Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Fine Arts and Cultural Events (FACE) board held the first of many events leading up to Art on the Square. The first was started off by some local youth and their creative efforts being displayed at the Iowa Building. The recently restored historic building is playing host to the ‘Up and Coming […]
Upcoming community events Relay for Life of Mahaska County is scheduled for June 2, 2012, at the City Square in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Central United Methodist Church, corner of A Ave. and N. Market is having an Ice Cream Social on Thursday June 7 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Beefburgers, hot dogs, ice cream, pie, and […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Friends and family joined together to remember their loved ones Wednesday evening at the MHP Hospice Serenity House. Those with Mahaska Health Partnership, Mahaska Hospice Auxiliary, Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel along with the Pastor of Rose Hill Community Church offered words of encouragement to those gathered. Sharing the memories of life was […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The summer is upon us, and a group of Oskaloosa 4-H members spent one of the first days of their summer vacation giving back to their community. The Mahaska County 4-H group Scott-U-Need-Us raised a good amount of money selling cookies and hot chocolate at the annual lighted Christmas parade, and decided […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa Firefighters fought a garage fire on the city’s north side in the early morning hours on Thursday. They arrived at the property owned by Matthew Bruxvoort, located at 1326 Barclay. There, firefighters found a detached garage ablaze, with two vehicles inside. Oskaloosa Fire Dept. was on scene for nearly two hours […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa has been short one of its most popular eating establishments since a raid by law enforcement closed Oskaloosa Family Restaurant back on April 19th. Since that time the establishment has been closed and multiple rumors concerning its future has circulated the community. Osky News stopped by Oskaloosa Family Restaurant today to […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The college academic year is coming to a close, and finals are staring down the students from William Penn next week. But before the stress of finals hits, the tradition at Penn has been to hold ‘Pennstock’ the Friday before finals. So, tonight at the PAC, starting at 8 p.m. the students […]
A Picnic Fundraiser lunch on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 was put on by the team from Sedexo at William Penn, “we just wanted to do something for the community. The community supports us, so we wanted to give something back. We thought this would be a neat little thing to do,” says Jeff Halverson, General […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In their second meeting of the month, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors tackled an agenda filled with reports from local agencies. After some normal housekeeping items, the supervisors heard from County Sanitarian Eric Dursky. During his monthly report, he outlined the recent letter sent out to residents along Carbonado Road. He […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Sea Chanters dropped anchor in Oskaloosa Thursday night on their eleventh stop of a eighteen stop tour. This years tour takes the group through the northern part of the United States, which includes stops in seven states. The Sea Chanters are just one of six primary performing groups in the United States […]
