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Years Of Work And Planning Paying Dividends At William Penn

William Penn Men's Basketball Head Coach John Henry holds the net from the team's sixth in seven years conference championship.

February 15, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – There has been an air of excitement around the William Penn campus in recent years, and it shows in the energy being displayed by its staff and the students. Earlier this year, Oskaloosa News and many community members toured the newly updated Penn Activity Center or PAC facilities. In […]

Supervisors Approve RFP For Unserved Mahaska County Residents And Businesses

Mahaska County Courthouse

February 11th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met in a special session on Friday morning, where they discussed the final draft of a Request for Proposal or RFP. The RFP would be used by internet providers to utilize in the bidding process for making internet available to Mahaska County citizens […]

Kadyn Boyd to Take Part in Envision’s

United States Capitol (photo by Austin Harris/Oskaloosa News)

National Youth Leadership Forum: National Security Tracy, IA – This summer, Kadyn Boyd from Tracy, Iowa will join outstanding high school students from across the nation to take part in a unique academic and career oriented development experience, National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): National Security, taking place at the University of Maryland in Washington D.C. […]

The Rozenboom Report – February 11th, 2022

Sen Ken Rozenboom talks about budgets and tax reform during Saturday's Egg's and Issues.

by Senator Ken Rozenboom The Senate continues with subcommittee and committee work on a number of issues. I chaired a subcommittee on Tuesday to discuss SF 2152, a bill related to the amount of land owned by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). In 2018 we required the DNR to submit a report to General […]

Update From the House for District 80 – February 10th, 2022

Holly Brink (District 80) signs her Oath of Office on Monday, January 14, 2019.

Week 5 Update Hello Friends! Week 5 in the Iowa House was a short but busy week; the House did not convene on Monday due to the Statewide Midterm Caucuses. This week was extra busy as it was filled with a plethora of subcommittee and committee meetings preparing for funnel week, which is next week. […]

Hite Capitol Update – February 10th, 2022

Rep. Dustin Hite (R-House 79)

by Dustin Hite There are many updates as the fifth week of the 2022 Legislative Session comes to a close. Next week is the first legislative funnel week. Unless a bill has been assigned to the Appropriations, Ways and Means, or Government Oversight committee, it must pass out of a committee by February 18th to […]

School Board Approves Curriculum Under Some Public Scrutiny

Oskaloosa Community School Board

February 10, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The room for the Oskaloosa School Board was filled with parents, community members and teachers on Tuesday evening. They were joined by many who watched the live stream. The attention was around a proposed curriculum for the Oskaloosa Elementary School, ‘Wit and Wisdom.’ The proposed materials had gotten the […]

City Council Moves Forward With Legal Action Over New YMCA Facility

A view of the natatorium at the new Oskaloosa YMCA facility in December of 2021.

February 9th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council held a relatively normal meeting on Monday, February 7th, 2022. They went into a closed session after the open meeting to discuss future litigation, and when they returned sometime later, they returned to the open session. Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt opened up by stating that the […]

Supervisors Set Maximum Property Tax Hearing

Mahaska County Courthouse

February 9th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met in a regular session on February 7th, 2022. The Board approved the appointment of Lucinda Smith to the Pioneer Cemetery Board. The Board also set the date and time for a public hearing on the maximum property tax asking for the fiscal […]

Statesmen Clinch Regular Season Heart Title

William Penn University Athletics

Olathe, Kan.–Keeping up with their trend for the season, the William Penn men’s basketball team won another dramatic thriller, defeating the MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers 90-87 in overtime. The Statesmen now own a 23-1 record overall and a 14-1 mark in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. With the win, William Penn has now clinched at […]

           

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