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Oskaloosa nears new snow ordiance

Oskaloosa is now one reading away from a 48 hour snow ordinance. At last weeks city council meeting, the Oskaloosa City Council approved the 2nd reading of the ordinance putting it only one reading away from finally being approved. The new ordinance would allow residents up to 48 hours to remove snow after a snowstorm. […]

RV-TV Stops in Oskaloosa

Channel 13’s RV-TV made its fourth stop of the week in Oskaloosa Thursday. The Channel 13 sports team occupied the east side of the city square. By 5 pm last night, a large crowd of Hawkeye and Cyclone fans had gathered all of whom were hoping to be put on TV. By 6:30 pm, the […]

Indian Harriers compete at Grinnell

The Oskaloosa cross country teams ran at the Grinnell Invitational on Tuesday. Brooke VanHouweling led the way with a 4th place finish in a time of 16:44, helping the varsity girls team to a 10th place finish in the 14-team field.  “Brooke really looked good tonight, she got up with the lead pack and ran […]

Runnin’ Rockets compete at Lake Keomah

From the Eddyville-Blakesburg cross country website: The Runnin’ Rockets competed yesterday in the Lake Keomah Invitational hosted by Pekin HS. The boys finished 3rd, 5 points behind team champion Albia, while the girls finished 4th. Christopher Welch and Lucas David finished 1-3 to pace the boys, while Anna Tanner finished in 18th to lead the girls. […]

Eddyville defeats Centerville

The Eddyville-Blakesburg volleyball team has recorded another win after defeating Centerville this evening 25-17, 25-22, 25-23. Coach Gladys Genskow commented on the results “(It was) good to have that first conference win. (The) girls started off really well with a good lead in the first match and then we started to lose the focus. They […]

Question of the week: Who will win the Iowa vs ISU game this weekend?

The citizens have spoken and they have said that they are not concerned by the current egg recall. 78% of residents (25 voters) voted no in our last question of the week poll. Meanwhile 4 residents (13%) voted yes and 3 residents (9%) voted not sure. The question of the week poll is an unscientific […]

Runnin’ Rockets compete at Pella

From the Eddyville Cross Country website: The Runnin’ Rockets were in action Saturday at the Central Invitational. The boys finished 10th out 16 teams and the girls were unable to compile a team score. Leading the way for the boys was sophomore Christopher Welch who fnished 9th in a time of 17:10. Other scorers for […]

Culver appoints Gamon District Court Judge.

From an official press release from Governor Culver’s office: “It is an honor to appoint Lucy Gamon as an Iowa District Court Judge,” Culver said. “Lucy has an outstanding record of service to Iowans as an Associate District Judge in the Eighth District. I want to thank her for continuing her commitment to justice through […]

Osky Harriers compete at Pella

Oskaloosa High School’s cross country team competed Saturday in what was deemed a perfect day to run. After suffering from hot and muggy running conditions at Southeast Polk earlier in the week, the Indians showed some serious improvement. “It was a great running day, weather wise and the kids worked really hard this week. I […]

Vote in question of the week poll

This is just a reminder to vote in our question of the week poll for this week. The poll will close on Sunday and we will then release the votes.

           

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