Oskaloosa, Iowa — Kyle Brown knows a lot about what Grate Expectations has meant to the Oskaloosa community in helping to fill a much needed catering service. When the business became available, he got a call about what his level of interest would be in being a co-owner of the catering business. Brown, who had […]
For just a moment, put yourself in the shoes of a family living below the poverty line. You have $2,000 a month to feed your family of four. You pay your rent, your utilities, make a car payment, insurance, food, a small birthday present for your child. It’s tight, but you’re able to make it […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A final unscientific poll to gauge public opinion in the upcoming November 3rd municipal election. Two seats are contested for the Oskaloosa City Council. 4th Ward has incumbent Jason Van Zetten being challenged by Steve Burnett. The other race is the at-large seat, which has incumbent Joe Caligiuri and former city council […]
Be on the lookout for some changes regarding this year’s Lighted Christmas Parade Awards. We have a lot of new and exciting things to offer this year and one of those things is the 4-H Festival of Trees. On Friday, December 4, the community is invited to attend the free “Old Fashioned Christmas Festival” in […]
More than 250 people attended Mahaska Health Partnership’s Free Women’s Breast Health Night on Oct. 20 at the Gateway Church of the Nazarene in Oskaloosa. The event featured Cancer Survivor Christina Hoksbergen of Bussey sharing her journey along with Family Practice Physician and Women’s Health Expert Valerie Bonnett, MD, as the keynote speaker. Dr. Bonnett […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board, with Tom Richardson at the helm began Tuesday nights session looking at 27 agenda items. Oskaloosa School Superintendent Russ Reiter spoke about the policy and the fact that the district does currently work with homeless students. The conversation also included the policy for assistance available to those students. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – More than half of the 90-minute Oskaloosa City Council meeting, which took place October 19, dealt with detailed discussion of the proposed changes and options for the Fire Station construction project. The Council had learned in September, bids for renovations were nearly $1 million higher than estimated. At a study session on […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – William Penn University DigiComm (digital communications) Program offered up an opportunity to each candidate seeking the office of President. Senator Bernie Sanders (I) from Vermont was the first candidate to take the students up on their offer. According to nationwide polling numbers, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are the Democrats top picks […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A small agenda for the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors, as they continued their discussion on what may potentially be the future for LOST (Local Option Sales Tax) funds that go to the county. The Supervisors appointed Willie Van Weelden to represent the Board on the committee that is exploring the needs […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Thursday evening, the Mahaska County Emergency Management (EMA) Commission and E911 Board met to vote on a 28E agreement that would see Mahaska County Emergency Management take on the responsibility of managing emergency communications for the county. The E911 Board since it’s inception in the early 1990’s hired and managed the […]
