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Oskaloosa Bowling Teams Sweep Knoxville

Oskaloosa Indians

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Bowling Team hosted Knoxville on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. The Oskaloosa Girls Team took the victory by a score of 2266 to 1966. Nikki Parlet lead the team with scores of 240 and 188 for a two-game score of 428. Audrey Stonebery of Oskaloosa had the third-highest score with a […]

Caucus Night Continues On

Caucus Night 2020

Oskaloosa, Iowa – After a year-and-a-half, Iowans made their political choices of who they wanted to represent them in the White House. There was little doubt that Republicans were going to support Donald Trump in his re-election bid. In Mahaska County, 300 people caucused for Trump, where William Weld garnered 2 votes and Joe Walsh […]

Mahaska Now! – February 3rd, 2020

Today is Monday, February 3rd, 2020 It is the 34th day of the year 332 days remain Local News *No injuries were reported at a storage facility fire Saturday morning in Rose Hill. Firefighters from 4 departments battled the blaze. *A Montezuma Man was killed in a 2 car head-on collision Friday afternoon. The crash […]

Montezuma Man Killed Near New Sharon

Mahaska County Sheriff's Department

New Sharon, Iowa – A two-vehicle accident has cost the life of a Montezuma, Iowa man on January 31st, 2020. Responders were called to the accident scene south of New Sharon along Highway 63 at 5:25 pm. A 2002 Chevrolet Impala was driving north on Highway 63 by 61-year-old James McIlrath, of Montezuma. A 2004 […]

Valentines For Veterans

Oskaloosa, Iowa – In the middle of January, members of the community sat down to share their creativity, and appreciation for those active service members of the military. With marker and scissors, stickers and glue, heartfelt creations appeared on paper, but it’s the message given that really stands out. Oskaloosa American Legion Post Commander Darrin […]

EMA Discusses Upcoming Budget

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Emergency Management Commission discussed their upcoming budget this past week. Emergency Management Director Jamey Robinson said that they would be looking at a 1.88% increase for the fiscal year 2020-2021. The levy would still decrease by 1 penny due to the increase in assessed land value. Increased insurance costs […]

New Chapter for Advancing Mahaska County

January 20, 2020, marked a historic day for those individuals and organizations involved in promoting continued growth and enhanced quality of life in Mahaska County. That was the date of the first Board meeting of two groups that merged January 1 so that resources could be managed more effectively. This new entity chose Mahaska Chamber […]

Mental Health The Topic At Eggs And Issues

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Eggs and Issues has been a staple of Oskaloosa Politics for decades now, and this Saturday morning, mental health in Iowa took center stage. Answering those questions for the community was hosted by Oskaloosa Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt, with an expert panel of Lance Roorda, Heather Gross, Jane Busch, and members of Southern […]

Yang Shares His Vision For America

Oskaloosa, Iowa – It was a morning of politics in Oskaloosa. At Smokey Row, community members filled the downtown restaurant and coffee shop to talk about mental health in Iowa. Just down the alley, inside center court at Penn Central Mall, Andrew Yang made a campaign stop he hopes will help lead him to the […]

Rozenboom Responds To Allegations

Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R)

Ken Rozenboom’s response to Direct Action Everywhere allegations listed in their press release below Rozenbooms response. My brother and I at Rosewood Pork were very surprised and disappointed to learn of these allegations in the Vox article. The pictures indicate careless animal husbandry practices that violate acceptable animal care protocols, the very protocols that our […]

           

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