Pella, Iowa – The winter mist made for some slick travel, but over 350 supporters found their way in to see a Republican candidate for president that had slid in the polls, after once holding the top spot. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is doing more than shaking off the cold in Iowa, he’s shaking off […]
The Ottumwa Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Keith Edward Hewitt age 30. Hewitt has an arrest warrant for parole violation from Mahaska County. Hewitt is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone having information about Hewitt’s whereabouts are asked to call the Ottumwa Police Department at 641-683-0661.
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors started off the year with the traditional organizational meeting. Early year meetings usually have little in the way of agenda items as departments and the county prepare for the budget hearing process. Willie Van Weelden was appointed Chairman of the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors. Mike […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Newly elected and re-elected officials were sworn in at Monday nights Oskaloosa City Council meeting. Steve Burnett was sworn in as 4th Ward council member, while Joe Caligiuri and Tom Jimenez were both sworn back into office. Dave Krutzfeldt was once again sworn in as Mayor. Oskaloosa City Manager Michael Schrock addressed […]
OSKALOOSA, IA — This January, the George Daily Youth Theatre is looking at a classic adventure story with Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days. Camp starts the week of January 11. “We’re taking the novel and mashing it up with the real life story about the race between Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – Adam Patrick Peterson was born at 3:16 pm on Jan. 3, 2016, making him Mahaska Health Partnership’s 2016 New Year’s Baby. Adam weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz., and was 20 inches long. His parents are Kent and Abby Peterson of Oskaloosa and he has two big brothers, Grant, 4, and Noah, 2. […]
Iowa – Are the legal advertisements required by law amounting to government financing of private business? All across Iowa this week, government entities will be naming their official publications. This means that a newspaper(s) will be named as the point of publication for local government bodies. Most of us have seen them, they list the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Saturday evening, at 4:19 pm, the call for help went out. Ambulance crews, Mahaska County Sheriffs Office and the Oskaloosa Fire Department all responded to 1875 Highway 92, west of Oskaloosa. Mahaska County Sheriffs office says that Steve Van Maanen, 46, was riding a snowmobile on private property when the accident […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A recent Oskaloosa graduate is flying into the world of monster truck racing. Tyler Menninga walked across the stage in May of 2015 to receive his high school diploma, but on January 9th, 2016 Menninga will be putting all of his driving skills he acquired in his off-road buggy Moonshiner to full […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The second snowstorm of the season pelted the Mahaska County area this last week, and with it, treacherous driving conditions. In Mahaska County, the National Weather Service in Des Moines says that portions of the county received seven inches of snow. In the county, the wet weather that took place over the […]
