By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board announced Activities Director Kevin Pederson’s retirement on Tuesday night. Pederson has held the position since the 2006-07 school year. He submitted his retirement letter to the board. “I can’t say enough. I truly appreciate what Kevin’s done in all the years, the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The alarm went out around 7:30 am on Tuesday morning, and Oskaloosa firefighters knew instantly that it was not a false alarm. A haze of smoke was visible in Penn Central Mall. Upon entering the popular Mi Ranchito restaurant the smoke became much thicker, requiring firefighters to retrieve their SCBA gear to […]
March 10, 2014– Oskaloosa, IA – The United Way of Mahaska County is holding its 6th Annual Live United 5K & YMCA Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 26th at the Penn Activity Center on the William Penn University campus. This year’s event is all about promoting health in Mahaska County. We’re partnering with the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Supervisors met in closed session to discuss legal matters concerning Mahaska County’s desire to be removed from RUSS (REGIONAL UTILITY SERVICE SYSTEM). Arbitration had been initiated back in September of 2013 when not only Mahaska, but also Wapello County was seeking to remove itself from the organization. The arbitration […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Democrat and Republican parties of Mahaska County each met on Saturday to help further refine their planks and to name delegates to travel on to represent local interest at district and state convention. This is part of the continuing process that started back in January with the caucus. There, central committee members […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Eggs & Issues had a different flavor Saturday, as state legislators were unable to be in attendance due to county party conventions. In their place were: Oskaloosa City Manager Michael Schrock, Mahaska County Supervisor Mike Vander Molen, Mahaska Health Partnership CEO Jay Christensen and Natalie Spray, who is part of the Oskaloosa […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – On March 13, 2014 at 7:00pm at the ISU extension office 212 north I Street Oskaloosa IA 52577, the National Weather Service will be conducting spotter training. Severe Weather Spotters are a vital link in the timely and accurate flow of weather information into and out of weather forecast offices. This 2 […]
CRI Weekly News for March 7, 2014 Watch CRI’s Weekly Newscast City Council Approves FY15 Budget, Talks Sidewalks Public Works Department Fills Potholes County Engineer Jerry Nusbaum Submits Resignation Blue Zones Project Underway Branstad Visits Mahaska Health Partnership WPU Heads to Branson, MO for Basketball Tournament FACE of Mahaska County Opens Art Center
by Sen. Ken Rozenboom There have been many discussions regarding Iowa’s workforce this legislative session. However, one of the areas that should be receiving more attention than it has in the past several months is Iowa’s skilled worker shortage. Without question, there is a skilled worker void in our state. One way to narrow that […]
by Rep. Larry Sheets These last two weeks have been filled with scores of code changing debates on the floor of the House. If you recall, I had initiated a Bill to prevent automatic sentence reductions for heinous crimes towards children. This was an effort to thwart any reoccurrences like the Shepherd girl murder. That […]
