By R.D. Keep Oskaloosa school board met in special session Monday night to approve the 2013-14 school budget and an agreement for preschool management. The meeting also included a couple action items relating to personnel. Despite the Iowa Legislature’s lack of agreement on allowable growth, school districts have to certify their budgets by the end […]
By R.D. KEEP Oskaloosa School Board members met in regular session Tuesday. The board dealt with a series of routine items during the 43 minutes meeting. The board also met in closed session for continued evaluation of superintendent Russ Reiter. The board meeting was held a week early due to the number of staff and […]
by Rick Vogel A great story. Trapped in a flood of sewage on a luxury liner. Even without actual video, word pictures did wonders to make the story work. I mean having Sanjay Gupta call it a ‘floating petri dish.’ Dang. Now that’s visuals. I watched CNN’s exclusive video of a non-moving ship at sea. […]
by Joe Milledge KIIC Sports It was a tough night for southeast Iowa wrestlers in the championship round at the 2013 State Wrestling tournament. The early indication came at weight 113 when Albia’s Shadow Leshen was beat 1-0 and claims 2nd place in class 2a for the second year in a row. But in a […]
** UPDATE** Saturday Morning Session: Semifinals: 195 Oskaloosa’s Dane Jones taking on Colin Kreiter of North Scott. Jones loses 5-2 in the final period and will wrestle for 5th later this morning. Saturday Morning Session: Semifinals: **UPDATE 2** 195 Oskaloosa’s Dane Jones taking on Colin Kreiter of North Scott. Jones loses 5-2 in the final […]
by Joe Milledge KIIC Sports Friday – The 2013 State High School Wrestling Tournament which started Thursday in Des Moines with 16 wrestlers in each weight class was widdled down to 8 following Friday’s quarter final and semi-final rounds. Oskaloosa’s Cody Jones and Nate Caves were eliminated after tough matches, while Andrew Landgrebe and Dane […]
Des Moines, Iowa – The Rockets of E-B-F continue their run in the state tournament in Des Moines on Friday with 4 of 7 wrestlers still alive in the championship bracket. Jaren Glosser, second ranked Blake Marolf, Jason Crosby, and Tucker Black all advance to today’s quarterfinal round at the State tournament at Wells Fargo […]
by Joe Milledge KIIC Sports The Oskaloosa Indians wrestling squad have changed their names to the Cardiac Kids as 2 of the 4 matches the Indians were involved in went to Sudden Death Overtime. Oskaloosa won both overtime bouts – in fact Andrew Landgrebe won his with just 1 second left in OT. Nate Caves […]
Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Osky News. We as a country obliviously face big challenges. We have record debt, and record deficits. There are 24 million Americans out of work. We have millions of Americans who now rely on the government to […]
Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Osky News This is no breaking news or anything but common sense isn’t so common anymore in Washington D.C. As we continue to rack up billions of dollars each day onto our already 16 trillion dollar debt, […]
