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Family Escapes Early Morning Blaze

Oskaloosa, Iowa – One Oskaloosa family escaped their burning home with their lives on Monday morning. A heater is the suspected culprit of a fire, which was called in at 5:43am at the residence of Teresa Latchum, located at 320 North 5th St in Oskaloosa. Twelve Oskaloosa firefighters and 4 New Sharon firefighters battled the […]

Small Business Saturday Brings Shoppers Looking For That Unique Gift

Oskaloosa, Iowa – There are lots of catchy names for the particular shopping days that follow Thanksgiving. Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Shop Small Saturday just to name a few. Those names, like Black Friday, have started to become an example of the worst of Christmas shopping and gift-giving because people are viewing the shopping […]

Santa Says iPads Along With Dolls And Trains Among Most Requested Gifts

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Christmas Season is now well underway in Oskaloosa and across the nation. For Santa, it was a big weekend, as droves of children headed out to local shopping centers and malls around the country, and in Oskaloosa, Penn Central Mall played host to the jolly man from the North Pole. Santa […]

What We Are Thankful For

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Thanksgiving is a time for getting together with those we care about most. For some folks, the job doesn’t end just because it’s a holiday. Emergency dispatchers were at their post, answering calls from those that were having some of the worst moments of their lives. Firefighters stood by, in the event […]

Oskaloosa School Board Says It’s In To Early Childhood Development Center

Oskaloosa Community School Administration

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board gave its verbal commitment to potentially providing up to 7.5 million dollars of the projected 24 million dollar early childhood development and recreation center. The District is bound by Dillons Rule, which is very specific in how schools can use dollars, versus Home Rule, which governs municipalities like the […]

Salvation Army Bell-Ringing Kicks Off

Oskaloosa, Iowa – That familiar holiday sound, ding-ding-ding, as you enter many establishments welcomes people to the holiday season. That, along with the familiar red kettle often hanging from the middle of a tripod stand. The Salvation Army Red Kettle fundraising effort can trace its way back to 1891. It started in the San Francisco […]

Supervisors Nix Early Childhood Development Participation

Questions on how this penny will be spent continue to swirl in regards to LOST funding projects.

Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Monday, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors effectively pulled their support for a project that would utilize a portion of the one cent Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) for a project being developed to bring early childhood development and recreation to the county. The project, currently estimated to cost 24 million […]

Christmas Gift Program Continues This Year

Oskaloosa, Iowa – With Christmas quickly approaching, volunteers are  asking for your assistance in purchasing Christmas presents this year for children who’s families may not have many financial resources. The Oskaloosa Police Association in conjunction with the Oskaloosa Firefighters and Mahaska County Sheriff’s Posse, along with Mahaska Drug, Fareway, Hy-Vee and Wigg’s Country Store are […]

Kyle Busch Wins 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship

Overcomes Injury, Celebrates Walk-Off Win in Miami DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 22, 2015) – Only nine months removed from suffering a broken right leg and left foot in an accident at Daytona, Kyle Busch won at Homestead-Miami Speedway to capture the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. The title is the first for Busch and […]

Mahaska Health Partnership Recognizes November as National Home Health and Hospice Month

MAHASKA COUNTY – November is National Home Health and Hospice Month. Mahaska Health Partnership reminds the public of the many options available locally through their Home Health and Hospice Services to meet a wide variety of patient needs. “There are many home health and hospice services available in our region, but MHP Home Health and […]

           

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