by Senator Ken Rozenboom Our main focus of this week was floor debate. Even after ten years in the Senate it amazes me how wide-ranging our discussions are in the legislature. This week we discussed many issues, including where fireworks can be sold, estate trusts, wind energy property tax, zoning commissions, taking fur-bearing animals for […]
by Ken Allsup March 31st, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – In the middle part of March, Ukrainian artist Iryna Vyshnevska, known as IraVish, was in Oskaloosa sharing her works of art outside of Envision Art Gallery inside of Penn Central Mall. IraVish is a resident of Odesa, Ukraine, and has been unable to return since the […]
March 31st, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – Bird photography enthusiast Diane Crookham-Johnson found a great way to relax and unwind one day as she began to focus her lens on a group of bald eagles. Diane had already spent many years behind the lens. She picked up a camera as a child, eventually photographing her children […]
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Marion and MahaskaCounty,announced the sequel to last year’s inaugural Great Iowa Road Trip. This year’s event will be held on April 8thand 9thand will feature 29 businesses across the two counties. The Great Iowa Road Trip is aself-guided tour of participating businesses in Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Pella, New Sharon and […]
Byline: Lyle Muller / IowaWatch Darcy Havel-Sturdevant thought she’d be working by now, two years after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Likewise, she thought she would have been there completely for her daughter, age 3 when Havel-Sturdevant was first diagnosed but now 5. “Throughout the last two years, she’s been really great with helping me if […]
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for older people and certain immunocompromised individuals. The FDA previously authorized a single booster dose for certain immunocompromised individuals following completion of a three-dose primary vaccination series. This action will now make a second […]
March 28th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska Chamber and Development Group hosted their final Eggs and Issues of the 2022 season on Saturday. Once again, Smokey Row was the host facility, and Midwest One provided the coffee for the occasion. Eggs and Issues has been a standard in Southern Iowa, allowing policymakers and […]
March 28th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met at 9 am Monday to hold a public hearing on the 2022/2023 Fiscal Year Budget. Supervisors Mark Groendyk and Steve Wanders were present, while Chuck Webb wasn’t in attendance. The Supervisors then made the call for public comment on the proposed budget. […]
A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office would like to recognize and congratulate Mahaska County Jail Administrator Larry Septer. Jail Administrator Septer has announced his retirement from the Sheriff’s Office. Larry was hired in 1988 as a jailer by then-Sheriff Joe Beal. In 1997, then-Sheriff Charlie Van Toorn appointed Larry […]
by Dustin Hite This week in the Iowa House, we move closer to ending session and getting back home. We passed several budgets off the House floor, which is usually a sign that we are down to some of the final things. However, even though budgets are beginning to be set, there are still several […]
