Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Willaim Penn University basketball squads will be taking on their rivals from Grand View University on Tuesday evening. Every year when Grand View comes to visit, the first points scored by the Statesmen in the men’s game erupts with a sea of white. Fans, holding their rolls of toilet paper, await […]
In 2011, the Oskaloosa Rotary Club began a project to enhance the good work of the Mahaska County Recreation Foundation. The goal was to create an attractive Trailhead Shelter at the west Gateway into Oskaloosa. The Nazarene Church donated land for the site, Carl Drost spent countless hours clearing trees, grading and preparing the site […]
A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office has concluded it’s investigation into the deceased female body found lying along Highway 163, during the early morning hours of Sunday, November 17th, 2019. The body has been identified as a 69-year-old female from Oskaloosa. The Sheriff’s Office investigation indicated that this death […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Water Board held a special meeting on Monday, November 18th, 2019, at Water Departments facility along South 7th St. On the agenda was a discussion about the utilities cash flow model. The Board discussed the PFM model that has been proposed, which does include rate increases to pay for projects […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met in regular session on Monday night, November 18, 2019. *Approved the consent agenda *Approved levying a special assessment against private property for weed cutting. *Approved pay application number ten in the amount of $1,113.87 to DeLong Construction, which is the final payment for work completed on the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Supervisors met in regular session on Monday morning, November 18th, 2019. During Monday’s meeting, the Board heard a report from Deanne De Groot, MCARD Director, informing the Board that they would be hosting a legislative roundtable on December 12th, 2019, at the Oskaloosa Library, between 1 pm and 2:30 […]
‘Let’s reinvest in Rural Iowa’ Renewed Growth for Rural Iowa Lance Roorda announced today that he is running for the Iowa Senate in 2020. “I’m running to ensure that basic services exist in rural Iowa over the next decade,” said Roorda, a small business owner and Mahaska County native. “We need a new generation of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – What is diabetes, and how can it best be managed? Those questions and more were explored at the second-ever Diabetes Fair hosted by the Oskaloosa Lion’s Club inside of Penn Central Mall. Debbie Doty with the Oskaloosa Lions Club spoke with Oskaloosa News about the fair, and the importance of keeping up […]
A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On Sunday, November 17, 2019, at approximately 1:35 am, the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a body lying on the shoulder of the road in the 2500 block of Highway 163, in rural Mahaska County. Upon Law Enforcement’s arrival, the deceased body of an elderly […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A group from the Friends of Mahaska County Conservation sat in the northwest corner of the Fareway parking lot in Oskaloosa on Saturday morning. They were there to accept donations of plastic grocery bags, which they send in to be recycled. Those bags may seem insignificant, and not a big deal in […]
