Central wrestling squad prominent in new rankings PELLA — The National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III rankings and the D3wrestle.com polls were released late last week and the Central College wrestling team was heavily featured in both organization’s list. In the NWCA’s second dual team rankings, Central came in at No. 14. In their tournament […]
January 18th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met Monday, January 17th, 2022, in their second meeting of the new year. The Supervisors held their quarterly review with Carosh Compliance Solutions in their quarterly HIPAA review. During that review, Roger Shindell of Carosh Compliance said that in total, the numbers are […]
January 17th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The legal battle between the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors and the Mahaska County Emergency Management Commission continues. A court date of January 28th, 2022, is now in place for a lawsuit filed by Mahaska County Emergency Management against Sue Brown as Auditor, and Supervisors Mark Groenendyk, Steve Wanders, […]
The Oskaloosa Student Council invites the community to our Spaghetti Dinner on January 21st during the Girls and Boys games against DCG! It starts at 5:45 in the small gym of the high school and will go until the halftime of the Boys Basketball game. We will be serving spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, water […]
(DES MOINES) — Speaker of the House Pat Grassley (R-New Hartford) delivered opening remarks to the Iowa House of Representatives today. The following are his remarks, as prepared for delivery: “Thank you, Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. It’s great to be back with all of you today. Although this is the second session of […]
January 8, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – “Where champions are the last ones to leave” is the slogan of the Oskaloosa Indoor Sports Complex, and it’s important enough that volunteers from around the community donate their time and effort to the area youth so they can fulfill those dreams of being a champion. Until recently, the […]
January 5, 2022 Ottumwa, Iowa – The Wapello County Public Health posted to social media Tuesday that the county was starting to see a “post-holiday surge” and that the Omicron variant had been detected within Wapello County. The post stated that Wapello County was a “HIGH-RISK COUNTY,” stating the positivity rate had now risen to […]
January 4th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council looked very different from the past eight years on Monday night. Four new members were sworn in during the meeting, and Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt took his oath of office for his next two-year term. Janet Hermsen, Ronda Almond, Charlie Comfort, and Lisa Ossian took their […]
January 4th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met for the first time in 2022 on Monday morning. The Board reappointed Mark Groenendk as Chair and Steve Wanders as Vice-Chair for 2022. The meeting time will remain the same as previous years, being the first and third Mondays beginning at 9 […]
Nicole Grundmeier/IowaWatch In 2021, Kelli Greenland and her two children used food pantries more often than they ever have. As the year closes, the Des Moines mom is filled with uncertainty. Greenland said she visits one or two food pantries weekly to keep her children, Ethan, 8, and Skylynn, almost 6, fed. There seems to […]
