Local News Plans Are Getting Hammered Out To Help Make A Southeast Connector A Reality Ecumenical Cupboard Helping Individuals Impacted By Pandemic Iowa hospitals’ financial losses mount amid COVID-19 United Way Of Mahaska County Playing Role In COVID-19 Help 2021 Eggs And Issues Set Oskaloosa Fire Chief Talks Fire Safety Local Sports Indians Network […]
A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On Monday, February 1st, 2021, at approximately 5:45 am, members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a single-vehicle roll-over accident (where the female driver had been ejected from the vehicle) on Highway 163, near Jewell Avenue, in rural Mahaska County. While Sheriff’s Officials were enroute […]
Mahaska County District Court Judge Crystal Cronk made a ruling in regard to the ongoing battle between the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors and the E911 Service Board and Mahaska County Emergency Management. At the center of the argument is the E911 Service Board’s ability to enter into 28E agreements. Cronk wrote, “The Court’s analysis […]
Local News Plans Are Getting Hammered Out To Help Make A Southeast Connector A Reality Ecumenical Cupboard Helping Individuals Impacted By Pandemic Iowa hospitals’ financial losses mount amid COVID-19 United Way Of Mahaska County Playing Role In COVID-19 Help 2021 Eggs And Issues Set Oskaloosa Fire Chief Talks Fire Safety Local Sports Indians Network […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – It feels a bit like a broken record this past year, explaining how things have changed due to the global pandemic. This year, the Mahaska Chamber and Development Group held their awards ceremony inside the Oskaloosa News studio and broadcast it live to Facebook to minimize the impact COVID-19 would have on […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa Schools Superintendent Paula Wright updates the community regularly with her ‘Five Topic In Under Five Minutes’ video. This week, she touched on the Virtual Academy that Oskaloosa was recently approved to use by the State of Iowa for the 2021-2022 school year. “We are accepting registrations into that Virtual Learning Academy […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In a podcast by Mahaska Health this past week, Mahaska County Public Health Coordinator Patty Malloy indicated that the county will receive just 100 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This was less than expected as the hospital and health care workers move into administrating the vaccine at the beginning of the 1B […]
Pella, Iowa – The South Central Regional Airport was in Session on January 27th, 2021, with four of its members present, while two, Jim Hansen and Sid Pinney, were absent. SCRAA staff included Pella City Manager Mike Nardini, and via phone was Oskaloosa City Manager Mike Schrock, Amy Beattie, SCRAA legal counsel, and Jerry Searle, […]
Trevern Braden Wins Top Prize in ‘Bonus Crossword’ Game CLIVE, Iowa — An Oskaloosa man who won a $30,000 lottery prize said he plans to share his winnings with his parents. “I’m going to improve both of our living situations a little bit and spread the goodness around,” Trevern Braden told officials on Thursday as […]
by Sen Ken Rozenboom This was the third week of the legislative session, and while we remained busy with subcommittee and committee meetings, we also had some of the first floor debate of the year. Education has been an important topic for nearly every legislator because of the difficulties this last year has imposed. This […]
