Eveland Access, Mahaska County, Iowa — Building upon the success of last year, the Mahaska County Conservation Department held their second annual Halloween Bash at Eveland Access Campground on Saturday. Dave Sedivec, Mahaska County Conservation Director says that the idea for holding the Halloween Bash came from some inspiration he picked up from a different […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa — Ghosts and goblins and superheros roamed the isle of the Oskaloosa Hy-Vee location on Saturday morning. Debbie Guild, Hy-Vee Dietitian at the Oskaloosa store said that 100 gift bags were given out to youngsters in the first 10 minutes on Saturday. Kids were able to trick or treat to the various departments […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – With the harvest season nearly complete, the amount of trucks making their way through Oskaloosa increases greatly. Area businesses and government representatives from the four county area formed the East Central Iowa Transportation Coalition (ECITC) several years ago, as awareness had grown that our existing roads were not meeting the demands of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The night ended with the traditional walk for Oskaloosa Seniors who are part of the football team. One last time, down the field, hand in hand with their classmates. That was the sad end to a very tough season for the Indians. The 2-7 season was one win better than last year’s […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa — Kyle Brown knows a lot about what Grate Expectations has meant to the Oskaloosa community in helping to fill a much needed catering service. When the business became available, he got a call about what his level of interest would be in being a co-owner of the catering business. Brown, who had […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A final unscientific poll to gauge public opinion in the upcoming November 3rd municipal election. Two seats are contested for the Oskaloosa City Council. 4th Ward has incumbent Jason Van Zetten being challenged by Steve Burnett. The other race is the at-large seat, which has incumbent Joe Caligiuri and former city council […]
The Oskaloosa JV team traveled to Carlisle Thursday night for their 2nd game of the week and was defeated 33-0. After the loss the JV drops its record is 5-4 on the season. The Indians had no answer for the Carlisle option game in the 1st half and went into half 25-0. The Indian offense […]
203 Paid Internships Will Be Exclusively Available for Students with Financial Need Oskaloosa, IA—William Penn University has been awarded a three-year, $298,431 Career Ready Internship Grant from Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation. An anticipated 203 new and existing paid internships will be available during the 2015-2018 academic years. “Paid internships benefit students, colleges and […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board, with Tom Richardson at the helm began Tuesday nights session looking at 27 agenda items. Oskaloosa School Superintendent Russ Reiter spoke about the policy and the fact that the district does currently work with homeless students. The conversation also included the policy for assistance available to those students. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – William Penn University DigiComm (digital communications) Program offered up an opportunity to each candidate seeking the office of President. Senator Bernie Sanders (I) from Vermont was the first candidate to take the students up on their offer. According to nationwide polling numbers, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are the Democrats top picks […]
