The Mahaska County Master Gardeners will be hosting the Downtown Oskaloosa Flower display committee. They will be discussing the process and criteria they use to decide the themes and actual plants used in the Downtown Oskaloosa Flower displays. It will be held Tuesday March 1; 7 pm at the Mahaska County Extension Office 212 North […]
CSA farmers from Sigourney’s Rolling Prairie Acres Doug and Tanya Webster will share the ups and downs of the past 14 years in growing a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture—a subscription service for a weekly box of vegetables for a set number of weeks from the specific vender) as well as the other valuable things learned […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – The wonderful feeling of welcoming a new baby can sometimes be overshadowed by a whirlwind of hormones, emotions and lack of sleep. While it’s perfectly normal to have these feelings, sometimes more serious conditions can develop, such as postpartum depression. Mahaska Health Partnership encourages new moms and their loved ones to recognize […]
A community-wide worship service will be held at the William Penn University Activity Center (PAC) on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 6:45 p.m. The service will be on the athletic turf so it is being called “Pack the Pac!” All ages are urged to attend! There will be no admission fee. The event is being sponsored […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – Mahaska Health Partnership will host a Business After Hours on Tuesday, Feb. 23 from 4 to 6 pm to introduce new Medical Staff members. “We have had five new providers join us recently and we want to give the community an opportunity to meet them,” MHP CEO Jay Christensen said. “When a […]
Imagine the Possibilities and Christian Opportunity Center (COC) will once again co-host This is How We Roll, a bowling fundraiser, on March 4, 2016 at Mahaska Bowl from 6:30-9 p.m. Lane sponsorships are $120 and resident sponsorships are $60. Businesses may also support the fundraiser by donating auction items. All donations are divided equally between […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – On one of the coldest days of the year, local entrepreneur Ben Doak turns on the lights at Mahaska Custom Millwork [MCM], just like he has for over a decade. Ben Doak and his story, of finding a market to serve and becoming a part of the community, is one that is […]
Ottumwa, Iowa – On February 5th, Community 1st Credit Union, based in Ottumwa, Iowa received the Juntos Avanzamos (Together We Advance) designation in a national rollout. The Juntos Avanzamos program originated in November of 2005 at the Texas Credit Union League (which recently merged with other regional leagues to form the Cornerstone Credit Union League) […]
FREMONT – Give Virgil Sludge a few bucks and the chance to win thousands and something strange will occur. Mama Hooper would just as soon her daughter Margaret had married someone else. Then Virgil wins the lottery – sort of. That is just the beginning of the hilarity that can only be delivered by the […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – Family Nurse Practitioner Robyn Griffiths, ARNP-C, has joined Mahaska Health Partnership as a Hospitalist. “Hospitalists are solely dedicated to caring for patients in the hospital,” Hospitalist Medical Director Anne Whitis, MD, explained. “We act as a patient’s primary care provider during their inpatient stay, and then turn care back to their primary […]
