Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Monday morning in the supervisors meeting room. The Supervisors first took care of their normal housekeeping duties of agenda approvals and paying bills. The Supervisors then took up the matter of several personnel changes at the Mahaska County Jail, Mahaska County Attorney’s […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Polls will be open from 7:00 A.M. to 8 P.M. for the cities of Beacon, Keomah Village, New Sharon, and University Park in Mahaska County for the November 8, 2011 City Election. Poll hours for Barnes City, Fremont, Leighton, Oskaloosa, and Rose Hill will be Noon to 8:00 P.M. on election day, […]
New Sharon, Iowa – Mahaska County Deputies were dispatched to the residence of Rick Fenton located at 407-8 S. Mulberry Street as his daughter Claudia Blizzard was missing from the residence, according to the call summary report from the Mahaska County Sheriffs Office. Fenton told deputies that he went to bed at around 9 pm […]
Des Moines, Iowa – Five of the GOP Presidential hopefuls took the stage at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines for a series of speeches to the state GOP supporters. While at the Reagan Dinner, the candidates took to attacking President Obama and not each other. The dinner gave candidates a chance to speak in front […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – With many smiles and just as many laughs, Oskaloosa residents and businesses helped Imagine the Possibilities and Christian Opportunity Center celebrate their 1st Annual ‘Ten Pin Turkey Roll’ November 4th. “We have partnered together for years”, Jeff Morris Executive Director of Imagine the Possibilities said on the relationship between two organizations for […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The bi-annual ritual of changing the clocks has once again passed us. Now night comes much earlier, and the morning light greets us all just a little bit earlier. Many people struggle with their “internal clocks” to adjust to the time shift, let alone roaming around the house remembering how that one […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – In an unprecedented move, FEMA in conjunction with NOAA will conduct the first nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test on November 9, at 2:00 pm Eastern or 1:00 pm Central Time. Jamey Robinson, Mahaska County Emergency Manager, helped explain why the test is important and how it will impact residents. Robinson wants […]
Des Moines, Iowa – “This is a national conversation. It’s an opportunity for the American people to talk about where we are, who we are, what we value and what we’re trying to accomplish.” Starting out by complimenting Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn and his leadership “on some very key elections,” Gingrich then went on […]
Des Moines, Iowa – Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann took to the stage as the middle speaker in the field of five candidates at the Reagan Dinner held at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines Friday night. Bachmann, who won the Iowa Straw Poll in August of this year, has been on a free fall in the […]
Des Moines, Iowa – Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum was the fourth speaker at the Reagan Dinner held at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines Friday night. Santorum has spent a large amount of his campaign time in the State of Iowa since announcing his run for the Presidency. “It is great I would say to […]
