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Oskaloosa Girls Season Comes to End in Loss to Fairfield

by Matt Saville Oskaloosa, Iowa – This season has been beyond frustrating for the Osky girls basketball team as they lost in the opening round district game to the Fairfield Trojans 67-32. The loss ends the season for the Indians, who finish with a 3 -19 record. Like with the rest of the season, the […]

Osky Boys Fall Flat in Season Finale

by Matt Saville Oskaloosa, Iowa – Coming into Tuesday night’s last regular season game against Chariton, there was hope that the Osky boys may be able to sneak into Chariton and steal a win in a non-conference action. What they received was a huge dose of the two-headed monster in juniors TJ Hockenson and his […]

New Music Store Hopes To Strike A Chord

Oskaloosa, Iowa – He has been helping area country music lovers keep the tunes streaming out of their car radio speakers for decades. Pat Flaherty has been selling radio advertising and is a very familiar face to many in the area. Flaherty, who is 81 sees the opening of his music store, ‘G-Strings – Guitars […]

Class 1A Wrestlers On To State!

by Joe Milledge / KIIC Radio Pleasantville was the site of the Class 1A district 4 finals where the top 2 finishers in each weight class will move on to the state finals at Wells Fargo Arena this week. Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont grappler Cody Brown earned his 100th carreer win, but fell short of advancing […]

Oskaloosa Wrestlers Shine in Districts sending 5 to State Tournament

by Matt Saville If you wrestle in the state of Iowa, one of your goals and dreams is to make it to the coveted Iowa State Tournament. For 5 Oskaloosa wrestlers, that goal and dream was accomplished this last Saturday in Mount Pleasant. Those 5 wrestlers earned their spot at district meet, each needing to be in […]

Highway Funding A Constant Point Of Discussion At Eggs & Issues

Iowa Senator Ken Rozenboom talked about water quality and road funding at Saturday's Eggs & Issues on Saturday.

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The legislative session in Des Moines is well underway, and the area’s three representatives to that body were on hand Saturday inside Smokey Row. The point of discussion this time focused primarily on how to fund road maintenance and construction in the state. Before the topic of roadways took over, Iowa Senator […]

Students Across Iowa Visit William Penn Digicomm Program

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Letting students explore and learn about the tools of communication is the premise behind the William Penn University Digicomm Student Visit Day this week. Matt Wagner, Director of Digital Communication at William Penn University explained that this was the 3rd year for the visit day. The idea is to invite local high […]

YMCA Winter Open Offers A Warm Place During A Cold Winter Snap

Oskaloosa, Iowa – It has become a wintertime tradition in Oskaloosa, as the 4th Annual Mahaska County YMCA Open has people squaring off with a two person tournament, middle school teen night and more. On Friday over the lunch-hour, 14 teams took to the course in the annual tournament. In addition, 128 middle school students […]

Oskaloosa Middle School Could See 1 To 1 Laptop Program For Coming School Year

Oskaloosa, Iowa – Technology continues its steady march into everyday lives and, therefore, into students lives. With that in mind, school officials are taking steps to equip Oskaloosa Middle School students with Chromebooks. Chromebooks are different than typical laptops produced to run Windows or Apple’s OSX. It’s an operating system built around being primarily connected […]

Branstad Visits Cablevey As Part Of 99 County Tour

Oskaloosa, Iowa – No, they won’t be able to help you with your cable television. Cablevey can help you feed your livestock, fish or convey your food items like coffee and rice. The tube conveyor uses cable driven disks within the tube to transport product. Iowa Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds stopped by the […]

           

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