DES MOINES – Today, Governor Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the Public Health Disaster Emergency. The proclamation extends the public health mitigation measures that are currently in place, including the requirement to maintain social distancing in bars, restaurants, movie theaters, and similar venues. And it extends many of the regulatory relief measures previously implemented. […]
Ray Edward Fogle, Jr. November 06, 1968 – June 25, 2020 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 51 Ray Edward Fogle, Jr. 51, of Oskaloosa, died Thursday, June 25, 2020. Funeral services for Eddie will begin at 10:00 am on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at the Holland-Coble Funeral Home in What Cheer. Visitation will be held Wednesday […]
A Mahaska County Attorney Press Release Though interrupted by a global pandemic, the Iowa Legislature made significant progress in reforming the collection of delinquent court debt. On June 25, 2020, Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law Senate File 457, which, among other things, replaced a private Texas-based debt collector, Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, with […]
A Mahaska Health Press Release Lace-up those tennis shoes and get stretching- it’s time for Mahaska Health Foundation’s Annual Run in the Sun! Due to this year’s unique circumstances, Mahaska Health Foundation has adapted quickly and will make the 2020 run unlike any other. This year would have been Run in the Sun’s 10th annual […]
A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On Thursday, June 25th 2020, at approximately 11:30 am, Mahaska County Sheriff’s Officials came upon a single vehicle accident in the 1500 block of Highway 63, in rural New Sharon. This vehicle was a 2001 MACK cement transport truck, owned by Ideal Ready Mix Inc. The vehicle was […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa: It was KBOE Hall of Fame Voting Wednesday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway, the drivers were provided a very smooth wide race track which made for a very exciting night of racing. The final race of the night was the 16 lap feature for the Oskaloosa Quality Rental Sportmods. The main event […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Dick Schwab sits quietly in his power chair while he feeds the squirrels near Oskaloosa’s bandstand on Tuesday afternoon. “It’s an expensive habit,” says Dick, of the habit he enjoys. Schwab enjoys feeding the squirrels in central park of Oskaloosa when he’s able to. During the winter months, ice and snow may […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – With sirens wailing and lights flashing, first responders arrived at the doorstep of one of the best stories of 2020 in Oskaloosa. Young Mollee Russell has been selling lemonade from a small lemonade stand set up in her front yard for the past few weeks. Her dad was to leave on April […]
Herbert Duane Strasser November 29, 1948 – June 24, 2020 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 71 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran US Army LTC. (ret.) Herbert Duane Strasser, 71, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at Serenity Hospice House of Oskaloosa after a courageous battle against pancreatic cancer. Herbert […]
Aileen DeHamer December 23, 1924 – June 23, 2020 Cedar, Iowa | Age 95 Aileen DeHamer, 95, of Cedar, went to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ on June 23, 2020. She was born December 23, 1924, in White City, Iowa, the daughter of William and Ida Pearl Mott Thomas. Aileen married the love of […]
