Suspect was found hiding in water with only face showing. Oskaloosa, Iowa – Practice makes perfect, but real life work can be of the ultimate value, as Oskaloosa K9 Officer Austin Rogers and his partner Duke discovered during a manhunt in Ottumwa. Two Oskaloosa Lieutenants, Vanderpol and Plumb were on their way to Ottumwa to […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Iowa Supreme Court has said that Mahaska County must first finish its legal business with Pella and Oskaloosa in District Court before it can appeal to the Supreme Court. The document from the Supreme Court states: This matter comes before the court on appellee’s motion to deny permission for interlocutory (given […]
Oskaloosa Police Department Media Release On Sunday September 9th, 2018, the Oskaloosa Police Department took a report of a burglary to VanWall Equipment located at 1401 South 17th Street in Oskaloosa. It was determined that a total of nearly $17,000.00 worth of items was taken from the business and a truck was stolen. During an […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board met in regular session on Tuesday night. The board held their election of officers for the next school year. Shelly Herr was nominated as Oskaloosa School Board President, and the board approved her nomination and was approved unanimously by the board. The board discussed briefly the ongoing back […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A 2002 Ford pickup truck driven by 22-year-old Dalton James Joseph Garcia of Bussey, Iowa, and a 2012 Nissan driven by 51-year-old Denise LuAnn Allgood of Oskaloosa, Iowa were westbound on Highway 92 approximately 4 miles west of Oskaloosa at 7:48 p.m. According to the accident report by the Iowa State Patrol, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The black plastic is covering the space in Penn Central Mall, but the rumors have been leaking out about what may be coming to fill that space. At a recent William Penn vendor fair, the rumors became fact. Jason Shiffer, an owner of Old School Pinball and Arcade, is bringing an arcade […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Fairfield Trojans were just yards away from making Friday night’s football match-up a tie ballgame with just seconds remaining when a fumble changed it all. Fairfield’s Carson Crile fumbled the ball on the Oskaloosa 6 yard line, and Oskaloosa’s Cole Kraber recovers the rolling fumble at the 20, rushing 80 yards […]
North Mahaska School Expresses Concern Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisor met Monday morning when they held a public hearing in regards to a potential Tax Increment Financing (TIF) plan for the Prairie Wind Urban Renewal Area. North Mahaska Schools Superintendent Angela Livezey spoke during the public comment portion of the public […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Reading Garden has been a space at the Oskaloosa Public Library where the public has access to a quiet spot, while also providing space for small community gatherings. Genus Landscape Architects provided a PowerPoint presentation of the plans for the expansion of the reading garden in the space that recently opened […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In other action at Tuesday’s Mahaska County Board of Supervisors, the board made the decision to take the Mahaska 911 Board and Mahaska County Emergency Management to court over the 28E agreement the two boards put in place back in 2015. “What do we want to do Mark,” asked Mahaska County Supervisor […]
