New Sharon, Iowa – As the number of student-athletes participating or attending high schools, especially in rural areas, fielding teams, especially football teams, can become a challenge. Twin Cedars is an area school that already plays 8-man football, and Montezuma will be joining that trend this coming season as well. For North Mahaska, the discussion […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Making the commute to work on Friday morning got a little dicey for those traveling in Mahaska County. According to the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office, twelve accidents happened in the county, with most of them being small fender-benders. There were, however, three rollover accidents, resulting in some minor injuries to motorists. According […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Water Board met in normal session Monday afternoon. The Oskaloosa Water Board voted to update the employee handbook to reflect the changes to health insurance renewal. Water department employees will be paying 2.5% of their premium in 2018, and an additional 2.5% in 2019 for a total of 5% of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Indians improved their young season to 6-0 on Tuesday night as they hosted the Washington Demons. Senior Jared Kruse lead the Indians in the scoring department with 22 points. Xavier Foster added 19, with Junior Cole Henry adding 17 more. Senior Spencer Tucker and Foster each pulled down six rebounds, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa firefighters were called to the scene of a garage fully engulfed early Monday morning. A passerby noticed the flames and called 911, and emergency personnel were dispatched shortly after 1am Monday. Twelve firefighters were on the scene for less than two hours. Oskaloosa Interim Fire Chief Dave Christensen said the cause […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The lawsuit being presented by the City of Pella and the City of Oskaloosa will continue, after 8th Judicial District Judge Lucy Gamon denied the request from Mahaska County to dismiss. Gamon said that the plaintiffs [Pella, Oskaloosa] gave fair notice to Mahaska County “of the factual incidents giving rise to the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Indians found success on Saturday, as they hosted Pella Christian and Centerville. The Oskaloosa Girls racked up a total of 2278 pins, while Pella Christian came in with 1731, while Centerville had 1660. Four of the Oskaloosa girls had high series, with Nikki Parlet rolling a 426 series. Andrea Mitterer had […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A gymnasium full of Oskaloosa Indians fans welcomed back the Oskaloosa Dance Dynamix team after taking home 1st place in three categories. Dance Dynamix brought home the top spot in Coed Dance, Pom, and Jazz. They also got second place in Hip Hop, their first year in that category.
On Friday, Oskaloosa Middle School students along with volunteers from the Oskaloosa Rotary joined together to help prepare Christmas dinner packages for those less fortunate in our community. Later in the afternoon, members of the Board of Realtors helped to fill those boxes that would be distributed the next day to help 375 families have […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – MidAmerican Energy held an open house of sorts on Friday, for a payment kiosk it has set up inside Penn Central Mall. Skip Joelson and Nina Ford with MidAmerican Energy said that the kiosk is “more convenient for customer payments. Better hours for customer payments. It’s open on the weekend. Later at […]
