Category archives for: Education

Yard and Garden: Planting Sweet Corn FAQs

Sweet Corn (photo submitted)

Proper planning allows sweet corn to be enjoyed all summer long AMES, Iowa – Sweet corn fresh from the garden makes a tasty addition to a summer picnic, but gardeners need to plant sweet corn soon to enjoy this tasty treat throughout the summer. In this article, horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach […]

Non-Profit To Help Students Interested In Trades With Grant Money

MVP Legacy Foundation

May 3rd, 2023 Oskaloosa, Iowa – With a shortage of individuals in the building trades, an effort has been underway to help students enter those professions. Michelle Purdum and her father, Mike Vogt, started MVP Legacy Foundation in the fall of 2022. Mike Vogt has been in the trades for many years, while Michelle owns […]

INDIAN HILLS PRESIDENT’S ACADEMY APPLICATION OPEN

Indian Hills Community College

OTTUMWA– Indian Hills Community College invites high school seniors living and attending high school in the Indian Hills 10-county service region (Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello and Wayne counties) to apply for entry into the President’s Academy for the 2023-2024 academic year. The President’s Academy will include one student from […]

New School Year, New Opportunities in Oskaloosa Schools

Oskaloosa High School

An Oskaloosa School District Press Release The 2022-23 school year is well underway in the Oskaloosa Community School District. Our administration, staff, and I are pleased with the positive energy students are bringing to class each and every day. We’re off to a wonderful start! This school year, we aim to celebrate our successes and […]

Indian Hills and Cambridge Investment Research Form Partnership

Indian Hills Community College

OTTUMWA– Indian Hills Community College Computer Software Development program and Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. are excited to announce the first students to participate in the newly created Cambridge Internship and Employment Program. Andrea Rottman from Centerville and Logan Halstead from La Plata, Missouri, have each been awarded a renewable $2,400 scholarship and will be offered […]

2022 Summer Graduates for Indian Hills Community College

Indian Hills Community College

OTTUMWA — Indian Hills Community College has released the names of the students who completed their graduation requirements at the end of the 2022 Summer Term.   This is a list of students who received an Associate of Arts (AA) degree, Associate of Science (AS) degree, Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree, Diploma (DIP), or […]

IHCC 2022 Summer Honor Roll

Indian Hills Community College

AUGUST 23, 2022 OTTUMWA — Indian Hills Community College has released the names of the 159 students who were on the college’s academic Honor Roll for the 2022 Summer Term. To be included on the Honor Roll an IHCC student must be enrolled fulltime and have a grade point average for the term of 3.5 […]

IHCC and University of Iowa announce nursing partnership

Indian Hills Community College

Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) and the University of Iowa (UI) will be finalizing a new partnership agreement allowing IHCC nursing graduates to seamlessly transfer to the UI College of Nursing and complete their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees on Monday, Aug. 29, on IHCC’s Ottumwa campus. With this new RN to BSN […]

Learn How to Make Space for Wildlife on Working Farms

Pollinator Habitat (Submitted Photo)

Webinar covers strategies for integrating wildlife conservation practices into agricultural operations August 9, 2022, 9:54 am | Liz Ripley AMES, Iowa – The Iowa Learning Farms conservation webinar taking place Aug. 17 at noon CDT will feature Jorgen Rose, habitat and policy viability manager at Practical Farmers of Iowa. Rose is part of the team […]

Yard and Garden: Growing Beans in the Home Garden

Iowa State University Extension

Tips for growing edible garden beans and late-summer care AMES, Iowa — Beans are a staple in nearly every vegetable garden. Edible beans come in many sizes, shapes and colors and include green beans, pinto beans, lima beans, edamame (soybeans), cowpeas, kidney beans and others. While Iowa is known for growing soybeans, there are many […]

             

Search Archive

Search by Date
Search by Category
Search with Google
Log in | Copyright by Oskaloosa News