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Oskaloosa, Iowa – A 2002 Ford pickup truck driven by 22-year-old Dalton James Joseph Garcia of Bussey, Iowa, and a 2012 Nissan driven by 51-year-old Denise LuAnn Allgood of Oskaloosa, Iowa were westbound on Highway 92 approximately 4 miles west of Oskaloosa at 7:48 p.m. According to the accident report by the Iowa State Patrol, […]
Sep 12 2018 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – The black plastic is covering the space in Penn Central Mall, but the rumors have been leaking out about what may be coming to fill that space. At a recent William Penn vendor fair, the rumors became fact. Jason Shiffer, an owner of Old School Pinball and Arcade, is bringing an arcade […]

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Fairfield Trojans were just yards away from making Friday night’s football match-up a tie ballgame with just seconds remaining when a fumble changed it all. Fairfield’s Carson Crile fumbled the ball on the Oskaloosa 6 yard line, and Oskaloosa’s Cole Kraber recovers the rolling fumble at the 20, rushing 80 yards […]
Sep 8 2018 | Posted in
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North Mahaska School Expresses Concern Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisor met Monday morning when they held a public hearing in regards to a potential Tax Increment Financing (TIF) plan for the Prairie Wind Urban Renewal Area. North Mahaska Schools Superintendent Angela Livezey spoke during the public comment portion of the public […]
Sep 7 2018 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Reading Garden has been a space at the Oskaloosa Public Library where the public has access to a quiet spot, while also providing space for small community gatherings. Genus Landscape Architects provided a PowerPoint presentation of the plans for the expansion of the reading garden in the space that recently opened […]
Sep 7 2018 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – In other action at Tuesday’s Mahaska County Board of Supervisors, the board made the decision to take the Mahaska 911 Board and Mahaska County Emergency Management to court over the 28E agreement the two boards put in place back in 2015. “What do we want to do Mark,” asked Mahaska County Supervisor […]
Sep 6 2018 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County community has a way of blazing a trail for others. One of those examples is the Mahaska County Agency on Aging, which will be celebrating its 45th year this October. The program started out with a sack lunch at the Downing Hotel and has continually evolved over time to […]
Sep 3 2018 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – Congressman Dave Loebsack was back in town this past week, this time visiting with the staff from MCRF [Mahaska County Recreation Foundation], to find out more about the nonprofit. MCRF Executive Director Sherry Vavra and Facilities Manager Chad Rietveld spent nearly an hour with Loebsack, where they highlighted the many amenities of […]
Sep 3 2018 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – With the decline in recent years of milkweed, the population of the monarch butterfly plummeted. Individuals took it upon themselves to help the species survive. They began collecting the eggs, offering protection until the butterfly was ready to take flight. Minnie Richardson and her family are some of those people who have […]
Sep 3 2018 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – Mother Nature was threating a washout but held off with the bad weather until after the Indians claimed their first victory of the season over the Washington Demons 30-20. Oskaloosa head coach Jake Jenkins spoke about the factor the wind played on Friday night. Jenkins said the Demons came out hungry and […]