Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:00 – 11:00 am Environmental Learning Center The Mahaska County Conservation Board invites kids ages 5 and younger to the Knee-High Naturalist program titled “What’s Wild?” on Wednesday, March 11th from 10:00-11:00 am at the Environmental Learning Center. At this program, the activities will help kids distinguish between animals that are […]
Friday, March 13, 2020 9:30 – 10:30 am Environmental Learning Center Come and have coffee and homemade cookies at the Mahaska County Conservation Board’s “Coffee Break” on Friday, March 13th from 9:30-10:30 am. Coffee Break is THE place for coffee, food and great company. Guests will be able to see new displays in the ELC […]
Friday, March 20, 2020 10:00 – 11:00 am Environmental Learning Center Bring your kids to Mahaska County’s Environmental Learning Center on Friday, March 20th to learn all about tracking and identifying animals by their scat. From 10:00 -11:00 am, kids will participate a fun activity about the digestive system and make our own EDIBLE scat! […]
Friday, March 20, 2020 12:00 – 1:00 pm Environmental Learning Center Kids, bring your lunch to the Environmental Learning Center on Friday, March 20th from 12:00-1:00 pm for the “Critter Café”. This is a special opportunity to have lunch with the education animals (turtles) at the Environmental Learning Center. There will be a short lesson […]
OSKALOOSA – “It takes a village to raise a child,” says the African proverb, but at Love INC of Mahaska County it means more than raising a child. It means impacting others’ lives, to empower and provide physical and spiritual help as lives are transformed. Providing those resources from financial assistance to transportation to appointments […]
News from Central College For more information contact: Jeff Bersch (641) 628-5282, berschj@central.edu Central College Graduate Kellie Markey Named College’s 2020 Commencement Speaker PELLA, IA (02/17/2020) Central College is pleased to announce Kellie Gorsche Markey, a 1988 Central graduate, will speak at the college’s commencement May 16, 2020, in H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse. In 2016, Markey […]
Mahaska Chamber & Development Group is happy to bring to the community, Eggs and Issues! This legislative forum gives area residents an opportunity to learn more about the state, county, and local issues. The setting is informal and encourages those attending to personally meet and speak to their elected representatives, along with leaders in the […]
(DES MOINES) – This week, Rep. Dustin Hite (R-New Sharon) and Rep. Holly Brink (R-Oskaloosa) welcomed students from Oskaloosa Community High School to the Iowa House of Representatives. The students were visiting the Capitol to learn about the responsibilities of the legislators and the importance of state government. Pictured here is Rep. Dustin Hite (New […]
One-day event will offer foundational lessons for crop scouts AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will offer the annual Field Crop Scout School March 7, at the Scheman Building in Ames. Intended to be a foundational course, the Field Crop Scout School provides essential information for effective and efficient crop scouting. This […]
Fruit trees can be a beautiful and fun addition to any landscape, and they should be pruned to obtain good yields of high-quality fruit. There are three important aspects to pruning fruit trees: timing, frequency and procedure. Horticulture specialists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach share information on how to prune fruit trees. To […]
