The Oskaloosa Student Council invites the community to our Spaghetti Dinner on January 21st during the Girls and Boys games against DCG! It starts at 5:45 in the small gym of the high school and will go until the halftime of the Boys Basketball game. We will be serving spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, water […]
(DES MOINES) — Speaker of the House Pat Grassley (R-New Hartford) delivered opening remarks to the Iowa House of Representatives today. The following are his remarks, as prepared for delivery: “Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. It’s great to be back with all of you today. Although this is the second session of […]
by Ken Allsup January 8, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – “Where champions are the last ones to leave” is the slogan of the Oskaloosa Indoor Sports Complex, and it’s important enough that volunteers from around the community donate their time and effort to the area youth so they can fulfill those dreams of being a champion. […]
by Ken Allsup January 5, 2022 Ottumwa, Iowa – The Wapello County Public Health posted to social media Tuesday that the county was starting to see a “post-holiday surge” and that the Omicron variant had been detected within Wapello County. The post stated that Wapello County was a “HIGH-RISK COUNTY,” stating the positivity rate had […]
by Ken Allsup January 4th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council looked very different from the past eight years on Monday night. Four new members were sworn in during the meeting, and Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt took his oath of office for his next two-year term. Janet Hermsen, Ronda Almond, Charlie Comfort, and Lisa […]
by Ken Allsup January 4th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met for the first time in 2022 on Monday morning. The Board reappointed Mark Groenendk as Chair and Steve Wanders as Vice-Chair for 2022. The meeting time will remain the same as previous years, being the first and third Mondays […]
Nicole Grundmeier/IowaWatch In 2021, Kelli Greenland and her two children used food pantries more often than they ever have. As the year closes, the Des Moines mom is filled with uncertainty. Greenland said she visits one or two food pantries weekly to keep her children, Ethan, 8, and Skylynn, almost 6, fed. There seems to […]
by Ken Allsup December 27th, 2021 Montegut, Louisiana – The idea was simple: help put smiles on kids’ faces at Christmas time. After Hurricane Katrina, firefighters from New York showered the kids of Biloxi, Mississippi, with toys, helping make a bad situation better that year for many of the youngest victims. So with the recent […]
by Ken Allsup December 26, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa – I’d be the first to admit, it can be a difficult thing to write. Putting yourself out there to be judged by others is scary. Twelve-year-old Taylor Dishman is a published author who loves children’s books, and she likes to make books to inspire people. One […]
by Ken Allsup December 26th, 2021 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The streets and mall in Oskaloosa were buzzing with people the days and weeks before Christmas. Many contributing factors led to that, such as a window walk hosted by Oskaloosa Main Street and sponsored by the Golden Goose Club. Penn Central Mall hosted large craft and […]
