Oskaloosa, Iowa – A Mahaska County jury found Robert Edward Hubbell Sr. Not Guilty on three charges against him Wednesday. Hubbell had been accused of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree, a Class C Felony, Incest, a Class D Felony, and Indecent Contact With A Child, an Aggravated Misdemeanor. Those charges stemmed from an allegation […]
Oskaloosa, IA- With the end of Thanksgiving season comes the beginning of another cold weather season here in Iowa. Although we have had many cold days already, it will only get colder from here on out. It is important to make sure that everyone in our community has the opportunity to have winter outerwear. We […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Once again the Oskaloosa Area Chamber & Development Group will be sponsoring the Eggs and Issues. The legislative forum gives area residents an opportunity to learn more about state, county, and local issues. The setting is informal and encourages those attending to personally meet and speak to their elected representatives. The group […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- Iowa’s deer First Shotgun season ended today. Iowa’s Second Shotgun season will begin on December 10th, and last until December 18th. According to information on the Iowa DNR Website and information from Mahaska County Recorder Diane Upton Crookham, many area counties still have not reached their Antlerless Deer quota. In Mahaska County, 222 […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board met at the George Daily Auditorium Boardroom Tuesday night to vote on a School Budget Review Committee Plan of Action. “My best efforts to file on time this year, I wasn’t able to do so. Part of the punishment, I have to submit a corrective action plan to […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – For its winter 2011 session, 19 elementary students & 19 middle school students have come from Oskaloosa, Eddyville and New Sharon to put together their shows over the last six weeks. The elementary session will be performing The Jungle Book on Thursday, December 8 at 7:00 p.m. and the middle school students […]
Mahaska County – Mahaska Health Partnership Public Health joins the Iowa Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease and Control (CDC) in recognizing December 4 through 10 as National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW). The CDC established NIVW in 2005 to highlight the importance of continuing flu vaccinations through the holiday season and beyond. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Area residents once again headed to the polls Tuesday to decide the remaining city council seats in three local communities. Four persons were on the ballot in the runoff election in Beacon for the two remaining city council seats. The projected winners are (vote totals in parentheses) Ron Ferree (21) and Jim […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Oskaloosa City Council met in regular session Monday with Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt presiding. The main issue of the evening was of whether or not to direct the Mayor to execute a contract with Snyder & Associates for professional services related to joint justification report in an amount not to exceed $21,233. During […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Supervisors faced a light agenda for December 5th meeting, with just three items that were not of the normal housekeeping type. Julie Bak was on hand to give the annual progress report for Mahaska County mental health. She presented the supervisors with the annual progress report that was submitted […]
