Oskaloosa, Iowa – Little League has come to the end of its season at the Lacey Recreation Complex this summer. Sunday night the Mahaska County Little League All Stars championship game was played between the Mahaska American and Newton to finish out the District 4 Little League 11-12 year old boys championship. Mahaska American, an […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Saturday morning, July 16th, brothers Luke and Eric Mulder were two youth who took advantage of the free soccer clinic hosted by the Oskaloosa YMCA & held at the Lacey Recreation Complex. The clinic was taught by Challenger Sports which is one of the largest and most popular camp programs in the […]
Des Moines, IA- Rep. Leonard Boswell will have a member of his staff in Sigourney and Grinnell on Wednesday, July 27th, for open office hours. Greg Johnson, Boswell’s District Representative in the area, will be at: Drake Community Library from 1:30pm – 2:30pm Johnson will be on hand to work with individuals who are having […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – With temperatures of 100 degrees not an uncommon sight on local bank clocks, the Southern Iowa Fair in Oskaloosa officially opens at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. If your planning on coming to the fair, keep in mind that we are still under an Excessive Heat Warning that can cause problems for those […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – During July and August, purple coneflowers and prairie blazing star add touches of lavender to Iowa road ditches planted in native prairie plants. Clusters of bright orange butterfly milkweed, compass plants extending large yellow, daisy-like flowers high above yellow seas of gray-headed coneflowers create mid-summer interest along roadways and prairie areas. Iowans […]
PELLA, Iowa — Central College completed its last orientation session of the summer this week. A total of 419 first-year and transfer students, many accompanied by parents, visited campus during five sessions throughout June and July. Orientation is meant to prepare incoming students to jump into academic and campus life when the semester begins in […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Mahaska Health Partnership will host the Zimmer Mobile Learning Center, a traveling orthopaedic facility, on Wednesday, July 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the north parking lot between the Hospice Serenity House and the Medical Specialty Center on its campus in Oskaloosa. The Zimmer Mobile Learning Center is a 45-foot, […]
Support Your Local Y Gymnastics Program Oskaloosa, Iowa July 15, 2011 – The Mahaska County YMCA Gymnastics Parents Group is conducting a “CAT and HAT” fundraiser on Friday, July 22, at 11 am at the Southeast Iowa Fairgrounds. The “CAT” is short for Cartwheel-a-Thon. Gymnasts will be asking people to pledge money for every cartwheel […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City band will perform on Thursday, July 14 at 8 p.m. on the bandstand on the city square. Mr. Bruce Peiffer, has returned from vacation and will once again be directing the band. The band will open the concert with Karl King’s “Peacemaker March”. The lower brass section will be […]
Oskaloosa, July 11, 2011 – The Mahaska County YMCA will be offering a FREE soccer clinic on July 16, 2011, open to the community. This free clinic is available to children ages 5-8 from 9:00-10:00am and ages 9-14 from 10:15-11:30am. Registration is not required to attend the free clinic. The event will be hosted by […]
