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Oskaloosa News Recap For February 18th, 2021

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Local News – Local and State News Local Sports – Local Sports Indians Network Statesmen Sports Network North Mahaska Warhawks Oskaloosa News Links Obituaries Radar and Road Conditions Local Traffic Cameras National and World News The #YellowBalloonChallenge is taking over a West Virginia community. What started with a simple act of kindness, has expanded into […]

Supervisors Table Road Vacation And Hear On Co-Line Expansion

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Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Supervisors met in session on Tuesday morning, where they started with a public hearing regarding a road vacation in Section 33 of Jefferson Township. Concerns about access to properties was one of the first concerns brought to the Board by area landowners. A motion to continue to public hearing […]

Student Teachers Learn at NM Elementary

by RD Keep Student teachers are an important part of the process in growing leaders in and out of the classroom. Despite the start and stop days due to weather, three of them are serving in North Mahaska Elementary classrooms. Jenna Walter and Michaela Lundy are in second grade with Stacie Johannes and Jamie Nelson […]

Oskaloosa News Recap For February 17th, 2021

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Local News – Local and State News Local Sports – Local Sports Indians Network Statesmen Sports Network North Mahaska Warhawks Oskaloosa News Links Obituaries Radar and Road Conditions Local Traffic Cameras National and World News The 5-year-old girl who was injured in the car crash involving then-Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid is awake from a […]

Oskaloosa News Recap For February 16th, 2021

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Local News – Local and State News Local Sports – Local Sports Indians Network Statesmen Sports Network North Mahaska Warhawks Oskaloosa News Links Obituaries Radar and Road Conditions Local Traffic Cameras National and World News After more than a month offline, the social media platform relaunched yesterday with a new web hosting service. Last month, […]

City And County Representatives Answer Questions At Eggs And Issues

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Chamber and Development Group sponsored Eggs and Issues continued with its virtual series this past Saturday. On the hot seat was Oskaloosa Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt and Mahaska County Supervisor Mark Groenendyk. The live event was broadcast on MCG Channel 7, Mahaska Chamber and Development Facebook page, and the Oskaloosa […]

Boards Sit Down To Plan Future For E911 After Court Decision

Oskaloosa, Iowa – This past week, members of the E911 Board, Mahaska County Emergency Management, and Mahaska County sat down to discuss how future funding will happen for 911 service in Mahaska County. That amount may be twenty dollars per citizen living within a jurisdiction and would come from each cities levy. After a district […]

City Residents To Decide Hotel-Motel Tax Increase

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Oskaloosa, Iowa – The residents of Oskaloosa will head to the polls on March 2nd to decide if an increase in the Hotel-Motel tax is something they want. Currently, the Hotel-Motel tax rate in Oskaloosa is 5%. Including Oskaloosa, that makes fifteen communities across the state with that rate. In comparison, the Iowa Department of […]

Indian Hills received $1 million Career Academy Incentive Fund Grant

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Indian Hills is one of three institutions in the state to be awarded a $1 million grant through new Career Academy Incentive Fund to prepare high school students for success in college, postsecondary training and the workforce. This competitive grant, will increase access to career academy programs in high-demand fields through new and expanded regional […]

The Rozenboom Report – February 12, 2021

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

by Senator Ken Rozenboom The fifth week of the legislative session included more debate on important education issues, as well as continuing our varied work in subcommittees and committees. Since 1906, Iowa law has permitted a property tax exemption for land that is enrolled in the Forest Reserve program. This is a good program that […]

           

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