Recently, my family and I went on vacation to Washington DC. Our vacation to DC was a vacation that I have dreamed of for quite some time. The first day we were in Washington, we went to the United States Capital Building and the Supreme Court Building. The second day of the trip had the […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – With the thunder that normally shakes Oskaloosa every Wednesday night, four new winners took the checkered flag that night. The Musco USRA Modifieds had a new winner in Zack Vanderbeek of New Sharon scoring the win, with Oskaloosa’s Ron VerBeek chasing him down. Steven Blatter, also of Oskaloosa, rounded out the top […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The opening for the Oskaloosa Antiques and Arts Popup was held earlier this week, on Tuesday July 5th. Tammy McMains made the move to the new building located at the former Wilcox-Garland building just North of the Mahaska County Courthouse. The work that lead to this point we documented in our May […]
Beacon, Iowa – I. Call to Order II. General Business A. Review Minutes from June 7, 2011 Meeting B. Treasurer’s Report C. Claims Report D. Sewer Report – Kevin Bork E. Water Reports – Shirley Mitrisin Elwood Hanna Justin Scholtus F. Hall Rentals G. Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter Monthly Report H. Sheriff’s Report Monthly Report […]
PELLA (IOWA)–President Mark Putnam and the Central College community announce the appointment of Margaret Tungseth as the vice president for finance and administration/treasurer (VPFA) at Central College. Tungseth, a CPA, most recently served as the assistant treasurer and director of risk management and as an adjunct faculty member in the business/economics department at Concordia College […]
University Park, Iowa – The University Park City Council met in regular session Tuesday night. The first item for consideration was a public hearing on the abatement of a nuisance property. The City was considering the abatement of a house within University Park owned by Eldon Zook. The property in question owned by Zook had […]
Des Moines, IA- Rep. Leonard Boswell will have a member of his staff in New Sharon, Sigourney and Grinnell on Wednesday, July 13th, for open office hours. Greg Johnson, Boswell’s District Representative in the area, will be at: New Sharon City Park Building from 9:00am – 10:00am Sigourney Public Library from 11:00am – 12:00 Noon […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Supervisors met in a mostly routine meeting on the 3rd floor meeting room at the Mahaska County Courthouse. Items on the agenda were to approve the agenda, approval of the minutes for the June 20th and June 30th meetings. The Supervisors moved to approve the paying of the bills […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa City Council met in regular session Monday. In what was a near record time meeting, the council considered several different items one of them being an ordinance establishing an ordinance for “nuisance parties.” Chief of Police Jake McGee said that the ordinance was the result of being called to several […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Ted Anderson of Premier Pyrotechnics knows a thing or two about the 4th of July. He helps to set up and do about 10 shows a year for Premier. He and 2 others got into Oskaloosa around 11:30 this morning. It then took them 8 hours to prep the show. I asked […]
