“keep calm & dance on” What: 5-Day Dance Clinic When: Mon. June 3, 2013 thru Friday June 7, 2013 Who: *K-2nd Graders: 9 AM – Noon *3rd- 5th Graders: 1 – 4 PM Where: Transform Academy Gymnastics, Cheer & Dance Facility. University Park, Iowa Performance: Friday June 7th K-2nd : 11:30AM 3rd-5th: 3:30PM Camp Fee: [...]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The consent agenda had two items broken out for separate consideration after Councilman Tom Walling looked to have further clarification. The first involved the support the city gives to Area 15 Regional Planning. After further discussion, the council passed the financial support measure for the upcoming fiscal year. The other issue broken [...]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Kindness Day started with a small group of middle school students “who initiated it and sought the help of Mrs. Hoffman to help them organize,” says Andy Hotek, Oskaloosa Middle School Principal. “Our students wanted to spread kindness. They came to me earlier in the year and said they wanted to develop [...]
ASA Softball hosts a National qualifier at the Lacey Recreation Complex in Oskaloosa Greg Dickel, the ASA Junior Olympic District Commissioner for Central and Southern Iowa, held a USA National qualifier tournament for 14U level ASU softball at the Lacey Complex Saturday and Sunday May 18-19th. Fourteen teams competed from Region Twelve including teams from [...]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A small single engine aircraft crashed around noon on Saturday, just south of Beacon, Iowa. The crash happened just 100 yards north of the gravel road 295th Street in the 1700 block. The occupants were able to exit the plane and walk to a nearby farmhouse. There, the local farmer transported the [...]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Times change and so do people, and when local independent wrestler ‘Evan Jordan’ steps into the squared circle this Saturday night at Bradbury Hall, on the grounds of Nelson Pioneer Farm, it will be the end of an era for him. Professional wrestling takes its toll, and the independent or otherwise known [...]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – History has a way of making itself relevant today, with choices of the past still influencing today. The Iowa DNR, along with MidAmerican and MWH met with concerned citizens and neighbors of 407 South H St. and 902 3rd Ave West on Monday night to discuss the ongoing efforts to remove coal [...]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A Knoxville man, Matthew Fletcher, is facing five counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon as well a charge of OWI stemming from an alleged incident in the 400 block of 4th Ave East. According to the affidavit filed in the case; “On Sunday May 5, 2013 at approximately 11:36 pm, officers [...]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The weather has been all Iowa this past week, anything but predictable. For those reasons, the opening of Nelson Pioneer Farm for the 2013 season was moved to a more predictable location, inside Bradbury Hall on the grounds of Nelson Pioneer Farm. Once again Boy Scout Troop 77 helped start the new [...]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Learning and fun can go hand-in-hand, as was proven at Russell Wildlife Center on Saturday as some local young scientists demonstrated. Some North Mahaska 6th graders along with some students from the Oskaloosa 3rd and 4th grades joined Laura DeCook, MCCB Naturalist, during their lunch hours and recesses to work on their [...]
