Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met on January 2nd, 2020, to organize the Board for the upcoming year. Mahaska County Supervisor Steve Parker nominated fellow supervisor Mark Groenendyk to continue as Chairman of the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors. Mahaska County Supervisor Steve Wanders seconded the motion and Groenendyk was reappointed […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Mahaska County E911 Service Board was sued by the Mahaska County Supervisors, stating that the 28E agreement with Mahaska County Emergency Management to manage 911 services was illegal. The basis for the lawsuit was that the votes on that 2015 28E agreement were illegal, something that both parties agree is true. Since […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met in regular session on Monday, December 16th, 2019. The first item attended to was the oath of office for Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt, council members Bob Drost, Steve Burnett, and Joe Caligiuri. The Council considered a resolution approving the site plan for the new Early Childhood and Recreation […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Monday, December 16, 2019. The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors appointed John Bandstra to the South Central Regional Airport Agency Board. Bandstra was selected from three applicants. Now former member Joe Warrick had reapplied for the position, as well as former […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The lights on the floats are off, and items are being stored for next year’s Main Street Lighted Christmas Parade. Emily Brown, Director of Oskaloosa Main Street, sat down with Oskaloosa News this past week to talk about what went right and what may change for next year’s parade. “I think the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Girls Basketball Team has dropped their last 3 games after winning their season opener. Those losses included Fairfield, Grinnell at home, and Knoxville. The Indians struggled to find the bottom of the net in Fairfield, eventually falling 56-17. Amanda Fay led the charge for the Indians with 8 points and […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Grinnell Tigers came to town and handed the Oskaloosa Indians boys basketball team an early-season loss. The Indians never could break away from the Tigers, and the game was kept close, with the Indians holding a slim margin at halftime. Oskaloosa outscored the Grinnell 19-14 in the first quarter, with Grinnell […]
Fairfield, Iowa – The defending Class 3A Boys State Basketball Champions began their 2019-2020 title defense on December 3rd against Fairfield. The Indians outscored the Trojans 12-10 in the first quarter and 34-18 in the second quarter to head into the locker room. The Indians then outscored the Trojans in the third and fourth quarter […]
Local News *This year’s 2019 Young Ambassador Princess is Leah Marie Scholtus, daughter of Emily and Cody Scholtus. The Young Ambassador Prince is Fitch Fee, son of Chris and Madison Fee. *Senior Officer Nathan Johnson was recognized as Officer of the Year for the Oskaloosa Police Department at Monday’s city council meeting. *The Mahaska County […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met on Monday evening, and Senior Officer Nathan Johnson was recognized as Officer of the Year for the department. Officer Gary Kutcher was recognized for 30 years of service to Oskaloosa. Lt. John Plum was recognized for 25 years of service, and Lt. Gary McClun was recognized for […]
