By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Tuesday night, the Oskaloosa City Council unanimously approved a tentative union contract agreement with the Oskaloosa Association of Professional Firefighters. The agreement includes wage increases of 2.5 percent, 2.75 percent, and 3 percent over three years, and a 30-cent increase to the “acting” pay for fire fighters […]
by Larry Sheets Last week was very interesting in the Iowa House. We addressed issues relating to abortion and education and less exciting issues like trailer parks. It is effectively emotional and intellectual whiplash. The house voted by a solid majority (including a few conservative Democrats) to outlaw the so-called webcam abortions. These are the […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Tuesday morning, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors received a presentation reviewing the county’s health plan, and discussed the county engineer hiring process. Brad Reiman from Bearance Management Group presented the county’s health plan mid-year review. Reiman discussed how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – Patty Elscott of Oskaloosa was recently named the 2013 Volunteer of the Year for Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Services in Mahaska County. According to MHP Hospice Volunteer Coordinator Lisa McNulty, the award was presented by the Hospice & Palliative Care Association of Iowa. Elscott has been a faithful hospice volunteer since 2009. […]
Thanks to all the business sponsors for making the 3rd annual Osky Winter Open a success. This is a great opportunity for the whole community to come out and have some fun and get a break from the winter. “We kicked off the event with a two-person team tournament on Friday. There was tough competition […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The debate on funding schools for the 2015-16 school year has taken hold in the coffee shops and legislative halls of Iowa. A proposed 6% increase was passed by the Iowa Senate this past week on a party line vote, while the House looks to take up the issue. State Aid, or […]
CRI Weekly News for February 14, 2014 Watch CRI’s Weekly Newscast Alicia Ritenour Released on Bail, Now Back in Jail Cold Temps Cause Many Leaks in Water Mains Cemetery to Receive Financial Assistance from City AccuGrain Invention to Help Farmers Water Board Makes Rate Increase Official City and Water Talk Sharing Services
by Matt Saville The Osky girl’s basketball team is playing its basketball at the perfect time of the season, as they are now the owners of a two game winning streak courtesy of a 48-37 win over Norwalk. Earlier in the season Norwalk beat the lady Indians by more than 30 points, but the Indians […]
by Matt Saville This is the time of year that a wrestler looks forward to the most…the District and State spots that are up for grabs. Four Osky wrestlers took advantage of the opportunity and will now be wrestling in Des Moines this next week, in hopes of chasing that coveted State Title !!! Coming […]
The Iowa Senate approved allocating $2 million in general fund dollars to help low income Iowans heat their homes this winter. With rising home energy costs and the high cost of propane in the Midwest, this bill would allocate money to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and assist those who have signed […]
