Oskaloosa Main Street is excited to share that plans are underway for the Main Street Young Ambassador Contest. One young man and one young lady will once again be chosen as Oskaloosa’s Young Ambassadors. If you have a three-year-old to Kindergarten age child, enter them now! Please note: There are a few special alterations this […]
Auto Generated Text From Video So we have fire chief Jeff Swanson here. You guys are at the mall today. You’re helping youngsters in their parents learn a little bit about fire safety. Can you walk us through it, some? Absolutely, we’re here; we have a variety of materials that we have for not only […]
Local News School Board presses forward with building additions Mahaska County Lawsuit Attempt To Dissolve EMA/911 Proceeding Through Court System Legion To Collect For Those In Need Enrollment Growth at William Penn University Oskaloosa’s New Fire Chief Jeff Swanson Exterior Building Hopes To Help During COVID-19 ‘Light The Night’ To Honor Cancer Victims Oskaloosa Main […]
OSKALOOSA – The Oskaloosa School Board is moving ahead with building addition projects totally nearly $10 million. The move came at the Oct. 13 meeting of the Oskaloosa School Board, as they received an update on rates for the sale of bonds, as well as heard an update on how the overall design of proposed […]
OSKALOOSA – A second attempt by Mahaska County to dissolve the present composition of the Mahaska County Emergency Management and Mahaska County 911 is proceeding through the court system. No action has formally been taken on the most recent motion filed, that being a motion for summary judgement. A motion for summary judgement is a commonly […]
An Oskaloosa Police Department Press Release On October 15, 2020, at approximately 8:34 p.m., members of the Oskaloosa Police Department and Mahaska County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to the 1900 block of 17th Ave E in reference to a possible shooting victim. Upon arrival, a juvenile victim was located with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to […]
DES MOINES – Today, Governor Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the Public Health Disaster Emergency for another 30 days. The proclamation extends all the public health mitigation measures currently in place for businesses and other establishments until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 15, 2020. This includes the requirements for bars and restaurants to ensure […]
Local News WPU Opens Campaign at #4 Legion To Collect For Those In Need Enrollment Growth at William Penn University BLI Stronger Together At William Penn University Oskaloosa’s New Fire Chief Jeff Swanson Exterior Building Hopes To Help During COVID-19 ‘Light The Night’ To Honor Cancer Victims Oskaloosa Main Street to Hold “Twinkling Twenties” […]
Oskaloosa–Despite the combining of the two divisions, the Statesmen men’s basketball team is still considered one of the best in the nation as the NAIA released its preseason men’s basketball poll Wednesday. William Penn (30-3 last year) sits at #4 in the ranking with 512 points. It is the fifth year in a row that […]
Auto-Generated text from video. The American Legion in Oskaloosa is hosting a drive to help veterans that are food insecure. American Legion member Darrin Alderson sat down with Oskaloosa News to talk about the food drive and how you can participate. As one of the programs we do is community service. So, in conjunction with […]
