MAHASKA COUNTY – Mahaska Health Partnership Specialty Services employs nurse practitioners to help maintain the health and well-being of the community. “Nurse Practitioners are a wonderful enhancement that helps increase access to primary care services for our community,” MHP Chief Medical Officer Matt Whitis, MD said. According to the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, professionals […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – After a rewarding medical practice in Oskaloosa over the past 31 years, Dr. Randall Hart has announced he is planning to retire on December 31 of this year. Dr. Hart started practicing at Family Medical Center (FMC) during the summer of 1980 in the old clinic building at 1225 C Ave. East. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A quick stop by Keldermann’s Radio Shack and Hobby Shack is just about every kids delight, and yes, I’m a big kid as well. I could use a bad pun about right now and say RC Helicopters are flying out the door, but Barry Kelderman states that they are one of the […]
Signourney, Iowa- With its unassuming exterior and straight forward sign, the Dumont Museum may not look like much of an attraction, but once you step through those doors, what you find inside is anything but ordinary. Over the weekend, hundreds of people made the trek three miles south of Sigourney on Highway 149 to view […]
(OSKALOOSA, Iowa, December 2, 2011) – The Butler-Brown Insurance Agency in Oskaloosa, a division of MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc., adds a familiar face. Margaret Ratcliff will join the agency as an insurance agent. She and her family have lived in New Sharon for over 20 years and has been the retail managing officer of the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Bring four dozen of your favorite homemade treats (along with recipes). Swap out with the cookies and goodies the Book Vault staff and others have prepared Saturday, Dec. 3 10:30AM-Noon. Your cookie platters will be transformed! You never know, you might find your new “favorite” right here at Book Vault. Join the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce held their 2nd annual Christmas Walk Saturday Nov. 26th. 31 businesses participated in this year’s Christmas Walk. A pancake breakfast was held from 7:30 am to 9:00 am in the Penn Central Mall center court, with all donations going to the Ecumenical Food Cupboard. Beginning at 9 am, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Black Friday starts earlier every year and, for Oskaloosa shoppers, this year was no different. Patrons of local stores started pouring out of local retailers just after midnight with TV sets, laptop computers, video game gear, along with kitchen gadgets to satisfy the most finicky of chef’s. Locals residents Thomas and Delana […]
OSKALOOSA – Mahaska Health Partnership Cardiopulmonary Services encourages smokers to participate in the Great American Smokeout on Nov. 17, sponsored by the American Cancer Society. “The Great American Smokeout is an opportunity to join with literally millions of other smokers in saying ‘no thanks’ to cigarettes for 24 hours,” MHP Certified Freedom From Smoking Facilitator […]
Dr. Rietveld will be at the Book Vault Saturday, November 5, 10am-Noon in downtown Oskaloosa. Ronald Rietveld, retired professor of history at California State University-Fullerton, has been a student of Lincoln since the age of fourteen, when he discovered the last photograph of Lincoln in 1952 in the Nicolay papers of the Illinois State Historical […]
