Oskaloosa, Iowa – Winter time in Iowa is about those indoor sports, basketball and wrestling. There is no quicker way to help draw a crowd to your event than to tie it to a basketball night. Well, the Oskaloosa High School Student Council did just that with their annual Spaghetti Night in the small gym. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Helping children whose lives have been impacted, seriously and negatively, by a parent’s or other caregiver’s drug abuse. The conferences sponsored by Iowa Alliance for Drug Endangered Children says, “Hundreds of children across Iowa go unnoticed and do not receive the necessary intervention and care to heal from these abusive environments.” The […]
Des Moines, IOWA — Today, Friday, January 20, 2012, Zachary Edwards, age 29, from Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested and criminally charged with Identity Theft, an Aggravated Misdemeanor (Iowa Code 715A.8(2)). Edwards turned himself in to Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) agents this afternoon at the Polk County Jail. He was then booked into […]
Making your mark in the music world is difficult, and being from Iowa can be even a greater challenge to up and coming musicians and bands, but one local group just might have their foot in the door. Silent Skyline is a group that was known recently as just ‘Skyline’ and they have been busy […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Window decorating brings back thoughts of a past era when stores would attempt to out do one another in order to attract consumers. New York department stores are famous for their varied displays that are, in themselves, a tourist attraction with their own web pages. Hawkeye Real Estate is hoping to bring […]
Des Moines, IA – The Republican Party of Iowa today released the final, certified vote totals of the January 3 Iowa Caucus presidential preference vote. The final, certified vote totals represent 1,766 of the state’s 1,774 caucus precincts, and reflect a record-breaking 121,503 Iowans who participated. 2012 Iowa Republican Caucus Certified vote totals (1766/1774 precincts […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Supervisors met in regular session on Monday, January 16, 2012. The first non-housekeeping item was the approval of replacing the carpet in the County Attorney’s Office. The bid from Mathew Carpet for $3635.00 was unanimously approved. Mahaska County Sanitarian, Mahaska County Conservation Director all gave their monthly reports to […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – An Oskaloosa man, David Lloyd Corbett, 32, is facing Burglary 3rd degree charges, which is a misdemeanor, after being accused of stealing 8 (2) liters of Pepsi from Pizza Hut in Oskaloosa. In the signed affidavit obtained by Osky News as was written by arresting officers. “On the 15th Day of January, 2012 […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The 2012 Iowa Legislative session started off “pretty collegial”, in the words of Guy Vander Linden (R). Many legislators hope to make this years session as direct and to the point as they can. I asked Vander Linden what bills have his attention during this legislative session. “The big things we’re going […]
Did you know that 97% of people research local products and services online, 72.6% of people shopped online in 2011 and 59% of small businesses in Iowa do not have a website? These alarming statistics have made Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds partner with Google to assist Iowa businesses in establishing an online presence. […]
