Oskaloosa, Iowa – It may be the middle of March, but it wasn’t too early in the season for some disc golf. T.J. Brom hosts an annual disc golf tournament every year at Edmundson Park. “It has grown,” Brom said of the annual tournament. Brom has hosted this tournament for the past 11 years, and […]
The 2015 version of the Mahaska County 4-H and FFA Gala took place on Friday at the ISU Extension Office in Oskaloosa. The event that features a meal and silent auction helps the two groups pay for many of the needed things that help make the Southern Iowa Fair a success. “All of the funds […]
OSKALOOSA, IA — Turn up that dial! Winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical, the professional tour of Memphis will burst onto stage at the George Daily Auditorium on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. Don’t miss the biggest and last show of the Daily’s 2014-2015 professional season! With explosive dancing, irresistible songs, and […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The bi-monthly legislative session Eggs & Issues held its next-to-last session inside Smokey Row Coffee House in Oskaloosa on Saturday morning. The normally lively Republican-Democrat banter of previous years has been replaced by the sometimes split decisions of Republicans in various houses at the Iowa Legislature. The three Republican legislators representing the […]
Katie Orman Wins Top Prize Playing ‘Crossword’ Scratch Game CLIVE, Iowa – An Oskaloosa woman has won a $30,000 lottery prize. Katie Orman claimed the 68th of 86 top prizes of $30,000 available in the Iowa Lottery’s “Crossword” instant-scratch game. Orman claimed her prize Thursday at the lottery’s headquarters in Clive. She purchased her winning […]
It was an active week in the Iowa Senate as we spent most of our time in floor debate and voting. This is quite a contrast from past weeks, which were dominated by a heavy load of subcommittee and committee work prior to the first funnel deadline. Our floor work this week was quite extensive; […]
KEOKUK COUNTY – Students from Tri-County Community School took on a leadership project and raised funds to benefit children utilizing the visitor’s lounge at Mahaska Health Partnership’s Emergency Services in Oskaloosa. The students were members of Ricochet, a middle school leadership initiative created and sponsored by Iowa State University Extension and Iowa 4-H. According Michele […]
IDALS Announces Three Water Quality Initiative Projects On Thursday, March 5, 2015, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) issued a press release in which Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey announced that three additional watershed demonstration projects have been selected to receive $1.4 million in funding through the Iowa water quality initiative […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The process used to educate is always evolving. Today, besides technology, students learn from doing hands-on, by being challenged to demonstrate what they learned, and how they got to that conclusion. This past week, the doors to the Oskaloosa High School opened up in the evening to allow students, teachers, parents and […]
We all know the rest of that sentence and the unfortunate reality that comes with being duped by someone offering something that was truly too good to be true. Weekly, countless people throughout the country fall victim to a variety of scams and schemes designed to take their money. Often this parting with their hard […]
