Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Conservation Board invites you to come out to see the fall colors at the Cedar Bluffs Nature Preserve on Saturday, October 13 from 9:00-11:30 a.m. Dress for the weather and enjoy the autumn season with your family and friends by taking a hay ride tour or hike around Cedar […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – Mahaska Health Partnership will host its Free Women’s Breast Health Night on Tuesday, Oct. 16 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Gateway Church of the Nazarene Youth Center in Oskaloosa. “We are pleased to offer the 5th Annual Women’s Breast Health Night as a benefit to women in our region,” MHP […]
October is Lions World Sight Month and the Oskaloosa Lions Club is celebrating by partnering with the Oskaloosa Papa Murphy’s Take and Bake Pizza to raise funds to help pay for eye glasses and vision screenings for people in need in Mahaska County, the state of Iowa, and around the world. Every Monday in October, […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – Mahaska Health Partnership Specialty Services offered sports physicals in June and July for middle and high school-age athletes. The physicals were offered at a reduced rate, and this year’s proceeds of $2,880 are now being donated back to the athletes’ schools. According to MHP Executive Director of Specialty Services Kevin DeRonde, the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Mahaska County Auditor, Kay Swanson, announces the public testing of the voting equipment to be used for the November 6, 2012 General Election. Testing will begin Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at 9 a.m. until finished at the Mahaska County Court House. Any interested person may attend this testing. For further information, please […]
Dream Big Grow Here is a contest that enables Iowa Innovation Gateway to learn more about the region’s entrepreneurs while providing entrepreneurs an opportunity to promote either their proposed business or their dreams for their current business. Iowa Innovation Gateway wants all area entrepreneurs to dream big and then grow their dream right here in […]
Oskaloosa Indian Booster Club & Oskaloosa Shooting Team Sporting Clay Shoot will be held October 13, 2012 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The Mahaska County Izaak Walton League is playing host to the event, and is located 3 miles east of Oskaloosa on Highway 92. There, turn north on Plymouth Ave for 2 miles. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa High School Homecoming for 2012 announced its Court last week and they are pictured here. Front row left to right; Cayla Dickerson, Shawni Wills, Katelyn Hasselman, Aubrey Netten, Kylie Hill. Back row left to right; Austin Redlich, Dane Jones, Brandon Strasser, Drew Richmond, Patrick Flaherty. There are many activities scheduled to […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and, in light of the designation, Mahaska Health Partnership is educating the public on the surgical procedures available from the hospital’s general surgeons. When a person is diagnosed with breast cancer there are several options for treatment, depending on the symptoms, risk factors and stage. […]
What a hot, dry summer we have had! Much of my garden vegetables did not fare too well, but my concord grapes thrived! I heard somewhere that grapes love hot, dry weather. Anyway the vines were loaded with clusters of beautiful purple grapes. Needless to say, I have been canning grapes. I looked to see […]
