I recently sat down with the Reverend Bill Tvedt on the subject of Roy Moore coming to Oskaloosa to speak. Tvedt informed me that he is a Board Member of Peacemakers Institute. The Peacemakers Institute is a non-profit 501 C4 non-religious group from Sioux City, Iowa. The William Penn College Republicans are also working with […]
Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter held it’s annual Woofstock this Sunday starting at 11:00 am with food. They served BBQ, chips and a pop for $3.00. Hawkeye Kiddie Tractor Pull was set up and doing tractor pulls starting at 1 pm, with the sign up for that beginning at 12:30. The winners walked away with some […]
Eddyville has been pulling out all the stops for it’s Eddy-Fest 2010. Friday started off the event with the carnival rides and the beginning of the slow pitch softball tournament at the Frog Pond from 6 pm to 12 am. Saturday is the big day, with the carnival rides going from 9 am to 11 […]
Oskaloosa News is seeking 2 persons to fill the positions of volunteer writers. Oskaloosa news is a volunteer driven news organization aimed at providing fair and accurate news to Oskaloosa and surrounding areas. We hold up the high integrity and accuracy of our news website. The ideal candidates will posses excellent writing skills, the ability […]
Saturday proved to be a busy day in Oskaloosa. The Nelson Pioneer Farm was busy with their event, the rain had washed out any chance of racing for the weekend. The vendors were high and dry in the Exhibit Hall at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds. There appeared to be a good turnout of vendors and […]
The William Penn Alumni Association is looking for volunteers for their annual green dress project. Volunteers are needed to help with advertising, dress inventory, organizing the fashion show, modeling in the fashion show, working the fashion show and working store hours. According to Amanda Hudnut, Vice President of volunteerism at William Penn, the green dress […]
Chelsea (Evans) Doak, local resident will be holding classes on sign language starting tomorrow at Smokey Row in Oskaloosa. Chelsea was born deaf, but it wasn’t discovered until she was 1 year of age. Her parents learned sign language and starting using it with Chelsea right away. Chelsea graduate from Oskaloosa High School with the […]
The Oskaloosa Public Library’s teen advisory board conducted their annual cemetery walk today. The weather conditions were cold and foggy but that only added to the excitement. The cemetery walk is an annual event in which high school youth take biographies of certain deceased historical residents of Osky and create a theatrical presentation to present […]
It was just as bright and sunny on Friday the 17th of September for the centennial of Keokuk’s Courthouse as it was the day it was dedicated. Courthouse workers and volunteers helped make this a success. Period costumes helped to add to the to festivities. The recent edition of the Sigourney News-Review has some excellent […]
Join Nelson Pioneer Farm for their annual Pioneer Fall Festival. An event for the entire family, the Nelson Pioneer Farm Fall Festival has over 30 exhibits and demonstrations of pioneer living skills, antiques, hands-on activities like butter churning and rope making, old-fashioned children’s games, a country dinner, a parade, demonstrations of old-fashioned farm equipment, a […]
