An Oskaloosa Police Department Press Release As temperatures increase, so does the frequency of complaints about dogs running “at large”, frightening pedestrians, bicyclists and residents. The Oskaloosa Police Department would like to remind citizens of the city ordinance’s regulating animals, specifically dogs. *It is unlawful to let your dog run “at large”. “At large” means […]
House Republicans kept charging forward with our pro-taxpayer agenda. We have also passed legislation giving more control back to our local school districts. Below you will find some helpful information concerning some issues the legislature is addressing you may have. State Budget Outlook The State Revenue Estimating Conference (REC) met last week and lowered expected […]
Mahaska, Iowa – Damage to the Dakota Access Pipeline was reported to the Mahaska County Sheriff’s office back on March 13th, 2017, says Mahaska County Sheriff, Russ Van Renterghem. The damage appears to have been made to a safety check valve on the pipeline near the 2300 block of Queens Avenue inside the county. The […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – J.C. Penney has been an Oskaloosa fixture for decades, and some Oskaloosa area residents are picking up their phones and submitting signatures to online petitions to express their desire that the store in Oskaloosa remain open. Michelle Purdum created an online petition at ipetitions.com to “consider keeping our store open for a […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met on Monday, March 20th at their regular time of 9am on the 3rd floor of the courthouse. The board heard from Heather Gross, Community Services Director for Mahaska County, who talked about upcoming changes to case management, due to privatization of medicare in Iowa. Gross […]
by Pam Blomgren The Oskaloosa City Council meeting lasted just barely 45 minutes last evening (March 20) and, intertwined with routine activity, were familiar strains of sentiment heard in earlier meetings: ‘we don’t need this’ and ‘this isn’t necessary.’ Following the community comments section – of which there were none – and the consent agenda, […]
Kansas City, Mo.–The basketball gods evened the score in the most cruel way imaginable Monday as the William Penn men’s basketball team gave up a large lead and eventually fell 83-82 in overtime to Texas Wesleyan in the semifinals of the NAIA Division I National Championships. Duer bracket champion WPU (33-4), which overcame an 18-point […]
The Iowa Senate continued floor debate and voting on a number of bills this week including HF203, which allows state primary road funds to be allocated to secondary and municipal road systems in exchange for the state retaining all or a portion of federal aid road funds that would otherwise be allocated to counties and […]
Things have been very productive here at the Capital. We’ve made both small and significant changes to the Code. Last week, we passed an omnibus 2nd Amendment Bill on gun regulation reform. This Bill should allow law-abiding Iowans the freedom to exercise their gun rights more freely. We also passed a voter integrity and modernization […]
House Republicans continued their hard work to ensure that more of your money stays in your pockets. With the negative revenue forecast that came in this last week, we are taking a look at tax credits and other areas where we can save money and still keep taxes low. Below you will find some helpful […]
