Oskaloosa, Iowa – The sky threatened rain over Oskaloosa on Monday morning, making it a tough call to hold the Memorial Day service inside the American Legion Post 34 building. As the service began, the sun came out. The service began by presenting the Colors. The flag flown during the days ceremony was in honor […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met on Friday to review the applications that were received for the soon to be vacant county attorney position. Supervisors Mark Doland and Willie Van Weelden reviewed the six applications. Supervisor Mike Vander Molen was absent due to a medical condition with his family. Doland and […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In special session this past Thursday evening, the Oskaloosa School Board approved its contract with the Oskaloosa Education. The increase for the 2015-16 fiscal year will be 3.25 percent for salaries and benefits. Of that 3.25 percent, 1.8 percent is the increase in salary. The cost for the increase will be “approximately […]
Leighton, Iowa – Law enforcement with the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Taskforce, which included members of the Mahaska County Sheriffs Office and the Oskaloosa Police Department, conducted a search warrant at the home of Rick Langstraat. The search took place on May 21, 2015. Langstraat, 49, lives at 1176 Old Highway 92, Leighton, Iowa. During the […]
MORAVIA – An Oskaloosa man was killed Saturday morning after the boat he was operating rolled at Rathbun Lake in Appanoose County. Gregory Alan Williams, 50, of Oskaloosa, was killed when the boat he was operating overturned throwing him and a passenger into the water shortly after 11 .m. on Saturday where they were pulled […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – Mahaska Health Partnership is pleased to welcome Melissa Gentry, PA-C, to its Medical Staff. Gentry is practicing in Behavioral Health Services at MHP; she most recently operated a private practice in Ottumwa. “I’m excited to work as part of a team again,” Gentry said. “I feel my patients get better care because […]
The “Simply Brilliant” Oskaloosa rebranding project continues to move forward with community improvements, while the Brand Leadership Team (BLT) clarifies that the downtown revitalization efforts will not include moving the bandstand. The Oskaloosa BLT has spent several months evaluating the recommendations for rebranding the City of Oskaloosa, as presented by Roger Brooks International, Inc. The […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The hornets nest is an idiom for “a situation or subject which causes a lot of people to become angry and upset“. That nest in Oskaloosa was a simple comment by a paid tourism expert in a presentation to help people to start thinking outside the box. Roger Brooks and his team […]
Fairs, livestock auctions, swap meet and exotic sales will not include birds DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship today announced an order to cancel all live bird exhibitions at county fairs, the Iowa State Fair, and other gatherings of birds due to avian influenza. The Department’s order begins immediately, is […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – A firefighters work is never done, and neither is the process of their learning and training. This week, firefighters were once again taking lessons on HAZMAT training, this time from Oskaloosa High School Science teachers Michael Goudy and Mauree Haage. The purpose was to become more familiar with periodic tables, how chemicals […]
