Oskaloosa, Iowa – The South Central Regional Airport Agency met this past week to consider a couple of task orders. Those task orders included giving direction to HDR Engineering to conduct a public information meeting to satisfy Iowa Code Chapter 6B for governmental projects planning to acquire agricultural property. Jerry Searle, a consultant with HDR […]
New Sharon, Iowa – As the number of student-athletes participating or attending high schools, especially in rural areas, fielding teams, especially football teams, can become a challenge. Twin Cedars is an area school that already plays 8-man football, and Montezuma will be joining that trend this coming season as well. For North Mahaska, the discussion […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Making the commute to work on Friday morning got a little dicey for those traveling in Mahaska County. According to the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office, twelve accidents happened in the county, with most of them being small fender-benders. There were, however, three rollover accidents, resulting in some minor injuries to motorists. According […]
by Charlie Comfort Oskaloosa, Iowa- More turnover on the board is imminent as another Oskaloosa School Board member announced they would not be completing their term on the board. Director District 6 member Erik Edgren announced on Tuesday that he would step down from the board in the near future. Edgren did not give an […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Water Board met in normal session Monday afternoon. The Oskaloosa Water Board voted to update the employee handbook to reflect the changes to health insurance renewal. Water department employees will be paying 2.5% of their premium in 2018, and an additional 2.5% in 2019 for a total of 5% of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa firefighters were called to the scene of a garage fully engulfed early Monday morning. A passerby noticed the flames and called 911, and emergency personnel were dispatched shortly after 1am Monday. Twelve firefighters were on the scene for less than two hours. Oskaloosa Interim Fire Chief Dave Christensen said the cause […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The lawsuit being presented by the City of Pella and the City of Oskaloosa will continue, after 8th Judicial District Judge Lucy Gamon denied the request from Mahaska County to dismiss. Gamon said that the plaintiffs [Pella, Oskaloosa] gave fair notice to Mahaska County “of the factual incidents giving rise to the […]
On Friday, Oskaloosa Middle School students along with volunteers from the Oskaloosa Rotary joined together to help prepare Christmas dinner packages for those less fortunate in our community. Later in the afternoon, members of the Board of Realtors helped to fill those boxes that would be distributed the next day to help 375 families have […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – MidAmerican Energy held an open house of sorts on Friday, for a payment kiosk it has set up inside Penn Central Mall. Skip Joelson and Nina Ford with MidAmerican Energy said that the kiosk is “more convenient for customer payments. Better hours for customer payments. It’s open on the weekend. Later at […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The battle between Mahaska County and the cities of Pella and Oskaloosa had its first day in court. At this time, Daniel Gonnerman, attorney for Mahaska County, asked for the petition to be dismissed. Parties from both sides gathered in the Mahaska County courtroom on Friday afternoon, before Judge Lucy Gamon, to […]
