagle Classic for its first crown since the 2013-2014 campaign. It is the fifth championship in […]
