Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Fire Department was called to a house fire at 1016 North H St at approximately 6:15 p.m. in Oskaloosa on Sunday. A male resident was sent to the hospital with injuries. Witnesses say that Rob Lines was transported to Mahaska Health Partnership, and transferred by Life Flight shortly after. The […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa- The Oskaloosa Indians narrowly defeated the Grinnell Tigers giving Osky its’ first win of the season and its’ season opener win since 2002. At halftime, the Indians had put up a 35-10 lead over the Tigers. However, the Tigers were not going down without a fight. The Tigers held the Indians scoreless throughout […]
Children Invited to Bring their Shovels The public is invited to the Oskaloosa Public Library for the official groundbreaking of The Reading Garden on Thursday, September 1 at 5:30 P.M. City and Library officials, donors, and the public will gather at the future garden site, 301 South Market Street, to share in the event. The […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board is holding elections on September 13th 2011 for it’s board. They will be filling Director Districts 1, 3, 4 and 6. Only one race is being challenged, that one being Director District 4 between the incumbent of Donald Patterson and Charlie Comfort. Don Patterson is an incumbent Oskaloosa […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The United Way of Mahaska County has undergone some changes here lately, mainly those being the person at the helm. Operation Backpack just finished up, and the group is now looking forward to the annual Day of Caring. Brianne Fitzgerald takes over the Executive Director position. She comes all the way from […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County CERT Team continues to grow with the addition of a new team from Clow Valve in Oskaloosa. The team has completed the normal in-class training that the New Sharon Teen group as well as the group from Jubilee Family Church has taken. Clow will be supporting 2 teams, one […]
The construction of the new entrance to the Mall on A Avenue West opposite to North A Street is complete and will be open to through traffic on Friday, August 26, 2011. However, there will still be localized controlled areas at the project while crews complete the finishing touches for parking lot and on-street parking […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 there was a special ceremony at Maple Ridge Assisted Living Center. Elmer and Elizabeth Van Zante were presented with the Century Farm Award. Century Farm Awards are presented every year to honor families which have owned Iowa farmland for 100 years or more. The Van Zante family […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa School Board is holding elections on September 13th, 2011 for its board. They will be filling Director Districts 1, 3, 4 and 6. Only one race is being challenged, that being the one for Director District 4 between the incumbent Donald Patterson and Charlie Comfort. Tom Richardson is seeking his […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Iowa Cattlemen’s Association held its Southeast Regional meeting starting at 11:00 a.m. at the Nelson Pioneer Farms in Oskaloosa. The Smoked Brisket lunch and meeting was scheduled to conclude around 3:00 p.m. “We’ve got 4 regions across the state, and what we do, it’s a membership based organization and so in […]
