Oskaloosa, Iowa – Where and how do you place your emergency vehicle at the scene, or when do you use your emergency lights? These are among the many different questions that were answered for the Mahaska County CERT team this week at a training event at the Oskaloosa Airport. Josh Stevens is the Mahaska County […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The word spread after University of Houston men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson made the call for fresh, clean clothing, and athletic departments around the country have been stepping up to the challenge. Locally, William Penn University answered the call in a big way. Nik Rule, William Penn Athletic Director, spoke with Oskaloosa […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The future of early childhood development and recreation has been working forward to plan its future after Mahaska County rural voters decided not to participate financially in the project. The project scope is a 60,000 square foot facility that would include a gymnasium, wellness, aquatics, and childcare. The cost of the project […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board met on Monday, August 28th to go over plans for the upcoming gymnasium renovation project. The project is estimated to cost 1.8 million dollars to complete, and would include new insulation, updating the heating system and adding air conditioning to the facility. With the remodel, the gym will […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Fire Department responded to an alarm at the Oskaloosa Pizza Ranch on Tuesday evening. The report was that the restaurant was filling up with smoke. Upon arrival, the fire department found that a small fire had broken out near a table in a storage area on the east side of […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A pair of swans are often found swimming in the ponds at Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa and have become an attraction that many area residents enjoy. This past week, one of those swans became ill and seemed to be unable to open its mouth to eat. Cemetery staff noticed a substance around […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Pella Dutch made the short hop to Oskaloosa to take on the Indians, and to see if their 41 game winning streak would continue. With the Indians and Dutch tied at 7 each part way through the 2nd quarter, it looked like that winning streak had a possibility of coming to […]
by Charlie Comfort Oskaloosa, Iowa- The South Central Regional Airport Agency (SCRAA) took another step forward in the regional airport project Thursday evening as they look towards the next phase of the project. At Thursday evening’s meeting, the SCRAA voted unanimously to proceed forward with using HDR Inc as the preferred engineering firm for the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Cities of Pella and Oskaloosa have filed a 94-page document with the Mahaska County District Court to make Mahaska County once again participate in the 28E agreement for a regional airport. The document outlines how Pella, Oskaloosa, and Mahaska County entered into an agreement pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 28E related […]
by Ken Allsup with additional reporting by Denis Currier Oskaloosa, Iowa – People marched onto the square in downtown Oskaloosa on Wednesday to show support and solidarity for diversity in America, Mahaska County and Oskaloosa. A procession started on the campus of William Penn University shortly after 6 pm, with over 100 individuals participating in […]
