The Oskaloosa City Band will perform Thursday evening at 8 p.m. on the city’s historical bandstand. This week’s concert features patriotic songs as we celebrate Independence Day. Audience members will hear a variety of marches, including: National Emblem, Call To Victory, and Stars & Stripes. Other patriotic themed pieces include: The Armed Forces Medley, Theme […]
The Mahaska Hospice Auxiliary and Mahaska Communication Group (MCG) once again teamed up with Musco Lighting to host “Golf Under the Lights” on May 23 at Oskaloosa Golf. The annual event raised $21,850 for the Mahaska Hospice Auxiliary. According to MHP Hospice Auxiliary Co-Chair Mary Anderson, 108 golfers on 18 teams enjoyed a fantastic night […]
New Sharon, Iowa – The call went out Monday afternoon in New Sharon to conserve water. The type of flooding that knocked out the towns water supply for days last year appeared to be returning again this year. So much water fell in such as short period of time that ditches became raging rivers, and […]
June 30, 2014 (OSKALOOSA, IA) – Students struggling with reading in Mahaska County will soon have three full-time AmeriCorps members to help them. The tutors, part of the Iowa Reading Corps, will work one-on-one with Kindergarten through 3rd grade children who need extra help to develop their reading skills. The Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service […]
By Matt Saville The Oskaloosa girls are one of the best softball teams in class 4A in the state of Iowa. They are off to one of the best, if not the best, start ever by a Oskaloosa softball team in school history. What they did and how they played this week has done nothing […]
by Matt Saville For the Oskaloosa boys baseball team the season has been hit or miss. They have played great ball against some of the state’s best teams, but come up short against some of the lesser teams on the schedule. This week proved to be more of the same, as they went 2-3 for […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, often called ‘The Wall That Heals’ sits as a lasting memorial to the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice in that decade long war. Honoring the men and women who served in the controversial Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial chronologically lists the names of more […]
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (June 25th, 2014) – With the 19th Annual Budweiser Stock Car Shootout and Inaugural Merv Chandler Memorial only a week away this was the final week to tune them up. The track produced some great racing all night and the Stock Cars seem to always leave the fans on their […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – With the simple turn of a key, the Oskaloosa Rides bus route started off the first day of operation. On Monday morning, Alan Munger and Talon Munger caught the Oskaloosa Rides Bus to see for themselves what the route was like. “We just wanted to support it,” said Alan. “We are glad […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Penn Central Mall is pleased to welcome Label Shopper to the community. The Mall is excited they chose Oskaloosa as their first location in Iowa and west of the Mississippi. Label Shopper plans to open at the end of July, just in time for back-to-school shopping and the Iowa sales tax holiday […]
