Oskaloosa, Iowa – Cheer and Tumble Tyme Twister’s youth and senior cheerleading squad performed at the Oskaloosa – Albia basketball games in Oskaloosa on Tuesday night. The senior squad is made up of Albia and Oskaloosa students who quite often compete against each other in their high school sports programs. Members of the squad represent […]
Oskaloosa, IA, January 17, 2012- Feline Fever has swept across the Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter and they are turning to the public for help. For one month, the animal shelter will be piloting a program in which they will waive the adoption fee for any cat over one year old as a means of promoting […]
Did you know that 97% of people research local products and services online, 72.6% of people shopped online in 2011 and 59% of small businesses in Iowa do not have a website? These alarming statistics have made Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds partner with Google to assist Iowa businesses in establishing an online presence. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Now that winter arrived to Oskaloosa, some people are already turning towards those warm spring days when the boys, and girls, of summer once again hit the diamonds. So, on Saturday, January 28th for 10:00 – 2:00 in the center court of Penn Central Mall, the season will begin. There will be […]
OSKALOOSA, IA – Back in Oskaloosa for their 12th consecutive year, the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) will work with Oskaloosa students to put on a production of The Tortoise Versus The Hare. MCT is the nation’s largest touring children’s theatre and has been touring extensively for 38 years from Montana to Japan, and will visit […]
The William Penn football team will be holding its annual banquet this Saturday, January 21 at 6 p.m. in the PAC (Penn Activity Center). The public is invited and the cost is $10 per person. To RSVP for the banquet, please call Head Coach Todd Hafner at 641-673-2160 or email him at hafnert@wmpenn.edu Reserved tickets […]
PELLA — Central College will host one of the first fairs in the state for local startups. The event is sponsored by StartUpIowa, a statewide initiative aimed at bringing resources to entrepreneurs. The fair will be held in Graham Conference Center Jan. 31 from 3-6 p.m. Local entrepreneurs from Marion County will get the chance […]
Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents – Partnering Rural Law Enforcement and the Local School Systems is an eight-hour course designed to educate rural law enforcement personnel as well as school administrators and staff on the elements that would allow for an effective response to school-based emergencies. Schools in small, rural, and remote areas across the […]
United Way of Mahaska County Board of Directors announced today that they have again exceeded all expectations, raising a record-setting number for their 2012 fundraising campaign. The community goal was $385,000, and even during another difficult economic year, had pledges totaling over $425,500. “We are excited to announce this record-setting number for our 2012 campaign,” […]
OSKALOOSA –Revena Bruxvoort of Oskaloosa was named Mahaska Health Partnership’s 2011 Auxilian and Volunteer Shining Star by the Iowa Hospital Association. Bruxvoort has been an active member of the Mahaska Health Partnership Auxiliary for more than 35 years. She said she started volunteering in the MHP Snack Bar/ Gift Shop as a way to keep […]
