Oskaloosa, Iowa – A new bond amount, $500,000 has been set for Alicia Ritenour, (20), who is accused of murdering her 18 month old daughter. District Judge Randy DeGeest set her bond and an arrest warrant for Ritenour was issued. According to the Mahaska County Jail, Ritenour is back in custody. Ritenour had posted the […]
First Pieces of Home Base Iowa Pass House Committee The first pieces of the governor’s larger Home Base Iowa initiative are starting to see action. Last week House Study Bill 512 passed the House Veteran Affairs Committee unanimously. The bill allows private sector employers to grant a preference in both hiring and promotion to veterans […]
By Eduardo Zamarripa, CRI Weekly News Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Tuesday night, the Oskaloosa School Board unanimously approved an early start to the upcoming school year. Classes will start on Monday, Aug. 18. Last year, classes started on Tuesday, Aug. 20. The board held a public hearing for the early start request, but received no comments. The […]
by Matt Saville The Osky girls basketball team turned in a first this season, a full 32 minutes of solid basketball and effort. It couldn’t have come at a better time, as Osky handed Newton a season full of frustration-style of beat down, beating the Cardinals 52-35. Earlier in the season Osky played right along […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The purr of a lawnmower and the smell of fresh cut grass. That season may seem like a distant dream, but that is the season that the Mahaska County Recreation Foundation is looking forward to. On Friday night, bowlers packed Mahaska Bowl to help raise funds to keep those mowers in gear, […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – How do you know you have had that perfect game? In many sports it’s subjective, but in the sport of bowling, 300 is that mark of perfection. Oskaloosa High School Varsity Bowler, Sophomore Brandon Crall, made school history in competition against Pella Christian on Saturday, by becoming the first Oskaloosa bowler to […]
William Penn University, after ten months of experimenting and testing new leadership strategies, has taken an important step in implementing a new strategy for team leadership. At its Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, February 10, 2014, the Board endorsed the work of the University’s Cabinet by establishing the model for the future governance of […]
United Way of Mahaska County Funds Eleven Partner Agencies, Distributing $231,173 The decisions have been made and the first checks have been distributed. The United Way of Mahaska County has announced its 2014 Partner Agencies, local nonprofit groups who are working to improve the lives of Mahaska County residents. 2014 United Way of Mahaska County […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – It’s a winter institution in Oskaloosa on Saturday mornings. This weeks meeting began with a snow storm taking place, making for a picturesque scene for everyone to enjoy. Opening statements by the legislators started with Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R-Oskaloosa) who talked about the sub-committee and committee work that was taking place at […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The dig for mammoth bones has been going on for over a couple of years now in Mahaska County. Laura DeCook, Mahaska County Naturalist, recently took visitors on a virtual tour of that site. She told a story of how the bones were first discovered and about some of the most recent […]
