By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Monday night, the Oskaloosa City Council voted to keep the stop signs in place at South 7th Street and 5th Avenue East near Webster School. The final reading of the ordinance to change the intersection from a four-way stop to a two-way stop fell short on […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Monday morning, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors approved a 28E agreement to join Marion County in a mental health region. However, that agreement can only be valid if the county receives an exemption from the state. The state requires counties to join a mental health […]
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By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Tuesday night, the Oskaloosa School Board revised the board policy that establishes the amount of board meetings per month, and discussed bringing in a third party to evaluate the needs of the district. A meeting on Nov. 12 established the board now meets twice per […]
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By Aaron Riggs, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – Medicap Pharmacy in Oskaloosa is closed today because the lead pharmacist there had her state license suspended. The Iowa Pharmacy Board met on Tuesday and imposed the suspension. The board alleges pharmacist Michelle Heidebrink’s “behavior constitutes a serious and immediate threat to patient health, safety and […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Monday night, the Oskaloosa City Council approved the second reading of an ordinance to change the intersection at South 7th Street and 5th Avenue East from a four-way stop to a two-way stop. The ordinance passed on a 4-3 vote. Council members Tom Walling, Doug Yates […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Monday morning, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors discussed mental health region options, including possibly creating a two-county region with Marion County. The state mandated counties to regionalize mental health services by July 1, 2014. The region has to be made up of at least […]
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By Aaron Riggs, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – A former Mahaska County supervisor is waiting for a judge’s ruling in his retrial for theft, fraud and tampering with records. Willie Van Weelden was found guilty on those charges last year, but a Court of Appeals granted him a new trial after new evidence was discovered. […]
