Last week we asked, “Do you prefer cake or cookies at Graduation Parties?”. The fun graduation themed question got 64 voters. Responding with 73%, or 47 residents, saying they preferred Cake; while 22%, or 14 residents, saying Cookies; and 5%, or 3 residents, saying they preferred neither. The Question of the Week poll is unscientific […]
Youth for Christ and other area youth leaders helped to guide area students with the presentation of the Baccalaureate Ceremony that ran from 11:00 a.m. to Noon on May 21st. Students, parents and others filed into the gymnasium of OHS for the 2011 service presented by the students. For those unfamiliar with Baccalaureate, it’s a […]
Consider it “round one” of severe weather that moved across the area last night. A severe storm rumbled it’s way through the county shortly after 10:00 p.m. last night, causing damage to some mobile homes in the Beacon area, tree limbs to be thrown violently, and dangerous lightning. The intersection of South I and West […]
Riding in the rain proves you won’t melt. That was a thought given up by Jeff Wilford, owner of Bobzilla Bicycle Werks in Oskaloosa. Oskaloosa Police Chief “Jake” McGee was on hand to lend support to the Bike to Work Week initiative. “I just thought it would be a fun worthwhile event to be involved […]
The Oskaloosa High School Academic Recognition Ceremony was held Thursday evening in the George Daily Auditorium. The 7:00 p.m. ceremony sponsored by the Oskaloosa Area Chamber & Development Group. The near 90 minute program started off with students being honored for the National Honor Society. Superintendent Russ Reiter opened the evenings event. Presenters stepped up […]
PELLA — Dr. Tom Boat, a 1961 Central College graduate, who spoke at commencement exercises May 14 and received an honorary doctor of science degree, recently was named the dean of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine. Boat currently serves as executive associate dean of clinical affairs and CEO of the University of Cincinnati […]
PELLA—Central College athletic trainers Chris Viesselman, Dustin Briggs and Leslie Duinink have received the Emergency Rescue Heroes of the Heartland Award from the Southern Prairie Chapter of the American Red Cross. Viesselman, Briggs and Duinink saved the lives of two Pella residents that went into cardiac arrest last spring less than eight weeks apart. The […]
It’s been a very busy couple of days here at Osky News. It may not appear to be that way by the lack of new content making it to the page, but it will end up there shortly. Today’s picture I really hope keeps you guessing for at least a little while. When you guess […]
Call to order: Mayor Maxwell called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. All council members were present. I. General Business A. 2012 Budget – Meeting was open to the public to discuss approving the 2012 budget as written. There were no objections from the public or council members. Tom VanDerVeer made a motion to […]
Bill Northey, Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture, made a stop in Oskaloosa to take a tour of Oskaloosa Food Products around 9 am yesterday morning. Northey was taken on a personal tour of the Oskaloosa Food Products Corporation facility by President Blair Van Zetten. Van Zetten went through the process of how they process eggs to […]
