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Students Get Acquainted With Community Services

Oskaloosa, Iowa – William Penn students have returned to Oskaloosa for the year. Another group have arrived for the first time, and are unfamiliar with the many services available to them while here. During Tuesday morning, William Penn held a vendor fair in the PAC to help students and members of the community get better […]

Oskaloosa Rebranding Effort Presentation

Members of the Oskaloosa Brand Leadership Team made a presentation to a local financial institution about what the future of Oskaloosa may be. Visit http://www.brilliantoskaloosa.org/ to learn more.

Emirates Stadium Showcases Musco’s LED Lighting Solution

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Arsenal Football Club unveiled Musco’s new state-of-the-art LED floodlights at their first evening game of the 2015/16 season against Liverpool at Emirates Stadium. After nine seasons at Emirates Stadium, Arsenal selected Musco to take the experience of spectators to the next level and maximise energy efficiency. With a nearly 40-year history of providing […]

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

August 25 – September 7, 2015 DES MOINES, Iowa — The Labor Day weekend traditionally signals the end of summer and often involves one last road trip for the year with the family. Regrettably, it also involves a high rate of drunk driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2013, the […]

Local Hotel Owner Offers Gesture To Local Firefighters

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Emergency personnel put it on the line day in and day out for the people in their community, and one local business owner wanted to say thank you to them for their service. Rajan Bhatt, General Manager at the Comfort Inn Oskaloosa, invited the Oskaloosa Firefighters out for breakfast on Saturday as […]

Barks, Splashing And Happy Faces

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The start of school often brings the closure of public swimming pools. On Sunday afternoon, the Oskaloosa public swimming pool at Edmundson Park officially closed for the season. The doors to the facility swung open one last time as 104 dogs wagged, jumped, splashed and swam their way around the pool. The […]

William Penn Kicks Off 2015-16 School Year

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The nerves are always on edge when it comes to the first day of college. Many students are near enough to home, but a large portion come to William Penn from around the United States and around the world. With move-in day on Friday, students and parents filed into Dana M. Atkins […]

Welcome New Teachers to the Oskaloosa Community Schools for the 2015-2016 School Year

Standing, left to right: William Pester (MS Special Education), Joseph Kane (HS Special Education)​,Brett Hoffman (6th Grade Science/Math), Allen Herrmann (HS Special Education), Alex Knoot (MS Special Education), Steven Overbergen (3rd Grade), Janna Lundein (HS TAG), Matt Johnson (HS Special Education) and Amanda Russell (Elementary Special Education). Seated, left to right: Shelby Lucas (4th Grade), […]

Vander Molen Asks Supervisors To Explore Administrator Position

Oskaloosa, Iowa – For Mahaska County Supervisors, the half-pay position can be filled with many tasks and meetings. For Supervisor Mike Vander Molen, a question of needing to hire a county administrator and reduce the pay and benefits of the supervisors was not a new question. The question about having a county administrator isn’t a […]

Healing And Helping A Part Of Recovering

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The tragedy that fell upon a New Sharon family has touched a community, and beyond. That community, which stretched beyond the borders of New Sharon, took time out on Sunday to give a bit more of themselves, in an effort to help bring comfort to those around them, and ultimately to themselves. […]

           

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