July, 10th, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – It’s been hot so far this summer, but it’s not diminished the desire of young Levi Jarvis to help others in his community. All of that hard work recently came with a reward when Rodney Smith Jr came to Oskaloosa to award Jarvis and his parents their black t-shirts […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Over ten years ago, the area was in the middle of significant rains, and small creeks to larger rivers were overflowing their banks. A local landowner and his family were using the opportunity to look for artifacts that those floods may have uncovered. What they found looked like a basketball stuck in […]
July 8th, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – Several developments have occurred in Oskaloosa over the past year. Housing starts, restaurants, retail and apartment development, and a new entertainment venue are some projects either underway or soon to start. Oskaloosa News caught up with two people involved in these projects. The first is Oskaloosa Council Member Bob […]
July 5th, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council approved a two-year contract extension with City Manager Amal Eltahir. Eltahir was hired in May of 2022 after a search for a new manager, following Michael Schrock’s departure in the fall of 2021. Eltahir was hired with a base pay of $147,000 and was eligible […]
July 5th, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors began crafting a wind turbine ordinance to address any future wind turbine farms within the county. At the beginning of the meeting, during the public comments section, a rural resident said that 120 people in Cedar and Harrison Townships in rural Mahaska County […]
Oskaloosa Schools is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals are being provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals are provided, at a first […]
Leighton, Iowa – Summertime means vacation bible school in Iowa, and two churches in the small rural town of Leighton had some special visitors this past week. There were members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office, Oskaloosa Fire, Iowa National Guard, a Nurse from Pella Regional, and a paramedic from Mahaska Health on hand to […]
Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Oskaloosa News. by Oskaloosa City Manager Amal Eltahir The City of Oskaloosa and Mahaska County are interdependent; the success of each entity is strongly tied to the success of the other. If Oskaloosa sees economic growth, the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The plan to develop a regional airport has been discussed for nearly two decades. Any early plan didn’t pan out, and then over thirteen years ago, the cities of Pella and Oskaloosa began working on a plan to develop a regional airport between the two cities. Mahaska County joined in, and the […]
Eddyville, Iowa – During last week’s regular city council meeting for the city of Eddyville, a simple agenda item, “4- Discussion and possible action on removing mayor,” was listed. We’ve included video of the agenda item above for your reference. The current mayor of Eddyville is Debbie Sundeen, and her term is up at […]
