Oskaloosa, Iowa – And with a bow from Transit Authority and the accompanying Oskaloosa High School band members and a few William Penn music students, the professional season concluded Friday night at George Daily Auditorium. Jessica Vetter, Operations Manager at George Daily Auditorium said this season “has been really solid.” The facility celebrated it’s 20th […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Eggs & Issues is a local forum that helps connect residents and constituents with those in leadership around the community. This week was the final installment of 2017, and the Oskaloosa Schools Board of Education President Tom Richardson and Superintendent Russ Reiter were the two members of the panel that fielded the […]
Mahaska, Iowa – Damage to the Dakota Access Pipeline was reported to the Mahaska County Sheriff’s office back on March 13th, 2017, says Mahaska County Sheriff, Russ Van Renterghem. The damage appears to have been made to a safety check valve on the pipeline near the 2300 block of Queens Avenue inside the county. The […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – J.C. Penney has been an Oskaloosa fixture for decades, and some Oskaloosa area residents are picking up their phones and submitting signatures to online petitions to express their desire that the store in Oskaloosa remain open. Michelle Purdum created an online petition at ipetitions.com to “consider keeping our store open for a […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met on Monday, March 20th at their regular time of 9am on the 3rd floor of the courthouse. The board heard from Heather Gross, Community Services Director for Mahaska County, who talked about upcoming changes to case management, due to privatization of medicare in Iowa. Gross […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – It’s often thought that in order to host a successful gathering, a trip or call to a larger market for supplies or services is a necessary step. Over the weekend, Penn Central Mall hosted a group of area businesses that helped to remind us that all we need and more, for a […]
Mahaska County, Iowa – Mahaska County residents can exchange their birth certificates issued between May of 1993 and October of 2009, a time when parents were given wallet-sized newborn birth certificates. The certificates, which are part of the vital record, don’t contain enough information, making them less useful for the owner when a situation arises […]
Mahaska County, Iowa – A small single engine Piper Warrior 2, a low-wing monoplane, made a controlled emergency landing in rural Mahaska County on Thursday evening. The aircraft, registered to Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, took off with an instructor and a student aboard. When the aircraft began to experience trouble, the instructor took […]
Pella, Iowa – The South Central Regional Airport Agency held its quarterly meeting this past week, and the board continues to await word from the Federal Aviation Administration about the environmental assessment of the proposed site. A resolution approving the officers of the SCRAA was passed, with Jim Hansen being Chair. David Barnes will be […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The City of Oskaloosa has been working on a plan to come into compliance with Iowa Department of Natural Resources standards, after being cited in September of 2014 for excessive infiltration and inflow that leads to bypassing treatment during wet weather events. Oskaloosa is now in the stages of applying for financing […]
