Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Tuesday, voters will once again head to the polls, as the Oskaloosa School District looks to fill a vacancy on the Oskaloosa School Board. Director District 1 Representative Nick Hansen resigned from the board, effective November 1, due to a new job opportunity that will force him to relocate to Minnesota. […]
By Krista Johnson, IowaWatch.org You’re becoming too Americanized, Nickie Nguyen’s parents told her when she didn’t speak Vietnamese as well as the other Vietnamese children around her in Des Moines. You’re not Dominican enough, University of Iowa student Geordano Liriano was told by older people when he couldn’t say a certain Spanish phrase correctly when […]
Council also approves sanitary sewer system rate increase. Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council started off the new year by repealing one of its most contested ordinances of 2016, when it became apparent that the City Council could not serve as an Appeals Board, which instead should be with the Board of Adjustment. During […]
The Oskaloosa High School Student Council is participating in this year’s student council state project, Iowans Helping Iowans. This project will benefit The Native Fund. The Native Fund is an organization that provides a means for Iowans to volunteer to help fellow Iowans in times of need when disasters like tornadoes or flooding occur. The […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – “I, Mark Groenendyk, do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa, and that I will faithfully and impartially, to the best of my ability, discharge all of the duties of the office of Supervisor in Mahaska County as now […]
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement today on the gaveling in of the new 115th Congress. Loebsack also comments on the House Republicans’ efforts to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) in their first act of the new Congress. “I am once again honored to represent the people of […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – Thatcher Robert Poe was born at 1:07 pm on Jan. 1, 2017, making him Mahaska Health Partnership’s 2017 New Year’s Baby. Thatcher weighed 8 lbs., 15 oz., and was 20 ½ inches long. His parents are Elizabeth Gardner and Slater Poe of Albia. His grandparents are Vicki Gardner, Tim Gardner and Pam […]
Town Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 18 In order to gauge the overall health needs of Mahaska County residents, Mahaska Health Partnership invites the public to participate in a Community Health Needs Assessment (CNHA) Town Hall roundtable. The roundtable is set for Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 5:30-7:00 pm at the Musco Technology Center on the William […]
by Stacia McGriff/Ken Allsup Barnes City, Iowa – In the small rural community that sits on the border of Poweshiek and Mahaska County, word started to spread that one of their own had passed away. Jasmine Linder, 26, of Barnes City was in a plane piloted by her friend Curt Terpstra, 34, of Pella. Also […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Police Department along with the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office responded to a car versus pedestrian accident in the 600 block of 11th Avenue West on Thursday night at approximately 10:30 pm. Oskaloosa Police Department’s Lt. Gary McClun spoke with Oskaloosa News, reporting that alcohol didn’t play a factor in the […]
