January 21, 2022 Malwood USA chosen for Small Business of the Month Award AMES, Iowa – America’s SBDC Iowa (SBDC) is pleased to announce that Malwood USA, of Ottumwa, is the winner of the organization’s statewide January Small Business of the Month Award. Cherielynn Westrich, owner of Malwood USA, has an eclectic past in the […]
January 20th, 2022 Des Moines, Iowa – The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the litigation of court cases over the validity of an Iowa Code chapter 28E agreement between Mahaska County and the cities of Pella and Oskaloosa over creating a regional airport. The two cases contend that district court erred that the […]
OTTUMWA– Indian Hills Community College has been awarded a federal grant that provides comprehensive financial and academic support to qualified students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The Growing Opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (GO STEM) program will provide scholarships up to $10,000 annually to at least 10 eligible students per year. The […]
This week marked the second week of the session. The pomp and circumstances from the first week are done and we get down to the business of Iowans. We had several committees and subcommittees this week, and I ran my first bill in committee for the session. That bill, House Study Bill 526, which is […]
by Holly Brink Second Week on the Hill Hello all! It is week two here at the Statehouse, and we are getting down to business. We did not conven on Monday, Jan. 17th as it was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The rest of the week was filled with several committee meetings and meetings with […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn softball team could be a potential darkhorse this spring as the Heart of America Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll was announced Wednesday. WPU, which was 20-30 last year (13-22 Heart), is picked to finish eighth in the 14-team league with 89 points. Three-time defending regular-season champion Grand View gets the nod to […]
January 19th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met in its 2nd regular session on Tuesday evening, after having a work session beforehand to be updated on construction at the new recreation center. After approval of the consent agenda that included items such as snow and ice removal at the Early Childhood Education […]
by Mark Scholes On Monday, January 17, 102 school teachers in Oskaloosa Community School District and members of the High School National Honor Society volunteered a portion of their day in order to give something back to the many businesses and organizations in the community that have supported the school district in a number ways […]
January 18th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met Monday, January 17th, 2022, in their second meeting of the new year. The Supervisors held their quarterly review with Carosh Compliance Solutions in their quarterly HIPAA review. During that review, Roger Shindell of Carosh Compliance said that in total, the numbers are […]
January 17th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The legal battle between the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors and the Mahaska County Emergency Management Commission continues. A court date of January 28th, 2022, is now in place for a lawsuit filed by Mahaska County Emergency Management against Sue Brown as Auditor, and Supervisors Mark Groenendyk, Steve Wanders, […]
