Congress must protect the American people’s choice to purchase affordable vehicles that are right for them and their families and that doesn’t place US auto manufacturers at an additional competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis China. The Biden Administration’s rush-to-green agenda is doing precisely that by handing China the keys to America’s energy and auto future while simultaneously […]
Sep 22 2023 | Posted in
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President Biden promised economic stability and support for middle class Americans when he took office. His administration’s goal of building the economy from the bottom up and the middle out has failed the very people his strategy was aimed to help the most. As we recover from record inflation, the most vulnerable Americans are still […]
Sep 5 2023 | Posted in
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By Rob Sand, State Auditor One of the things I love about the Iowa State Fair is that you always run into someone you didn’t expect to meet. This year was no different: while refilling drinks for folks at the Iowa Pork Tent, I encountered an organ donor wearing a t-shirt promoting the importance of […]
Sep 1 2023 | Posted in
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By Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig I enjoy spending many hours traveling throughout the Iowa countryside each year – to all 99 counties, to my family’s farm in the northwest corner of the state, and to our three sons’ many activities, including baseball games. During the summer months, when the corn stands tall and […]
Jul 1 2023 | Posted in
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Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Oskaloosa News. by Oskaloosa City Manager Amal Eltahir The City of Oskaloosa and Mahaska County are interdependent; the success of each entity is strongly tied to the success of the other. If Oskaloosa sees economic growth, the […]
By Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig With the most productive farmers and farmland in the world, Iowa is blessed to grow and raise significantly more than the 3 million people of our state can consume. Therefore, we have both the opportunity and the responsibility to help provide for consumers all over the planet. And […]
Mar 27 2023 | Posted in
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Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Oskaloosa News. Dear editor, My family wouldn’t be farming in Mahaska County today if it weren’t for Eugene “Bubsy” Strohman who gave my father the chance he needed to get started in agriculture. The average age of […]
Mar 14 2023 | Posted in
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by Ken Allsup I wrote this back in 2020 as I watched businesses look to call Oskaloosa home, and others closed as shop owners retired, or closed down. I see this today, and watch as our community continues to damage itself. It’s not just the local government damaging our community, it’s also us, the community […]
Jun 26 2022 | Posted in
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Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Oskaloosa News. May 26, 2022 Please join me in supporting Jim Carlin for U.S. Senate in the Republican primary on June 7. Jim co-sponsored the very first version of the Heartbeat Bill and co-sponsored the Life Amendment. […]
May 26 2022 | Posted in
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Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Oskaloosa News. by Sen. Chuck Grassley I was surprised to learn that Facebook recently flagged a news article I posted on one of my Facebook pages as “false information.” The article I posted was about new Durham […]
Feb 28 2022 | Posted in
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