The Oskaloosa High School student council is hosting a Veterans Day assembly on Friday November 11 at 1 PM in the high school large gym. All Veterans and their families are welcome to attend this tribute and be thanked for your service. Please enter the North or South doors of the gymnasium. Our guest speaker […]
As the temperatures drop, United Way of Mahaska County and New Hope Community Inc. need your help to share the warmth! The Annual Winter Coat Drive collects winter outerwear and distributes much needed items to those in need in the community. The 9th Annual Winter Coat Drive will take place between November 7th, 2016 and […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board will be holding an election to fill the seat vacated when Nicholas Hansen resigned. The district received a petition to hold the election, which had at least the 100 required signatures. The candidate must reside within district 1 of the Oskaloosa School District in order to run for […]
Mahaska County, Iowa – Voters streamed to the polls on Tuesday, as voters cast their ballot for who they believed would best represent them in the future. Locally, there was nearly no contested race, with the lone exception of Larry Sheets (R), Levi Grenko (D) and Garrett W. Byrd (L) in House District 80. Sheets […]
Opportunity Squared, the regional economic development group in southeast Iowa met Friday, November 4, for a roundtable discussion with representatives from the US Commercial Services offices representing Iowa and Santiago, Chile. Patricia Cook, Director of Commercial Services for Iowa, and Mary Lathrop, Commercial Specialist at the US Embassy in Chile met with Opportunity Squared participants […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Iowa State Patrol were called to the construction site on Monday evening in regards to individuals trespassing at a location where the Dakota Access Pipeline was being pulled underneath the South Skunk River. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a four-state-long pipeline that will […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn football squad began a so-called rebuilding year with three consecutive losses, but has improved exponentially as the fall has progressed and now the Statesmen can call themselves conference champions after rallying to win 27-24 over Graceland in Heart of America Athletic Conference North Division play Saturday. The Statesmen (7-3, 4-0 North), winners […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Mahaska Bowl is one of those community meeting places, where especially during the winter months, people turn towards each other to help pass the time. Little known is that William Penn University owns Mahaska Bowl, and Nik Rule, with William Penn University, spoke about the importance of the facility to the university […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Residents in Oskaloosa found ways to pay tribute to the officers slain in the nearby communities of Des Moines and Urbandale this week. The two officers were killed in “ambush” style by a suspect who was later apprehended and now faces charges in connection with the murders. Those crimes shocked Iowa, and […]
OSKALOOSA- Officials are beginning to move forward with the regional airport project. According to South Central Regional Airport Agency Chairman, Jim Hansen, the agency recently received the environmental assessment back. “We now have a draft completed of the environmental assessment which is a big stop towards moving the process along.” Per federal laws, a public […]
