Oskaloosa, Iowa – The race to be Iowas next senator is coming down to the point of thinning the herd, and businessman Mark Jacobs is one of the nearly half dozen Republicans seeking his party’s nomination. Jacobs addressed a group of 3 potential voters at Smokey Row on Monday at noon. In a conversation after […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Monday morning the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors hired a new county engineer. Dave Shanahan, who is the current county engineer for Cherokee County, will take over for outgoing county engineer Jerry Neusbaum in July of this year. “I think Dave will be an asset to the community, and I think […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Water Board and the Oskaloosa City Council have been at odds in recent months, and a recent letter by Oskaloosa Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt highlighted the growing rift between the two entities. On Monday night, Errin Keltner, a current Oskaloosa Municipal Water Board of Trustee Member will have a hearing at […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The future of travel was a point of discussion at a recent meeting involving the Iowa Department of Transportation and residents of Mahaska County. The DOT held the pubic information meeting for a proposed U.S. 63 northwest bypass of Oskaloosa. This gave the DOT an opportunity to discuss conceptual alternative for the […]
by Marty Racheter The 2014 Tulip Time Queen is Leah Blankespoor, a 17-year-old Pella Christian High School Senior, who, born during the week of Tulip Time Week, has had a life-long fondness for all things Tulip Time. She would even walk to the mailbox in her wooden shoes as a child, and indeed, wore a […]
by Ken Rozenboom Nearly two weeks have gone by since House File 2462, a bill that would protect Iowa workers and create a more transparent government, was passed in the Iowa House. During that time, the Senate majority party has talked endlessly about the need for more transparency in government and protecting workers. But they […]
by Larry Sheets Dear friends, The House was ready to finish but the Bills are not forthcoming from the Senate. April 22 is the last day the taxpayers pay for our services, so I expect the Senate to drag it out that long. Last Monday the House debated a Bill concerning public employee settlements and […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – When you walk into the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church on the east side of Oskaloosa, a couple of very special trees can be found. These simple black metal trees hold some hand crafted treasures from the country of Ukraine. The Oskaloosa church has been a sister church to one in Kiev, Ukraine, […]
The Baker/Gilchrist windmill at Nelson Pioneer Farm and Museum in Oskaloosa came down on Tuesday morning. It was lowered by the Shelter Construction Company crew who will rebuild a new structure from the old pattern. The windmill was showing signs of deterioration after the long cold winter and the Mahaska County Iowa Farm Bureau Federation […]
By Jeremy Fox Oskaloosa, Iowa (April 16th, 2014) – Wednesday Night at the Southern Iowa Speedway fans witnessed the first ever apperance of the Brockway Mechanical & Roofing 360 Sprint Invaders to the big 1/2 mile. The night was sponsored by Pro-Line Building Company of New Sharon and WCM Metalworks of Winterset also featured the […]
