Mahaska County, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors canvassed the results from the recent city and school board election this week. Not all of the write-in names have been published as of November 11th, 2019. Results for the vote are as follows: City of Barnes City – Mayor *Barbara Jean Davis – 89.58% […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The supplies were all laid out on tables in the east hallway of Penn Central Mall on Wednesday afternoon. Before long, kids, parents, grandparents, and more gathered around those tables, using their creative talents to make holiday cards for veterans in the community. Diana Gordin, with Oskaloosa’s VFW Post and Auxiliary 2237, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Veterans Day in Oskaloosa includes the free breakfasts from area restaurants. Veterans then gather at the American Legion Hall before the high school holds their assembly to honor veterans. At the American Legion Hall on Monday, Commander Darrin Alderson encouraged veterans to share their stories. By virtue of your attendance today, it’s […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Former Vice-President and 2020 Presidential Candidate Joe Biden made a Veterans Day stop in Oskaloosa on Monday. The campus of William Penn University played host to the candidate, as it did with Senator Bernie Sanders earlier in the year. Biden was late, as he said, due to a snowstorm between Iowa and […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa Senior Xavier Foster commits to play basketball for Iowa State University in an announcement on Monday morning. Xavier and his parents Kristi and DaJuan sat with Xavier as he thanked those who helped to influence him. A quick comment from mom to look up brought a smile to the face of […]
Where did Veterans Day Start On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, an armistice was signed between the Allied nations and Germany. It would not be until June 28, of 1919 that the Treaty of Versailles was signed officially ending the “The Great War.” So November 11 became the marking […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The group from Missouri arrived in Oskaloosa a bit early Wednesday. That allowed spending more time on the good things happening in the downtown district. Oskaloosa’s newest sitdown dining option, Pizza Den, offered up fresh-baked dessert pizzas, which was followed by a slide show of the initiatives taking place to grow Oskaloosa. […]
Oskaloosa Branch Manager OTTUMWA, IA – Community 1st Credit Union is pleased to announce Theresa Murray has been named Oskaloosa branch manager. Murray has worked in bank management positions in the St. Louis area and Ottumwa for almost 30 years. “I feel our members and staff are number one,” said Murray. “When you treat both […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – For the City of Oskaloosa, there weren’t any contested races for the mayor and council, nor was there any contested races for Oskaloosa School Board. David Krutzfeldt was elected to another term as Mayor of Oskaloosa, while Robert (Bob) Drost won in Ward 2. Steve Burnett was re-elected as council member from […]
An Oskaloosa Police Department Press Release On November 4, 2019, at approximately 10:02 p.m., members of the Oskaloosa Police Department were called to the 700 block of N C St in reference to a shot fired. Initial investigation revealed that there was a small group of individuals being disorderly in the street, which escalated into […]
