Oskaloosa, Iowa – At the start of the 2016 high school sports season, excitement was high as Jake Jenkins took over as head coach of the Oskaloosa High School football team, looking to build off of a 2-7 2015 season. After a hard fought season, the Indians ended up 7-3, as well as a play […]
by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa boys basketball team opened up their much anticipated 2016-17 season with a resounding 84-41 win over Fairfield Tuesday night in Oskaloosa. Expectations are as high as ever for the Indians who returned most of their roster from last year and welcome highly touted 6’9” freshman Xavier Foster to the varsity […]
by Doug DeKock The Oskaloosa Girls basketball team knew they would have their hands full Tuesday night against Fairfield in a non-conference game. The 15th ranked Trojans didn’t disappoint, and ran away with a 63-22 win. The 3-1 Trojans came out in their full court zone press and forced Oskaloosa into numerous turnovers in the […]
OSKALOOSA- Residents filed into the George Daily Auditorium Tuesday evening for a public hearing on the environmental assessment for the proposed regional airport project. The public hearing is a required step, in order for the FAA to consider final approval or denial of the project. Tuesday’s public hearing was moderated by attorney Greg Miliani of […]
OSKALOOSA- At Monday’s meeting of the Oskaloosa City Council, the council approved the final reading of an ordinance aimed at adding more sidewalks into the town. The proposed ordinance had been discussed and approved at the prior two city council meetings. It calls for sidewalks to be mandated for all new developments in any part […]
OSKALOOSA- On November 8, Iowa voters drastically altered the makeup of the state legislature as they overwhelmingly gave control of the legislature to Republicans. Going into the November 8 election, Republicans controlled the Iowa House 57 seats to 42 seats. In the Iowa Senate, Democrats held 26 seats, while Republicans held 23 seats, and one […]
by Allison McGuire The Queen’s Cartoonists, a “six cat” swing band visiting Oskaloosa High School from Queens, New York, were greeted Thursday morning by a rush of students setting up their instruments for third period, while Louis Armstrong played in the background. The Cartoonists would later play a concert at the George Daily Auditorium, but […]
OSKALOOSA- The Mahaska County Emergency Management Commission met in regular session November 10. Among items for discussion among the commission was the 2017/2018 commission budget. At the onset of the meeting, Robinson expressed concerns over the reporting of the September emergency management commission meeting by an area news agency. Robinson said that the reporting misrepresented […]
by Allison McGuire Parking spots were at a premium in downtown Oskaloosa last Thursday night, as job seekers connected with the more than fifty employers gathered for the second annual Community Job Fair, held in the Penn Central Mall. The event was sponsored by the Mahaska County Agricultural and Rural Development Division of the Oskaloosa […]
OSKALOOSA- Officials are beginning to move forward with the regional airport project. According to South Central Regional Airport Agency Chairman, Jim Hansen, the agency recently received the environmental assessment back. “We now have a draft completed of the environmental assessment which is a big stop towards moving the process along.” Per federal laws, a public […]
