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Area Veterans To Host Observance At City Square

A Veterans Day observance will be held at the Oskaloosa city square Wednesday, November 11 beginning at 10:30 a.m. The observance will include a brief program from the Bandstand, followed by a 21-gun salute in front of the Courthouse and the playing of “Taps” at 11 a.m. Attendees are invited to a luncheon at the […]

Oskaloosa Community School DistrictAddresses Timberline Data Security Incident

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OSKALOOSA, IOWA (OCTOBER 20, 2020) – Beginning today, Timberline Billing Service, LLC (“Timberline”) is mailing letters to students of several Iowa school districts notifying them of a privacy incident that may have involved some of their information. Timberline provides Medicaid billing and reimbursement services to over 190 school districts in Iowa, including Oskaloosa Community School […]

Oskaloosa News Recap For October 20th, 2020

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Local News Oskaloosa Fire Chief Talks Fire Safety Young Ambassadors Contest 2020 – Register Now! Chamber Seeks Award Nominations 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 Exterior Building Hopes To Help […]

Young Ambassadors Contest 2020 – Register Now!

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 […]

Oskaloosa Fire Chief Talks Fire Safety

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 […]

Oskaloosa News Recap For October 19th, 2020

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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 […]

School Board presses forward with building additions

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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 […]

Mahaska County Lawsuit Attempt To Dissolve EMA/911 Proceeding Through Court System

Mahaska County Supervisors lawsuit against Mahaska E911 Service Board and Mahaska County Emergency Management Commission.

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 […]

Juvenile Treated For Gunshot Wound To The Leg

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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 […]

Gov. Reynolds signs new proclamation continuing State Public Health Emergency Declaration

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds listens to apprentices talk about their experiences in their apprenticeship program.

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 […]

           

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