Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Mahaska County Democrats held their annual soup supper last Thursday evening. This year’s turnout was slightly lower, as expected by some regular attenders, because of this year being an “off year” for State and Federal elections. Mahaska County Paul DeGeest was in attendance serving up ladles of his Chili. Potato and Cheesy […]
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa – The Indians finished up the 2011 regular season with one more win Friday night racking up a 7-2 regular season record. The Indians will face off against the Carlisle Wildcats Wednesday night at 7 pm. Gates open at 5:30 pm The first quarter had Drew Richmond run down the middle for […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Are you scared of heights? Do you feel like your wandering around? Well if you were trying out to be a reserve firefighter for Oskaloosa, being afraid of heights, dragging hoses or fans, and feeling around in the dark for a person in distress are just a few of the things tested […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Fire Department responded to an unoccupied home located at 1706 205th in rural Mahaska County. Oskaloosa Fire Chief Mark Neff said his department was called out around 4:15 am, to the vacant home.”It was fully engulfed when the first engine got there”, Neff said about the fire when firefighters arrived. […]
The Buena Vista (BV) University National Alumni Association in Storm Lake, Ia., honored three individuals over their homecoming weekend for their service to the university and to society. Mahaska Health Partnership Chief Executive Officer Jay Christensen was one of the three honored. Christensen, class of 1982, was the recipient of the John Fisher Alumni Award. […]
CRI, in cooperation with Osky News and Oskaloosa Daily Herald will be holding a City Council Candidates’ Forum on Wednesday, October 26th at 6:30 p.m. at Smokey Row Coffee House in Oskaloosa. 5 Candidates will field questions from panelists from CRI, Osky News, and The Oskaloosa Herald as well as from the audience. MCG Channel […]
Knoxville, Iowa – The District Cross County Meet is now in the books, and Pella came out on top in both the boys and girls team scores with Grinnell 2nd in boys followed by Knoxville. Besides Pella, Williamsburg and Benton finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in girls. Brooke VanHouweling ran to a solid 3rd place […]
The final day for early voter registration for the November 8, 2011 City Election is Friday, October 28th by 5:00 P.M. Early registration can be completed by mail if voter registration application is postmarked no later than Monday, October 24th. After October 24 through October 28 all registrations must be delivered to the Election Office. […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – You are invited to pledge your support of Oskaloosa in the Blue Zones Project (the healthy state initiative causing such a stir). Of the 900 communities in Iowa only 10 will be selected to receive direct support from the Blue Zones Project Team. We want Oskaloosa to be one of those ten! […]
‘Tis the time of the season. No, not Halloween; but it can be scary, as a deer bolts across the road in front of you. For the next month, Iowa’s whitetail deer will be more active and more visible to drivers. November is the month with the highest number of deer/vehicle collisions in Iowa. Still, […]
