Organizers seek public’s help in choosing semifinalist OSKALOOSA — Starting at 3 pm on Monday, the public can vote on their favorite video or restaurant concept for Iowa’s Best Bite Restaurant Challenge, the nationwide contest seeking a restaurateur for the former Dr. Salami’s location. To vote, visit www.iowasbestbite.com and click on the “View Videos & […]
OSKALOOSA – Oskaloosa Girl Scouts are looking for adults interested in volunteering with our organization as troop leaders, troop co-leaders, or helpers in our community for the upcoming 2013-2014 year! An adult recruitment night will be held from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8 at Smokey Row Coffee House. Adult volunteers are needed […]
MAHASKA COUNTY – In acknowledgement of Nurses Week, May 6 through 12, Mahaska Health Partnership would like to recognize the Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN), Registered Nurses (RN), Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (P/MHNP), Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNP) and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) that are making healthcare personal at MHP. According to the […]
Oskaloosa has been chosen to be an over night town for RAGBRAI July 25th. Any local food vendor (profit or non profit) interested in being part of this event is welcome to fill out an application. Log on to oskyragbrai/food and drinks. All information is at the website. Vendor fee are $350 for non profit […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The social media class at William Penn University took on one of the fastest methods of bullying with a campaign to help raise awareness of its impact, not only on the person being bullied, but also those who come in contact with it just by seeing it. The class took an interest […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- Professor Robert (Bob) Barnes joined the chemistry department at William Penn University (then William Penn College) over 50 years ago, in the fall of 1961. As an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Barnes has taught General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis, Physical Science, Intro to Algebra, Statistics, and most recently, Intro to […]
Oskaloosa Middle School 7/8th grade band hosted composer Andrew Glover at their rehearsal on Thursday. Glover is Chief Operating Officer of C.L. Barnhouse Company. Glover worked with the Oskaloosa students on a recent composition of his entitled Roller Coaster, giving the students insight into the compositional process of an active/living composer. The band is preparing […]
The 12U Oskaloosa Hurricanes got their inaugural baseball season off to a great start with a 3rd place finish at the May Madness NIT tournament in Des Moines this past weekend. Good pitching, solid defense, and strong hitting propelled the ‘Canes to four wins in five games against a field of sixteen teams from across […]
For the past few months, I have been meeting with students that chose to participate in a science club. We met occasionally during lunch and recess to work on their projects of choice. The students also put in a lot of time on their own to finish their projects. The following students have signed up […]
With rising gas prices, many motorists may look look at alternative modes of transportation. The Oskaloosa Municipal Code does permit the use of golf carts on public streets, but as with motor vehicles; there are ordinances that govern their use on city streets. YOUR GOLF CART MUST HAVE – Adequate brakes. – A slow moving […]
