Many families start thinking of putting up decorations and their tree’s around Thanksgiving, some before. Others, the tree and all the tinsel wait until those few days before Christmas. Merle Mann aka ‘Mr. Christmas’, his wife Tami and their family share with everyone their passion of Christmas Trees. This started over 20 years ago with […]
We here at Osky News are very interested in the local Christmas light displays this year. That is why we are asking you to enter your light display in our Christmas Light Display Contest. Anybody in Mahaska County is welcome to enter a display. We will photograph all entries over the first two weeks in […]
St. Paul Congregational United Church of Christ 2010 Holiday Bazaar looks to have been a good time for those who attended. They had craft items, treasurers of yesteryear, pecans, assorted specialty nut items, a country store and tons of wonderful looking homemade baked goods. The day started with coffee time with varieties of pastries from […]
During the 25th Anniversary of Penn Central Mall, I noticed these extremely well done model ships on display. Maybe they caught my eye because of my past interest in similar things, but more than likely it was just how well done they were that ultimately got my attention. Later on during the day, I was […]
Veterans were honored by the orchestra of the Oskaloosa Elementary and Sixth Grade last night. The Fourth Grade Orchestra played 3 songs: Dutch Dance, Parisian Night and Black Sheep, White Sheep. Next to play was the Sixth Grade Orchestra. There were some students who had recently switched to different string instruments adding some extra depth to […]
It’s a day on the calendar, marked once a year by some government closures in observance of what? Many today know little of the significance of the day. It’s importance to our family and friends in remembering those that had fallen for our freedoms. On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day of the eleventh […]
The Churches in New Sharon invite you to a free movie – To Save a Life (link to more information below). This will be on Thursday, November 4, starting at 6:30pm. Concessions will be available. Official Movie Site
William Penn University is partnering up with the community once again. The undergraduate students of the College for Working Adults program at William Penn have put together something spectacular with the United Way of Mahaska County this fall. CWA alumna, Christy Bellinger (2009) is the Executive Director of United Way. Bellinger is working with the […]
Oskynews.org would like to announce our open community forum to be held at the Center Court of Penn Central Mall in Oskaloosa, starting at 7:00 pm on October 28th. We will be featuring George Teoubekus Mayor of University Park and Dave Krutzfldt, Mayor of Oskaloosa asking and moderating questions with Mahaska County Supervisor candidate’s Ken […]
That spooky time is here. Kids love getting buckets of candy, and adults love to see all the little monsters! (no pun intended). I will pass along a few safety idea’s to parents and remind motorists to drive carefully. This time of the year is when the most pedestrian fatalities happen. There is a list […]
