Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Vendor and Farmers Market has found its way back onto the square in downtown Oskaloosa in front of the Mahaska County Courthouse. For the past few years, it had been located under the marquee sign of Penn Central Mall. Gene Davis was on hand Saturday, selling honey and beeswax products […]
(Oskaloosa, Iowa) – Oskaloosa Main Street has been designated as an accredited Main Street™ program for meeting rigorous performance standards. Each year, Main Street America and its partners announce the list of accredited programs to recognize their exceptional commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization through the Main Street Approach™. “We are proud to […]
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa –Bates Funeral Chapel of Oskaloosareceived the Iowa Award of Funeral Service Excellence at the 141st Annual Iowa Funeral Directors Association (IFDA) Convention held May 18-20, 2021at the Iowa Event Center & Hilton Downtown Des Moines Hotel in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa Award of Funeral Service Excellence recognizes a funeral home’s […]
by Ken Rozenboom The legislature has officially finished the 2021 legislative session. Republicans in the legislature set out this session with ambitious goals as the session began after nearly a year of dealing with the COVID pandemic. Iowans were eager to get back to the lives they knew and move Iowa forward. Throughout the summer […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In a ceremony that more closely resembled graduation ceremonies before the pandemic, the students from the Oskaloosa High School Class of 2021 stepped across the stage, accepting their diplomas. Oskaloosa Schools Superintendent Paula Wright welcomed everyone to the ceremony. “It is the culmination of 13 years of hard work, the realization […]
by Phyllis Sutton All school Alumni Banquet was held Saturday night at the EBF Highschool. We honored the classes of 2020 and 2021, the class of 1971, and the class of 1970, as they missed their fifty-year reunion due to COVID-19. Burdell Hensley opened the evening by recounted how he came to teach at Eddyville […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – US Senator Joni Ernst was in Oskaloosa on Saturday morning meeting with officials from Mahaska County and Oskaloosa about a project the two entities have been partnering on. The project is a by-pass for traffic to help alleviate heavy truck traffic passing through downtown Oskaloosa and some residential areas of the community. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The summer break can be difficult for young people who live with food insecurity. Those important breakfast and lunch meals provided during the school year disappear over the summer break. The Oskaloosa School District and Mahaska County United Way have partnered to help provide those meals to individuals under 18 over […]
Fremont Iowa, Third annual Staff vs. 6th-grade kickball was held on Friday. The game started at 2 pm with all of the student body cheering on their teachers, siblings, and friends. The game ended at 2:45 pm with the staff reigning victorious, 36 to 16. Mr. Fineran, the school principal, slid into home plate for […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A small trailer containing flags to decorate military veterans’ graves was parked near the main gate to Forest Cemetery on Wednesday. Volunteers from the local military organizations were already making their way through the many gravesites while members of the Oskaloosa Student Council gathered to take their turn helping out. Curt Grandia […]
