Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Water Board met on Monday afternoon, where they paid the monthly bills, and heard reports on wastewater and water department operations. The board heard about the water main replacement taking place along South D street, and approved a pay application from the contractor Dave Schmitt. Also on the agenda was […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – It’s an annual tradition at Oskaloosa High School. The senior class takes to the street and paints their names on the roadway leading into the parking lot for the high school. The tradition has been moved from the city street to the parking lot, or ‘Indian Trail’, for safety reasons, but the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Caleb Hammond will be 11-years-old on Tuesday, but everyone came out Saturday to share and cherish the moment with the young man. Caleb, at 11-years-old is living life by the minute and to its fullest, all the while, B-cell ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) is destroying his body. Volunteers and supporters of Caleb […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The sun was hot, but the competition was even hotter as nearly 20 teams squared off at the YMCA’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Oskaloosa Saturday. Eric Christensen, Director of the Mahaska County YMCA, watched as the youth took to the court to find out who was going to be the winner of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In the continuing legal wrangling between the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors and the E911 Board and Mahaska County Emergency Management Commission, the EMC board met in session on Thursday evening. The EMC board then took up the request from the E911 Board to pay for that board’s attorney fees, because according […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County E911 Board met on Thursday evening to discuss the threat of a lawsuit from the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors. Board Chairman Dustin Hite, Mayor of New Sharon, called the meeting of the E911 Board to order. The primary item on the agenda was to address the lawsuit the […]
Carl Drost and Joe Crookham, longtime board members and youth sports advocates from MCRF, introduced plans for a concession stand & bathroom facility for youth soccer Tuesday night, August 7th, at the MCRF Board meeting. The two members shared drawings, including location and design of the project. Drost recently talked with Oskaloosa Food Product’s Blair […]
Matt Kargol didn’t know much about art as a kid in Oskaloosa. “I didn’t have a lot of art until I moved away to college,” he said. “I never really had access to it at all until I saw the world.” But eventually, Kargol returned to his hometown and became a high school art teacher. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – United Way of Mahaska County is nearing their ‘Campaign Season’, which is the time of the year they reach out to the community members for their support to help others. One of those community projects United Way has been highly involved with is Operation Backpack, which had previously helped families with financial […]
Community members invested hours this past week telling what they believe is good, and what needs help, in Oskaloosa. Oskaloosa, Iowa – Community members came out in large numbers this week to give their input on an initiative to help build the Oskaloosa community. The City of Oskaloosa has hired McClure Engineering Company to help […]
