Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Superiors continues the process of hiring a new county engineer after not extending the current engineers contract. During this week, supervisors met with applicants in open session, where they asked questions of leadership style, techniques in repairs and construction of roadways, working with outside entities such as […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska Mammoth will call Mahaska County its permanent home, and won’t be migrating off to a museum in some metropolitan area anytime in the foreseeable future. Dave Sedivec, Executive Director at Mahaska County Conservation Board, said that funds became available through a local grant to purchase the mammoth bones, and any […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Remembering that you are not alone is an important factor to those being impacted by cancer. Being alone was difficult to do as hundreds of supporters filled the William Penn PAC on Saturday for the annual Mahaska County Relay for Life. For Wyatt Russell, Saturday was the culmination of nearly a year’s […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The primary to determine who will be the Republican nominee to face Bruce Braily (D) for the seat currently filled by Senator Tom Harkin (D), who is retiring at the end of the year, is underway. Sam Clovis, a Republican hopeful who once called Oskaloosa home when he was a dean at […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The 2014 election is months away, but the process of selecting tomorrows leaders will take a big step on June 3rd when voters whittle the field of candidates down. Locally, in Mahaska County there are 4 candidates for two county supervisor seats currently held by Greg Gordy and Mark Doland. Gordy didn’t […]
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An Oskaloosa Police Department Press Release The Nation Highway Traffic safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Oskaloosa Police Department has declared distracted driving to be a major concern regarding traffic safety. Distracted driving is any activity that takes a person’s attention away from the task of driving. Distractions include, but are not limited to: texting, using […]
by Ken Rozenboom While Governor Terry Branstad, Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds and an Iowa delegation attended the unveiling of the Norman Borlaug statue Tuesday in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol, several Republican state senators paid tribute to the Iowan at the Iowa State Capitol. Tuesday, March 25 would have been Dr. Borlaug’s 100th birthday. […]
The Oskaloosa FFA Chapter held their 77th Annual Parent/Member Banquet on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 6:30 p.m in the Oskaloosa Senior High School Cafeteria. One hundred thirty four parents, guests and FFA members were in attendance. The banquet meal served was a lettuce salad, smoked pork loin, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, dinner rolls […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Water Department Board of Trustees met Thursday night to discuss what steps they wanted to take in response to a letter received by the City of Oskaloosa. Recently, Oskaloosa Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt sent Oskaloosa Water Board of Trustee Errin Keltner a notice informing him that under provision 372.15 of the […]
