Keeping a business strong and viable takes lots of hard work from employees, and leadership to deliver the right tools to help make it happen. Oskaloosa, Iowa – A group of community leaders took an extensive tour of CLOW Valve Company in Oskaloosa on Wednesday morning, in order to better understand what it takes to […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Residents from around Mahaska County, which includes the rural and city voters, will be going to the poll on November 6th to select two candidates that will represent them for the next four years on the county board of supervisors. Those candidates seeking office include Steve Wanders, Steve Parker, Paul DeGeest, and […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Some members of the Mahaska Young Professionals spent some time on Monday evening at the Oskaloosa Art Center painting their own garden gnome statues. Janet Kuskie, the Mahaska Young Professionals President, said it was decided to do a pottery type of project, and they wanted something different to draw in a different […]
A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release On Thursday, October is”, 2018, the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from a 13-year-old male juvenile at 116 East Main Street in Fremont. This juvenile reported that he had been sexually abused by a 23-year-old female, at this residence, approximately 3 weeks prior. As part of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The doors to the Mahaska County YMCA had many scary creatures enter this past week. The YMCA hosted the Halloween Fall Family Night Out. It featured many different games for kids to play, pumpkin carving, pumpkin drawing, a bounce house, and of course candy. There was also a costume competition, which included […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Things were taking shape in front of St. Mary’s Parish in Oskaloosa on Saturday morning, as Nicholas Koening and assistants helped to put the finishing touches on Koening’s Eagle Scout project. Koening wanted to do something to benefit his church family in Oskaloosa. To get to this point, Koening said it had […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The cool and very windy morning on Saturday found dozens of volunteers working to plant trees in portions of Oskaloosa. Craig Coen, Chairperson of Oskaloosa Trees Forever was busy planting trees between the sidewalk and curb. Coen said adding those trees back is extremely important since so many Ash trees have been […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Indians are District 7 Champions after a win over South Tama on Friday night. It’s been since 2006 that the Indians were outright champions of their district, and Head Coach Jake Jenkins and his team were obviously happy to end that drought. The first half of the game belonged to the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate stopped by the Mahaska County Courthouse this week to talk about the upcoming mid-term election and the policies that have been implemented to safeguard the vote. Pate said that it’s critical that Iowan’s still vote by paper ballot, and not the internet, so that there is […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A fundraiser is underway to help Oskaloosa police officers get additional body armor, in order to counter the threat of a shooter with a long rifle. Oskaloosa Police Officers already have some of the best soft body armor available to them, but the mother of an officer, Amy DeKleine, saw the need […]
