Quester State Days was held for the first time in Oskaloosa hosted by the local Chief Mahaska Questers #505 group on April 8th and 9th. The Iowa Quester organization is celebrating its 50th year. Ann Brouwer of Oskaloosa and a member of Questers said that, “We are very honored to host this. It’s never been […]
Mahaska County, Iowa – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey stopped at the Steve Boender farm on Friday to talk with area farmers and get a sense of the upcoming agriculture season in the area. Steve Boender welcomed Northey and area guests to his farm. He thanked Northey for visiting his farm. “We’re thrilled to […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Shortly after midnight on Thursday morning, Oskaloosa Fire was dispatched to a structure fire at North C and F Ave West. Mutual aid was called from New Sharon, and then shortly after, Cedar Township (Fremont) responded to the call for manpower to help battle the blaze. Eventually, an aerial apparatus was called […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Camo was the norm for those attending the 2016 Mahaska County Pheasants Forever Banquet held Saturday night in center court of Penn Central Mall. Social Hour began at 5pm with dinner and drawings kicking off at 6:30pm. A live and silent auction were held, along with gun raffles, all in an effort […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Winds pounded the Oskaloosa area over the weekend, causing some tree damage, resulting in power outages as the trees tangled up lines. On Saturday, one large tree fell at the intersection of South 9th Street and 2nd Avenue East, where it caused less than a dozen outages, but extensive damage to the […]
Work crews labored all night to relocate the historic bandstand from its existing location so that construction can begin on the installation of the splash pad/ice skating rink. One concerned citizen glued herself to the structure before it was removed and emergency crews are working to free her from the sticky situation she is now […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa Fire Department has a new firefighter. Eric Martin may be new to Oskaloosa, but he’s no stranger to the world of firefighting. Martin worked as a firefighter in Michigan for the past 5 years before making the move to Oskaloosa. Martin said that he found the firefighter opening when it was […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – It’s common these days to see praise and a thank you to those who have served our country in the military. There was a time in our nation’s history, when those who were serving overseas, in particular Vietnam, were not welcomed home as heroes. Nationwide on Wednesday night, people came together to […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Candidate filings closed on Wednesday afternoon at 5pm for the June 7th primary election. In Mahaska County, four candidates turned in paperwork for the office of county sheriff. Those candidates are: Doug McMillan Randy Poe Russell J. Van Renterghem Trevor J. Wells In addition, four candidates turned in signatures and paperwork for […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from an abandoned apartment building, located at 610 North C Street in Oskaloosa, shortly after 10:15 p.m. on Monday evening. Firefighters broke open the apartment doors in search of what was causing the smoke, but quickly found that the fire had exhausted itself. […]
