“Borrowing the anything-goes spirit of lunatic innocence from the musicals of the 1920s…. A wild and crazy sick joke set to music, it’s a funny show!” – Leo Seligsohn, New York Newsday by Lily Vernooy, Lucky Stiff Marketing Team member Lucky Stiff mixes “the zany antics of a Marx Brothers movie with a preposterous plot […]
Hello once again from the Statehouse. Although the cold weather forced many businesses, schools, and services to close, the Representatives in the Iowa House came to work to continue creating good policy for the people. I hope you all remained safe and warm during this time, and I assure you this weekend promises warmer temps. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The center court of Penn Central Mall was filled with laughter, and kids of all ages enjoyed the inflatables and lazer tag from Lazer Alley, games from Mahaska Drug, and Tom Terrific making ballons. Central United Methodist Church in Oskaloosa was facilitating the Sunday afternoon of fun. Paster Bruce Wittern said that […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The joke on social media this past week is that someone has either made Elsa angry or she has moved to Oskaloosa, because winter has been on full blast for the past few weeks. Those not familiar with ‘Elsa’, she is a character from the Disney movie ‘Frozen’. On Tuesday morning, the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Things in Iowa have been slow the past couple of weeks. People are moving slower through the snow, and cars are starting a little slower in the mornings. Inside of Smokey Row on Saturday morning, people braved the arctic weather to listen to Mahaska County’s three legislative representatives speak about the young […]
Getting Down to Business 1/25/2019 Hello Friends, With the start of the second week, we at the Capitol have been gearing up for both the work and weather ahead of us this session. Transitioning from the ceremony from last week, we have begun tackling the issues and defining our goals for the session. Early this […]
by Ken Rozenboom The second week of the 88th General Assembly was a short, three day blur of subcommittee meetings and study of new bills that are put on our desks every day. We did not convene Monday because of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Because of the short week, and because much of the […]
by Rep. Dustin Hite The second week of session has just wrapped up and we are busy at work at the Statehouse. The committees I have been assigned to include the Judiciary committee, as the Vice-Chair, the Local Government committee, the Ways and Means committee, and the Veterans Affairs committee. Additionally, I serve on the […]
A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release with additional reporting by staff On Friday, January 25th, 2019, at approximately 9:20 a.m. members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office were notified that a 2007 Jeep Wrangler had been stolen from the Pronto gas station located at 202 South Main in New Sharon, Iowa. At 9:25 am, […]
A Mahaska Health Press Release MAHASKA COUNTY – Mahaska Health announced its collaboration with three regional organizations to provide behavioral health and home health services on Mahaska’s campus and surrounding communities. Mahaska has selected Southern Iowa Mental Health Center (SIMHC) to continue behavioral health services and Caregivers of Iowa as well as Iowa Home Care […]
