Oskaloosa, Iowa— Main Street Oskaloosa released the Brand Action Plan today and launched a website, www.brilliantoskaloosa.com, to share the recommendations and progress. The brand plan will also be available at the Oskaloosa Public Library and Oskaloosa Area Chamber & Development Group office. “We have a plan that is robust and based on successful, proven tactics […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Summer vacation is on the downhill slide, and school will be in session before long. Operation Backpack was started decades ago to help families in need get the supplies needed to send their youngsters back to school. Today, it costs nearly $75.00 to buy the needed school supplies such as paper, crayons […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Bus Route was a goal that took some time to see happen. Now that the bus route has been in operation for just over a year, Oskaloosa News sat down with Amy Langdon from Mahaska County United Way to find out how the program was working, and if it was […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The discussion was on what will happen with Mahaska County and the demand by the State of Iowa for the county to find a mental health region to join. Mahaska County Supervisors took up the discussion on Wednesday afternoon in a special session after they received a letter back from Iowa Department […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In a very crowded Republican field, Donald Trump sits atop the polls nationally for the Republican nomination. Trump will bring his campaign to Oskaloosa on Saturday, July 25th at the George Daily Auditorium. The visit had originally been scheduled for the end of June on the city square, but was, according to […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The conversation on the East side of Oskaloosa has centered around the potential sale of a portion of 2nd Avenue East, between South 7th Street and South 8th Street, to the Central Reformed Church. On Monday night, interested parties to the sale, both for and against, shared their opinions with the council […]
The Oskaloosa City Band will perform on the bandstand Thursday evening at 8 p.m. This week’s concert includes: “Over the Rainbow” featuring a saxophone solo, “Stranger on the Shore” featuring the clarinets, and “Seventy-Six Trombones” featuring the trombone section. The band will perform hits from the 1970’s including: “Dancing Queen” and “The Best of the […]
Julie Bak, who oversees the current mental health region for Marion and Mahaska Counties, said that there is no further information available in regards to the State mandate that the two counties join other existing regions. Mahaska and Marion Counties were previously granted a waiver to have a two county region, but the state now […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Iowa’s Freshman Senator Joni Ernst stopped by Smokey Row Coffee on Saturday afternoon to host a town-hall style meeting. Ernst was introduced by Iowa Senator Ken Rozenboom. Rozenboom was a colleague of Ernst when she was a member of the Iowa Senate. Rozenboom continues to serve Mahaska County residents in the Iowa […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Nearly a year ago, plans were being put in place to have a ‘Freedom Rock’ placed and painted in Mahaska County. Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II had a desire to give something back to Veterans on Memorial Day and got the idea of painting the first ‘Freedom Rock’ after watching the movie ‘Saving […]
