by Rob Sand, Iowa State Auditor Lots of topics get swept under the rug because they’re not comfortable for us to confront. Sometimes we’d rather pretend the problems don’t exist or couldn’t happen in a place like Iowa. But they do, and it can happen anywhere—even in our great state. It is our obligation to […]
Retro Antique Tour, a tour organized by a group of retailer’s shops in Oskaloosa will offer a unique experience for antique lovers with their Retro Antique Tour this 19th and 20th of April 2024. Starting at 10 am. The purpose of this two-day event is to invite the community of southeast Iowa for a journey […]
New Sharon Fire and Rescue Press Release On April 7, 2024 at 2:57 PM, the Mahaska County 911 Communications Center received a 911 call from a subject reporting a structure fire with flames coming from the roof in the 2200 block of 193rd St. Oskaloosa Fire Department and Barnes City Volunteer Fire Department were requested […]
Congressional candidate Christina Bohannan praised the Mahaska County YMCA as a center of the community and pledged to support programs that promote the health and wellbeing of both seniors and children while touring the facility. Bohannan, a Democrat who will face Republican incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the November 5 election, was on a listening tour […]
by Representative Helena Hayes April 8, 2024 While Iowa farmers prepare for the planting season, the state legislature is considering a bill that would limit civil liability for chemical companies that manufacture pesticides. The bill recently passed the Senate while a similar version in the Iowa House has been unable to move out of several […]
by Rep. Helena Hayes Week 13 Every Tuesday, legislators are blessed as pastors from all across the state make the drive to Des Moines to meet and pray for us. In the last couple of weeks, they have caught me off guard when they ask me what my prayer requests are…but not this time; I […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (Apr. 8, 2024) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this […]
Mary Jane Gatton July 29, 1938 – April 6, 2024 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 85 Mary Jane Gatton, age 85, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at the MHP Serenity Hospice House in Oskaloosa. She was born on July 29, 1938, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas and Darlean (Noonan) […]
NEW SHARON – North Mahaska’s junior high tracksters finally got to perform when they hosted their co-ed meet April 5. In the team race North Mahaska girls were furth with 72 points. The boys placed seventh with 48 points. Pella Christian took the team titles in both with 97 and 142 points respectively. The girls’ […]
PELLA-After they finally escaped the fierce winds that shook the Central College softball team throughout its doubleheader with preseason favorite Coe College Saturday, even longtime Dutch softball fans, who have come to expect the surprising and the improbable, found themselves asking the question. How did that just happen? Down 6-0 in the second inning of […]
