Oskaloosa, Iowa – Caleb Hammond will be 11-years-old on Tuesday, but everyone came out Saturday to share and cherish the moment with the young man. Caleb, at 11-years-old is living life by the minute and to its fullest, all the while, B-cell ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) is destroying his body. Volunteers and supporters of Caleb […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The sun was hot, but the competition was even hotter as nearly 20 teams squared off at the YMCA’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Oskaloosa Saturday. Eric Christensen, Director of the Mahaska County YMCA, watched as the youth took to the court to find out who was going to be the winner of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In the continuing legal wrangling between the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors and the E911 Board and Mahaska County Emergency Management Commission, the EMC board met in session on Thursday evening. The EMC board then took up the request from the E911 Board to pay for that board’s attorney fees, because according […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County E911 Board met on Thursday evening to discuss the threat of a lawsuit from the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors. Board Chairman Dustin Hite, Mayor of New Sharon, called the meeting of the E911 Board to order. The primary item on the agenda was to address the lawsuit the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – United Way of Mahaska County is nearing their ‘Campaign Season’, which is the time of the year they reach out to the community members for their support to help others. One of those community projects United Way has been highly involved with is Operation Backpack, which had previously helped families with financial […]
Community members invested hours this past week telling what they believe is good, and what needs help, in Oskaloosa. Oskaloosa, Iowa – Community members came out in large numbers this week to give their input on an initiative to help build the Oskaloosa community. The City of Oskaloosa has hired McClure Engineering Company to help […]
The Mahaska County Supervisors approved a 28E agreement between the Mahaska County Conservation and the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office in regards to an updated law enforcement policy that specifies when the two departments work together, and their roles, among other things. If the Mahaska County Conservation has its staff become certified peace officers, it helps […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met in regular session on Monday, August 6, 2018, where they heard from Andrew Jensen, Development Services Director for the City of Oskaloosa. Jensen lead the discussion with the council on the progress made in regards to the 2015 Housing Action Plan, which passed the council in August […]
Kevin Thomas Jr. Tops POWRi WAR Wildcard Non-wing Sprints by Bill Wright Oskaloosa, IA, August 7, 2018 – Jumping into the Tony Stewart Racing #14 for the first time didn’t phase Lemoore, California’s Carson Macedo at Tuesday’s Sage Fruit Ultimate ASCS Challenge presented by Searsboro Telephone Company. The young driver has been making getting into […]
Christian Kinnison wins in 305’s by Bill Wright Oskaloosa, IA, August 6, 2018 – In a young career that has already seen its share of “firsts”, Kyle Larson became the first driver to win both an Ultimate Challenge and a Front Row Challenge. The Elk Grove, California, who had won the non-wing Ultimate Challenge in […]
