Oskaloosa, Iowa – The sanitation study continues to be a hot-potato issue for the City of Oskaloosa. A Public Projects Committee meeting Monday afternoon again highlighted the many opinions on the subject. Oskaloosa City Manager Michael Schrock Jr. started the meeting off with a clarification from the meeting the previous week, “Reviewing the code a […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Planning and Zoning Commission held their first meeting of the year and took up two items on their agenda. The first was a consideration of an Encroachment Agreement for the Optimist Club Flag Project within the City of Oskaloosa. The agreement would allow the club to install US Flags, at […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – It used to be just a way for college kids to connect, but it has grown beyond its intended purpose into one of the most powerful websites in the world. Facebook has changed the way people communicate and share their lives. Recently, more reports of potential employers and current employers seeking to […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa’s very own Mayhem Girls, or OMG, hosted their first bout of the year at the PAC in Oskaloosa Saturday night, taking on the River City Dames of Anarchy. The prep began the day before with laying and installing the special surface used for roller derby. Sunday was used to pack it […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The internet has become a major source of revenue and the experts at Google stopped in Oskaloosa to help area businesses get themselves more prepared to be online companies. Two representatives took the 37 who registered and a few walk-ins on a journey of setting themselves up to be an online presence. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The day couldn’t have been more perfect for a day of learning the art of maple syrup making than Saturday. The only complaint may have been the stronger than normal winds, but with the warm spring temps, no one hardly noticed and many residents found their way to Eveland Access and took […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – This past weekend Daily Youth Theatre’s Stage Academy performed to combined audiences of over 400 people. Family, friends and community members came out to see 43 area students perform their plays, Finding Nemo and Deja Clue. These performances marked the end of Stage Academy’s Spring 2012 session, during which students met and […]
Iowa’s Economic Competitiveness Improves Iowa’s position amongst states in regards to economic competitiveness improved according to a national study. On Wednesday, the Beacon Hill Institute released its annual survey of state economic competitiveness and rated Iowa as the eighth most competitive state in the nation. This is one step up from the state’s ninth place […]
You’ve seen the signs along Iowa’s roadways reminding us to move over, slow down and drive attentively when passing emergency and rescue vehicles at the side of the road. Unfortunately, not all drivers heed these warnings. The deaths last year of an Iowa firefighter, tow truck operators and others responding to emergencies are painful reminders […]
From KIIC Radio Albia, Iowa – The Historic Bates Building, located at 1 Benton Avenue West in Albia partially collapsed this morning shortly before 8:30 a.m. The photos were taken from the perspective from the KIIC Studio Balcony. KIIC News Director, Tom Williamson has been on the scene, and can report that there are no […]
