by Denis Currier Racing at Eddyville Raceway Park was able to be held Saturday despite the threat of rain. Due to the threat races was started early. In the Jr. Dragster novice class Caleb VanSant from Pella faced off against Matthew German from Lynnville. German with the slower dial-in left 1st with VanSant having a […]
by Austin Harris Moulton, Iowa – The town of Moulton is a quiet town, and if you would look around you would have no idea what some of the vacant buildings once produced or what the town once accomplished. Below is a little bit of history the Moulton Tribune discovered, and it shows and highlights […]
by Jordan Bemis The Oskaloosa FFA chapter hosted their 76th Annual Parent Member Banquet on Friday, March 22, 2013 in the high school cafeteria. There were 140 parents, members and guests in attendance. The banquet’s purpose was to recognize special members, members accomplishments and to recognize our graduating seniors. The Blue and Gold award is […]
by Amy Langdon Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board will be requesting a waiver from the state to allow it to set its own school calendar. The board voted last July to oppose an Iowa state mandate that schools start no earlier than the first week of September. The mandate continues, but waivers are […]
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 […]
