Oskaloosa, Iowa – The day couldn’t have been more perfect for a day of learning the art of maple syrup making than Saturday. The only complaint may have been the stronger than normal winds, but with the warm spring temps, no one hardly noticed and many residents found their way to Eveland Access and took […]
Des Moines, Iowa – A day of surprises and controversy hit the Iowa House when State Democrats walked out saying they felt betrayed because todays scheduled debate included 2 Second Amendment bills. The first bill would be an amendment to the Iowa Constitution that would have to be voted on and passed by two different […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Conservation Center, at the Russell Wildlife Center, hosts many events all year long. Their most recent one helped to shed some light on our county’s namesake. On Saturday afternoon, Mahaska County Naturalist Laura DeCook took visitors on a walk back in time, to when the Ioway Indians and their […]
The trial of Mahaska County Supervisor Willie VanWeelden is in it’s third day; second full day of testimony. The State called Thomas O’Brien to the stand. O’Brien worked for Auxiant during the time in question as an administrator for the counties health insurance plan. In an often times very mundane proceeding, there are moments where […]
This past year has been an eye-opening experience. I never knew that there were so many events going on in this area. Now days when people say, “There isn’t anything to do in this town” I just think to myself that, “sometimes, there are too many things going on in this town”. Fortunately, lots of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Osky News obtained documents further detailing the charges placed against Christopher Allen Atchison. The complaint reads: The defendant is accused of the crime of Sexual Abuse in the 2nd Degree (Two Counts) in violation of Section 709.1(3) 709.3(2) of the Iowa Criminal Code, which is a Class B Felony. A Class B […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- On one of the first real warm and muggy nights in Oskaloosa, Friday after Five kicked off the first of it’s events. Gimikk cranked up the show while Papa Murphy’s had their tasty pizza available to the hungry party goers. Sno Biz was also on hand to help keep everyone cool. Here are […]
This story was written by Oskaloosa Elementary School 5th Grade student Candace Allsup. Yesterday at the Oskaloosa Elementary School it was the first day of Peace Week/Earth Week. Students wore peace signs or tie-dye for the first day. Today they are to wear their grade colors (5th grade- purple and so on). Yesterday, as a […]
I remember the first time that I listened to an Autism Speaks advertisement on the radio. I had been researching autism due to my nonverbal son. His professional entourage, at this point, were cautiously using terms such as language delayed and then developmentally delayed. However, I was driving home from work that night hearing the […]
I would like to thank Mayor Krutzfeldt and Oskaloosa City Manager Michael Schrock for taking the time to respond to some questions I had on the recent Mahaska County Supervisor vote on Mahaska Health Partnership’s Urban Renewal vote. I asked Mayor Krutzfeldt on the subject. He responded, “For what it’s worth, I believe the county […]
