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Oskaloosa School Board Agenda – May 10, 2016

Oskaloosa Community School Administration

OSKALOOSA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Mission: Engaging ALL Students To Embrace The Power Of Learning Vision: Believe, Achieve, And Create With Pride GEORGE DAILY AUDITORIUM BOARD ROOM REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY 10, 2016 6:00PM *Reception will be held at 5:30PM to celebrate the retirements of District staff members* AGENDA 1. Call to […]

Spring Cleaning at Forest Cemetery

“Many Hands Make Light Work” The redbuds, crabapples and forsythia have been showing off their finest colors, the daffodils are already finished blooming, but the ground phlox and bleeding hearts brightening the landscape are just getting started. Spring is a glorious time of year; we hear the honk of geese overhead, robins singing for their […]

William Penn Graduates Ready For Tomorrow

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Every school year starts off with apprehension and uncertainty. For the incoming freshmen class, those fears of separation and the anxiety have been alleviated, and the focus is turning towards the next year of school. 2016 William Penn University Seniors are facing many of those same anxieties and fears, as they walk […]

Mahaska County Blanketed By Smokey Haze

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The haze Mahaska County and Oskaloosa are experiencing is from wildfires in northern Minnesota and Canada. Air quality could continue to diminish over the next couple of hours. The National Weather Service explained that a cold front coupled with southerly winds shuttled the smoke from Alberta, Candace several hundred miles south. The […]

Cat Taped Shut In Tote Discovered At City Brush Dump

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Taped into a plastic tote, with just a couple of small ventilation holes poked into the container, a female cat, was left by an individual, to what could have been a terrible fate. The Oskaloosa Police Department took a call on Wednesday night from a concerned citizen at the Oskaloosa brush dump […]

McCarl, Gustin, Carter, VanDerWal, Griffiths and Benischek Win Sprint Invaders Night at SIS Osky

by Jeremy Fox Shottenkirk.com Sprint Invaders Feature – 1. 24 Terry McCarl (Altoona); 2. 2C Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK); 3. 5J Jamie Ball (Knoxville); 4. 3G Jarrod Schneiderman (West Burlington); 5. 4 Jon Agan (Knoxville); 6. 3 Nate Van Haaften (Otley); 7. 81 Austin Johnson (Pleasant Hill); 8. 49 Josh Schneiderman (West Burlington); 9. […]

How “Stop Trump” Failed To Halt The Republican Front-runner

By Michelle Conlin and Steve Holland (Reuters) – Republican John Hammond III had made no secret of his distaste for Donald Trump and his desire to halt his march to the party’s presidential nomination, telling the Indianapolis Star newspaper in March that the mogul was “unfit” to lead the country. But the Republican National Committee […]

Supervisors Heated Over Roads

Mahaska County Courthouse

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met on Monday May 2nd for their regular scheduled meeting. The board opened a public hearing that would establish a policy for construction and reconstruction of county roadways. The ordinance would be adopted to help Mahaska County during a disaster situation in coordinating with FEMA for […]

Budget Amended To Show $165,000 In Savings

Oskaloosa City Hall

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council cleared the final hurdles that will allow the city to save $165,000 in financing by the reissuance of $1,695,000 in general obligation bonds. Also approved was a 28E agreement between Oskaloosa and Ottumwa for law enforcement services during RAGBRAI 2017. Brad Reiman, of Bearence Management Group reviewed the […]

Mahaska County Entrepreneur Series – Deb DeJong

Oskaloosa, Iowa – For nearly two decades, Deb DeJong has been turning on the lights every day at her store, Reruns Consignment Store. DeJong has become an expert at understanding what the second hand shopper is looking for, and has enjoyed working with the people in the Mahaska County Community during all that time, helping […]

           

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