Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Fire Department was dispatched to B&B Bedding on Saturday afternoon at approximately 4:15 p.m. The report stated that two piles of mulch were on fire at the mulch production facility. Mulch fires are not uncommon, as below-average rainfall, warm temperatures, and abnormal winds increase the risk of spontaneous combustion. Winds […]
Kelby Watt Wins Battle That Sees Eight Lead Changes in 305’s by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 4, 2018) – Terry McCarl re-passed Carson Macedo with two to go to win his fifth career Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway. The win was worth $15,000 to the Altoona, […]
(Bill W) Knoxville, IA, August 4, 2018 – Carson Macedo’s emotional win aboard the Jason Johnson Racing #41 in Friday night’s prelim of the 28th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank, tied him with Thomas Kennedy for the lead in the Beaver Drill & Tool Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” Point Standings. […]
Dr. Lance J. Edwards April 7, 1953 – August 3, 2018 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 65 Dr. Lance Jay Edwards passed away peacefully at the MHP Serenity House Hospice in Oskaloosa, Iowa on August 3rd, 2018 at the age of 65. His journey home has come after a long battle with several cancers. Lance was […]
by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 3, 2018) – Carson Macedo will always remember his first win at Knoxville Raceway! Saturday night, aboard the Jason Johnson Racing #41, the Lemoore, California native brought home an emotional victory that had the crowd on its feet on Night #2 of the 28th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented […]
Roger Dean Stringfellow March 12, 1920 – July 8, 2005 United States Navy Motor Machinist Mate First Class The flag flying over the bandstand during July is in honor of Roger Dean Stringfellow. Rodger Stringfellow grew up on the family farm at Rose Hill. He entered the U.S. Navy on October 3, 1942, in Des […]
OTTUMWA, IA – Community 1st Credit Union is pleased to announce Ditxa Richards has been named Oskaloosa branch manager. Richards will oversee the credit union’s Oskaloosa location after being at C1st for seven years as an assistant branch manager and personal representative, both behind the phone and in person. Most recently, she was the assistant […]
(Bill W) Knoxville, IA, August 3, 2018 – Thomas Kennedy’s win on Night #1 of the 28th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank gave him the early advantage in the Beaver Drill & Tool Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” Point Standings. The Canadian held off Sammy Swindell and Mason Daniel to win […]
JoAnn Severin January 10, 1941 – August 2, 2018 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 77 JoAnn Severin, 77, of Oskaloosa, died Thursday, August 2, 2018, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. She was born January 10, 1941, in Sandstone, Minnesota, the daughter of Leonard and Lilly Bowen Gervais. JoAnn graduated from Superior, Minnesota High […]
Ottumwa, Iowa – On Friday afternoon, at approximately 1:42 p.m., the Ottumwa Police Department received a call reporting shots fired in the 800 block of South Lillian Street on the south side of Ottumwa. That call revealed that one subject had been shot. As officers were responding to the area of the shooting, they were […]
