by Jamie Brockman On a late Saturday afternoon, an Oskaloosa gymnasium filled with pink for Coaches vs. Cancer, witnessed the Oskaloosa boys play possibly their best game of the season, beating LHC champions Norwalk 68-47. It was also Senior Night for Oskaloosa, honoring five seniors, including Cole Henry, Rian Yates, Jackson Blythe, Austin Hafner, and […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – The Mahaska Health Hospital Auxiliary recently donated a new commercial grade rehabilitation treadmill for use in the cardiac rehabilitation portion of Mahaska Health cardiopulmonary services. According to Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse Renee Edgar, treadmills are used by patients every day. “For many patients, these treadmills are a part of their everyday routine. It’s […]
by Ken Rozenboom Education funding is always a big topic of discussion during the first weeks of each legislative session. This week we started the process for setting an education budget for the next fiscal year. Senate File 172, which sets supplemental state aid (SSA) and Senate File 171, which is the transportation/per pupil equity […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors and the South Central Regional Airport Agency Board sat down in a worksession on Monday to discuss 220th Street. The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors contends that the closure of 220th Street doesn’t help to solve an issue of what to do with the farm to […]
by Dustin Hite We are just wrapping up week four of session from the Statehouse in Des Moines. This week was similar to the last, with many bills passing through subcommittee and committee. I had the honor of chairing two subcommittees this week. The first was for House Study Bill 29. This legislation would allow […]
by Holly Brink Hello Friends, Things have been revving up here in Des Moines as we are approaching our first funnel week. During funnel week, bills will either be tabled indefinitely or passed through committee so we can better plan our debates in the following weeks. That being said, I have been working with my […]
Oskaloosa Police Department Press Release On February 6, 2019 at approximately 4 p.m., members of the Oskaloosa Police Department and Mahaska County Sheriff’s Department met with members of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Police Department in reference to a search warrant to be served within the City of Oskaloosa. While serving the search warrant […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met in regular session on February 4th, 2019. The council heard from Sherry Vavra with Mahaska County Recreation Foundation (MCRF), who presented the annual report. The new roadways leading into the complex are mostly completed, and the ‘Sun Dome’ project has been started. Vavra said that it costs […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Monday morning. Mahaska County Emergency Manager Jamey Robinson demonstrated the Lucas Device, which is used to provide hands-free CPR. The devices are a chest compression system, which would allow continuous mechanical CPR. The money would come from a grant to fund […]
By the time you read this I hope the polar vortex has moved further north where it belongs. I don’t know about you, but I find myself thankful for warm homes and vehicles that allowed me to reach the Capitol this week. Subcommittee work has taken most of my time this last two weeks. It’s […]
