Oskaloosa, Iowa – The middle of summer vacation is at hand. With school not in session some kids, for various reasons, may not be getting a much needed meal. The Oskaloosa Summer Lunch Program hopes to reach and help as many children as they can during this time. Martha Comfort, Director of the Oskaloosa Summer […]
Links to Southern Iowa Fair results are listed below. A special thanks goes out to Wyndell Campbell State Farm and Leighton Locker for helping to make these reports possible. On Monday night, Maddison Stewart was crowned the 2015 Southern Iowa Fair Queen. She will move on to the Iowa State Fair and represent Mahaska County. […]
MAHASKA COUNTY –Oskaloosa residents, Vicki Koger, Roger Johannes, Linda Oetjen and Marion Vos received the 2015 Iowa Governor’s Award on July 10 for their selfless contributions to Mahaska Health Partnership. According to MHP Volunteer Coordinator Kim Langfitt, criteria for selection included exceptional commitment to volunteerism, exemplary leadership, creativity, cooperation and work in their service to […]
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (July 15th, 2015) – The Southern Iowa Speedway hosted the Southern Iowa Fair Races sponsored by KBOE Radio and Mahaska Bottling Company. 92 Cars checked in including 32 Hawkeye Dirt Tour IMCA Modifieds. Also the second class of the Southern Iowa Speedway Hall of Fame was inducted at intermission. This […]
HELPING HANDS Quilt Group presented a quilt show to the residents of Homestead Assisted Living and Memory Care Center on July 9th Helping Hands does all charity work and past and present donations have been made to Serenity House, Crisis Intervention, Birthright, fire/flood/storm victims, Habitat for Humanity and other various charities as needed.
The Oskaloosa City Band will perform on the bandstand on Thursday evening at 8 p.m. This week’s concert includes: “Bugler’s Holiday” (featuring the trumpets), “Them Basses” (featuring the low brass and woodwinds), and pop tunes made famous by The Beatles and Van Morrison. The band will also perform a wide variety of marches and a […]
It was a routine meeting for the Oskaloosa School Board Monday. The board went through a variety of routine items for their summer meeting. The board first received a presentation from OHS Life Skills teacher Betty Ann Latchaw relating to the potential use of a therapy dog in class. Latchaw said that the dog would […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – It has been some time since volunteers and scientists have been to the Mahaska Mammoth dig site. This past Friday, volunteers and others worked to clean up the mess that winter made of the site. Run-off filled in some areas, and cleaning those out was top priority. There ended up being enough […]
Funds will be used to purchase new ambulance Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack today announced that New Sharon Fire Rescue will receive $158,965 in funding from the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program. The funding will be used to purchase a new ambulance to replace the current one that is […]
The Mahaska American 9 & 10 year old All-Star team wrapped up the District 4 championship last week and will advance to the State championship July 25 – August 1 in Davenport. The team ended up with an 8-0 record in district play. On Monday, the 6th, they travelled to Lynnville-Sully and won 20-2. Lynnville-Sully’s […]
