According to a new poll by the Des Moines Register, if the election were to be held today, Terry Branstad would be our new governor. The poll conducted by the Register’s pollster, Selzer and Co, targeted 803 Iowan adults from all parts of the state. The poll was conducted from September 19-22. To Culver, it […]
Last week we asked you what you thought about our city streets. In our poll, 41 residents (98%) voted that they are not being maintained well enough. 1 resident (2%) voted that they are being maintained well enough. The question of the week poll is unscientific and does not reflect the views of Osky News. […]
The Oskaloosa Cross Country team competed at the Eddyville Invitational tonight. The boys team captured a 2nd place finishing behind Eddyville and the girls team captured a 1st place win. Coach Comfort commented on the girls team performance “We ran pretty well tonight, despite the fact that we had a pretty hard workout yesterday. The […]
Happy Election Day…. almost. Today is the day the campaigns have been talking about for a while now, the day that early voting begins. According to the secretary of state’s website, Iowans now have 3 ways to vote up until the election. The main way that the campaigns try to get you to vote, is […]
The Eddyville netters gained another conference win tonight after defeating Davis County at home. The netters beat Davis County in 4 matches. Coach Gladys Genskow commented on her teams performance “Another conference win and another step towards our goal. We started out slow,but picked up the serving aspect to get us back with the momentum. […]
Oskaloosa News is seeking 2 persons to fill the positions of volunteer writers. Oskaloosa news is a volunteer driven news organization aimed at providing fair and accurate news to Oskaloosa and surrounding areas. We hold up the high integrity and accuracy of our news website. The ideal candidates will posses excellent writing skills, the ability […]
The Oskaloosa High School student council is seeking entries for its homecoming parade to be held on September 30th. Line up will begin at 5:30 pm with the parade beginning at 6:30 pm on High Ave East. NO POLITICAL ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED! Also, we are in need of convertibles for our homecoming court. If […]
We at Oskaloosa News are always interested in your opinions. That is why we are now accepting letters to the editor. We will publish your letter on any day of the working week. We would ask you to please follow our letter to the editor guidelines listed below. Letters attacking an individual will not be […]
The Oskaloosa City Council defeated the 3rd reading of a resolution amending our snow removal ordinance to allow residents to have 48 hours to remove snow from their sidewalks. According to city council procedure, this means that the proposed change to the ordinance was defeated and will not be voted on again. The move comes […]
The William Penn Alumni Association is looking for volunteers for their annual green dress project. Volunteers are needed to help with advertising, dress inventory, organizing the fashion show, modeling in the fashion show, working the fashion show and working store hours. According to Amanda Hudnut, Vice President of volunteerism at William Penn, the green dress […]
