Oskaloosa, Iowa – Structure fires are always big news for a community. When homes or apartment buildings are consumed by flames, people are curious as to the cause. According to Oskaloosa Fire Chief Mark Neff, some recent fires can trace their cause to origins that can be explained. Neff said that the recent house fire […]
Helping first responders train for an unthinkable event. Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Emergency Management will be hosting an active shooter response training seminar over three days at the Oskaloosa Middle School. This class is for responders across the State of Iowa. “I am very excited to be able to host this intense, three-day […]
Win in Iowa the most dominant in INDYCAR history NEWTON, Iowa (July 10, 2016) – After finishing second the past two years at Iowa Speedway, Josef Newgarden dominated the field in the Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 to record his first career win on an oval. At Lap 100 of 300, Newgarden had lapped […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – “It was a dogfight,” says Oskaloosa Indians Softball Head Coach Jay Harms of the win over Clear Creek-Amana on Saturday night. Harms said that in the beginning, there was concern after three “sharp hits” off of Groet, who is just returning to play after suffering a concussion. Harms said it was a […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – All of the occupants of the home at 604 North E. made it safely outside early Thursday morning. Resident Carlos Allman said that the baby woke up, alerting the remaining occupants of the danger. The call for help went out at 4:36 a.m., and firefighters arrived to a large amount of visible […]
Help spread the word. We have a fun and generous group of women in town who have formed the Golden Goose Club. Jennifer Main and Vicky Collette started this Club in January of 2016, with the hope of creating some community improvements. As President and Secretary they added Jill Brumbaugh from TD&T to be the […]
by Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 5th, 2016) – Tuesday Night was the first of two nights of the 21st Annual Budweiser and Musco Lighting IMCA Stock Car Shootout at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Stock Cars, SportMods, Hobby Stocks and Sport Compacts each ran two sets of heats earning points with the lowest score the […]
The Oskaloosa City Band will perform on Oskaloosa’s historic bandstand on Thursday evening at 8 p.m. Once again, concert goers are encouraged to spend the evening, enjoying Supper in the Shade and yard games beginning at 5:30 pm. This week’s food vendors include: WanderLunch, Calico Jack’s, Sno-Biz, and The Simba Shop. A wide variety of […]
National Christian recording artist Aaron Shust will headline the second annual Concert on the Square this Saturday in Oskaloosa. In addition to the performance by Aaron Shust five local bands will be playing, eight food vendors will be present, and there will be a large Kids Zone presented by Mahaska Drug, all on the square. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday, July 5th, at 9 am, and approved several resolutions that implemented the new fiscal year for the county. Among those approvals were appropriations, salaries, case management, and operating transfers for fiscal year 2017. The operating transfers allow money to be moved to the needed […]
