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Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Oskaloosa City Council met in regular session Monday evening at 6:30 PM in City Council Chambers. The Council first approved the consent agenda. During public comments, the Council heard from Cor VanEgmond. VanEgmond expressed concerns about topsoil being replaced during the North 7th and J ave East Sanitary Sewer Project. The next […]
Nov 8 2011 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Oskaloosa High School Drama Department will present its’ fall play ‘The Comedy of Errors’ this weekend. The play will be held on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM in the George Daily Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for Adults and $3 for Students. Activity Passes will be honored. The Drama Department presented the […]

Oskaloosa, Iowa- Recently, we asked you to vote on the approval rating of our local governments. We ran a poll for several weeks and ended up receiving some interesting numbers. We asked you to rate various governments on a scale of one to five, with one being the worst and five being the best. One […]

Adel, Iowa- The Oskaloosa Indians football season ended Monday evening as they fell to undefeated ADM in Class 3A playoff football action. The final score of the game was ADM- 49, Oskalosoa- 14. The Tigers passing game was all over Oskaloosa Monday evening as ADM Quarterback Gavin Glenn passed for 290 yards and three touchdowns. […]

Oskaloosa, Iowa- Residents came down to Smokey Row Wednesday evening for this year’s City Council Candidates Forum. The Forum was hosted by CRI and included a panel of moderators including Osky News Political Editor Charlie Comfort, CRI Executive Producer Jonathon Gregg, and Oskaloosa Herald Editor Duane Nollen. At-Large Candidates Joe Caligiuri and Jimmy Carter were […]

Oskaloosa, Iowa- The City of Oskaloosa will be holding their municipal elections on November 8th of this year. The Mayor, 2nd ward City Council Member, 4th ward City Council Member, and one At-Large City Council Member positions will be listed on the ballot this year. Only one race is contested, that one being the race […]

Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Oskaloosa Board of Adjustment met Tuesday evening in the City Council Chambers with Chairman Brian Johnson presiding. The first item presented was a request from Ken Seemann to decrease rear yard setback requirements to build a townhouse at 304 North I street. Seemann was requesting his setback to be at 9 feet. […]
Oct 26 2011 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Mahaska County Democrats held their annual soup supper last Thursday evening. This year’s turnout was slightly lower, as expected by some regular attenders, because of this year being an “off year” for State and Federal elections. Mahaska County Paul DeGeest was in attendance serving up ladles of his Chili. Potato and Cheesy […]
Oct 23 2011 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa- The City of Oskaloosa will be holding their municipal elections on November 8th of this year. The Mayor, 2nd ward City Council Member, 4th ward City Council Member, and one At-Large City Council Member positions will be listed on the ballot this year. Only one race is contested, that one being the race […]

Oskaloosa, Iowa- The City of Oskaloosa will be holding their municipal elections on November 8th of this year. The Mayor, 2nd ward City Council Member, 4th ward City Council Member, and one At-Large City Council Member positions will be listed on the ballot this year. Only one race is contested, that one being the race […]