
Year Round Indoor Salad Gardening is Garden Basics topic Come learn from Master Gardener Intern Krysta Wendelboe, about how you can grow salad—year round—indoors at this upcoming Garden Basic class Thursday February 21 at 6:30 pm at the Mahaska County Extension Auditorium, 212 North I Street Oskaloosa. It is easier than you think! Garden Basics […]
Feb 10 2019 | Posted in
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MAHASKA COUNTY – The Mahaska Health Hospital Auxiliary will be hosting a fudge sale fundraiser on February 13-14 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. outside of Whispering Tree Gifts on Mahaska Health’s Campus. “If you are looking for a Valentine’s Day gift you will want to stop by the sale,” said Kim Langfitt Mahaska Health […]

The deadline for entering Iowa Poetry Association’s (IPA) 74th Annual “Lyrical Iowa” competition is February 28 and is open to interested poetry writers, said Pam Blomgren, IPA’s representative for Mahaska County. “Lyrical Iowa” is an annual anthology comprised of poems written by Iowa writers of all ages. Each year, top-ranking poems are awarded cash prizes […]

It’s a Saturday morning by the river where a volunteer stands with binoculars trained on the tallest tree in the vicinity. In this tree is a one ton nest, home to two bald eagles and their young. Are there two or three young in that nest? Hard to tell and a follow up visit will […]
Feb 8 2019 | Posted in
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There will be a heaping helping of meatball comedy when the Fremont Lions Community Theatre takes to the stage Feb. 15-17 in its annual production, “Million Dollar Meatballs.” This year marks the 37th year the group of thespians have taken to the Fremont School stage to entertain theatregoers with comedy. This year’s production does not […]
Feb 6 2019 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – Music enthusiasts will be treated to a one night only performance from one of the top college choirs in Iowa on Friday night February 8th. The Wartburg College Castle Singers, as well as The Wartburg Kammerstreicher Chamber String Orchestra, perform at the Central United Methodist Church in Oskaloosa at 7:30 pm. The […]
Feb 6 2019 | Posted in
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Annabelle Leonard, seen here with Matt Hill, Scout Executive of Mid-Iowa Council. Annabelle is the first girl in Oskaloosa and Mahaska County to register in Scouts BSA, which is the older youth program within the Boy Scouts of America. Annabelle is a member of Troop 219 in Ottumwa, with her Scoutmaster being Angela Massey. Annabelle […]

“Borrowing the anything-goes spirit of lunatic innocence from the musicals of the 1920s…. A wild and crazy sick joke set to music, it’s a funny show!” – Leo Seligsohn, New York Newsday by Lily Vernooy, Lucky Stiff Marketing Team member Lucky Stiff mixes “the zany antics of a Marx Brothers movie with a preposterous plot […]
Feb 2 2019 | Posted in
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“Share the Love” Fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 9 MAHASKA COUNTY – Last year, more than 300 people attended “Share the Love – An Evening for Hospice,” raising more than $51,000. This year, the Mahaska Hospice Auxiliary is working hard to increase that amount with the ultimate goal of helping keep hospice services available for future […]
Feb 1 2019 | Posted in
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DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship today encouraged Iowans interested in beekeeping to consider enrolling in one of the 38 beekeeping schools that will be held around the state in 2019. The courses are for both the beginner and advanced beekeeper. “A great variety of beekeeping courses are available across […]
Jan 29 2019 | Posted in
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